Types of Assessment

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Mind Map on Types of Assessment, created by Veronica_88 on 11/03/2014.
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Types of Assessment
  1. Clinical Interview
    1. Obtaining information by asking questions
      1. Describing the problem
        1. Developmental and family history
          1. Information obtained from parents
            1. Potentially significant historical milestones and events that might have a bearing on the child's current difficulties
              1. Birth and related events
                1. pregnanacy and birth complications
                  1. mother's use of drugs, alcohol or cigarettes
                  2. Developmental milestones
                    1. Age of walking
                      1. Use of language
                      2. Medical history
                        1. Injuries
                          1. Accidents
                            1. Operations
                              1. Illnesses
                                1. Prescribed medication
                                2. Interpersonal skills
                                  1. Relations with adults and peers
                                    1. Social activities
                                    2. Educational history
                                      1. Schools attended
                                        1. Academic performance
                                          1. Attitude towards school
                                            1. Relations with teachers and peers
                                        2. Parent's expectations about the assessment and treatment for their child and themselves
                                        3. Unstructured
                                          1. Low reliability
                                            1. Because not standardised
                                            2. Selective or biased information gathered
                                            3. Semi-structured
                                              1. Can be administered by a computer
                                                1. Appealing for older children and youngsters
                                                  1. Less threatening than one-on-one interview
                                                  2. Interivews that include specific questions designed to elicit information in a relatively consistent manner regardless of who is doing the interview
                                                    1. More reliable
                                                      1. Ensures the most important aspects of a particular disorder are covered
                                                      2. Loss of spontaneity between the child and the clinican
                                                        1. Youngster may be relunctant to share additional information because it's not directly relevant to the interviewer's questions
                                                  3. Behavioural Assessment
                                                    1. ABCs of assessment
                                                      1. Simple framework for organising the findings in behavioural assessment
                                                        1. Helps break down behaviours
                                                      2. Define
                                                        1. Evaluate the child's thoughts, feelings and behaviours
                                                          1. Observe the child's behaviour
                                                            1. Identify the target behaviours
                                                              1. Determine the factors that control or influence these target behaviours
                                                                1. This is the goal of behavioural analysis/functional anaylsis of behaviour
                                                              2. Formulate hypotheses about the problem and what can be done to fix it (treatment)
                                                              3. Ways to get information about a child's behaviour
                                                                1. Clinical Interview
                                                                  1. Checklists and Rating Scales
                                                                    1. Standardised reports about a child's behaviour and adjustment
                                                                      1. Economical to administer and score
                                                                        1. Can compare a child's behaviour to the norm
                                                                          1. Lack of agreement between informants
                                                                            1. Common occurence
                                                                              1. Highly informative

                                                                                Annotations:

                                                                                • Perhaps a child is acting differently in two environments (school and home) 
                                                                              2. Examples
                                                                                1. Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL)
                                                                                  1. Global behaviour checklist - assesses a variety of behaviours
                                                                                    1. Profile about behavioural problems
                                                                                      1. presence or absence
                                                                                        1. frequency and intensity
                                                                                      2. Rating scales for specific disorders
                                                                                        1. Depression
                                                                                          1. Anxiety
                                                                                            1. Conduct
                                                                                            2. Rating scales that assess particular areas of functioning
                                                                                              1. Social competence
                                                                                                1. Adaptive behaviour

                                                                                                  Annotations:

                                                                                                  • The Vineland!
                                                                                                  1. School Performance
                                                                                              2. Behavioural Observation and Recording
                                                                                                1. Parents or other observers record baseline data and continually record behave after interview
                                                                                                  1. May also teach parents better observation skills
                                                                                                    1. Children often know when they are being watched and may behave differently as a result
                                                                                                      1. This provides ongoing information in real-;life settings
                                                                                                      2. Suitable for children who are not old enough or skilled enough to report their own behaviour
                                                                                                        1. May involve role-play simulation to observe behaviours behind the child and the family
                                                                                                          1. Well-defined sets of activities can be used for observation
                                                                                                            1. E.g., the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule

                                                                                                              Annotations:

                                                                                                              • Has activities that can assess communication and social skills
                                                                                                      3. Psychological Testing
                                                                                                        1. Developmental Tests
                                                                                                          1. Screen, diagnose and evaluate infants and young children to IDENTIFY those at risk
                                                                                                          2. Intelligence Tests
                                                                                                            1. Evaluates child's intellectual functioning
                                                                                                              1. .WISC-IV
                                                                                                              2. Educational Tests
                                                                                                                1. Projective Tests
                                                                                                                  1. Present children with ambiguous stimuli
                                                                                                                    1. Assesses inner thoughts and feelings
                                                                                                                      1. A reflection of a child's personality
                                                                                                                        1. The unconscious....
                                                                                                                          1. Fears
                                                                                                                            1. Needs
                                                                                                                              1. Inner conflicts
                                                                                                                          2. Asking them to tell a story using the pictures provided
                                                                                                                          3. Personality Tests
                                                                                                                            1. MMPI-A
                                                                                                                              1. PIC-2
                                                                                                                              2. Neuropsychological Tests
                                                                                                                                1. Link brain functioning with objective measures of behaviour
                                                                                                                                  1. Assessing
                                                                                                                                    1. Psychological processes
                                                                                                                                      1. Whether you have an intact CNS
                                                                                                                                    2. Involves the use of comprehensive batteries that assess specific domains
                                                                                                                                      1. Verbal and nonverbal cognitive functions
                                                                                                                                        1. Language
                                                                                                                                          1. Abstract reasoning
                                                                                                                                            1. Problem-Solving
                                                                                                                                            2. Perceptual functions
                                                                                                                                              1. Visual
                                                                                                                                                1. Auditory
                                                                                                                                                  1. Tactile-kinesthetic
                                                                                                                                                  2. Motor functions
                                                                                                                                                    1. Strength
                                                                                                                                                      1. Speed of performance
                                                                                                                                                        1. Dexterity
                                                                                                                                                          1. Co-ordination
                                                                                                                                                          2. Emotional/executive control functions
                                                                                                                                                            1. Attention
                                                                                                                                                              1. Frustration tolerance
                                                                                                                                                                1. Emotional functioning
                                                                                                                                                            2. Tests
                                                                                                                                                              1. Given under standard conditions
                                                                                                                                                                1. Purpose: assessing a particular aspect
                                                                                                                                                                  1. A child's score is compared with a normative group
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Purpose: to determine the extent to which the child's score deviates from the norm
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