Other Study Tips

Question 1

Therapeutic Assessment

Answer 1

• Collaborative
• Takes longer
• Meeting after each battery
• Feedback is collaborative
• Report is not final and is edited with the client

Question 2

WISC

Answer 2

• Use all the subtests for the domain scores (index scores) but you only use the first 7 for the full scale IQ
• Focus on differences between WISC and WAIS
• How the indexes differ

Question 3

Report Writing Models

Answer 3

HOT model is gold standard for this class

Use all three while interpreting scores

Question 4

Know what each index is testing for to help with diagnosis

Answer 4

VCI - tests accumulated fund of knowledge and verbal reasoning

PRI - measures the ability to perceive and reason with visual information (two of the main skills in this index require both visual-spatial perception and nonverbal reasoning)

WMI - assesses one’s ability to retain in short term memory verbally presented information and to effectively manipulate it

PSI - measures one’s ability to process information quickly and accurately