Rehabilitation Counselor Education - Assessment Theory & Research
Reviews research literature on assessment theory, models, and methods, focusing on improving assessment practices in clinical rehabilitation counseling.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Summarize and explain historical perspectives concerning the nature and meaning of assessment and testing in rehabilitation counseling
Summarize and explain the importance of research related to assessment in advancing the counseling profession, including how to critique and/or evaluate research related to assessment to inform rehabilitation counseling knowledge and practice
Summarize, explain, and use basic measurement concepts, principles, and methodologies, including, standardized and non-standardized assessment practices, norm- and criterion-referenced assessments, group and individual assessments, statistical concepts, including scales of measurement, measures of central tendency, indices of variability, shapes and types of distributions, and correlations, and reliability and validity in the use of assessments
Summarize and explain the state of the art in assessment practice, as well as the underlying research base, including issues and trends in different types of assessments, methods of effectively preparing for and conducting initial assessment meetings, including interviewing
Summarize and explain implications of the literature for the pre-professional and continuing education needs of practicing rehabilitation counselors and instructional approaches for meeting those needs
Explain and illustrate approaches to teaching assessment coursework to students in clinical rehabilitation counseling and closely related fields and provide continuing education to practitioners
Explain the conduct of assessment-related research, including instrument development and measuring variables under study in other types of research
Use knowledge of assessment theory and research to prepare a scholarly paper on a topic related to assessment that might possibly be published in a rehabilitation or related journal
Utilize assessments for diagnostic and intervention planning purposes, assessing aggression or danger to others, self-inflicted harm, or suicide, identifying trauma and abuse, as well as reporting abuse, assessing addiction and substance use disorders as well as assessments relevant to academic/educational, career, social, and personal development
Summarize and explain the state of the art in using environmental assessments and systematic behavioral observations, using symptom checklists, personality, and psychological testing, and using assessment results to diagnose developmental behavioral, and mental disorders
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Rehabilitation Counselor Education
- Declared in Rehabilitation Counselor Education
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- Declared in Rehabilitation Counselor Education
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
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Topics
- Historical perspectives on assessment and testing in rehabilitation counseling.
- Measurement concepts, statistical methodologies, reliability, and validity in assessments.
- Current assessment practices, trends, and conducting initial assessment meetings.
- Environmental assessments, behavioral observations, and diagnostic testing applications.
Skills
- Apply measurement concepts, statistical analysis, and reliability/validity principles to assessment tools.
- Critique and evaluate research literature related to assessment practices.
- Prepare scholarly papers on assessment topics for potential publication.
- Conduct assessment-related research and develop measurement instruments.
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