SPSY 6311 - Psychoeducational Assessment

Credit(s): 3

This course is the post-B.A., doctoral-level version of SPSY 5311. The purpose of this course is to teach the administration, scoring, interpretation and use of measures of cognitive ability as well as achievement. Students will be immersed in the learning of interviewing, performing observations and functional behavioral assessments. Students will receive direct instruction and some supervised practice with measures of cognitive functioning as well as measures of academic achievement.

These three measures of cognitive functioning will be the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition, (WISC-V) (seven kits total), the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition, (WAIS-IV) (four kits total) and the Differential Ability Scale (DAS) Cognitive Scale/Mullen Scales of Early learning (one kit total). (The WISC-III also will be reviewed along with the WISC-V).

The two measures of achievement will be the Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement, Fourth Edition, (WJ ACH-IV) (six kits total) and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Third Edition, (WIAT-III) (five kits total). In addition, students will learn the basics of assessment, such as interviewing and collecting assessment data.
Repeated: No