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PSYCHOLOGY 711: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTUnit Index Numbers: 309516Tuition Pattern: Seminar, 3 hours/weekWednesday 2-5pm, Building 307, room 102Credit Points: 25Unit Requisites: Admission to Master of Psychology orPhD Counselling course orpermission of the Unit CoordinatorUnit Coordinator: Dr Monica Wiedig-Allison(9266 3297) Room: 401:313Email: Monica.Wiedig-Allison@curtin.edu.auLecturers:Mr Peter Clissa, Dr Sarah EganDr Clair Lawson, Dr Natalie GassonDr Lynn Priddis, Mr Darren GarveySyllabusThis unit provides students with the practical skills to complete comprehensive psychologicalassessments within adult and child clinical contexts. Students will learning skills required to select,administer, score and interpret the results of commonly used psychological tests, and to integrateassessment results and present findings in client-focused reports.Learning OutcomesOn successful completion of this unit students can:1. Integrate a number of assessment strategies in the completion of comprehensive psychologicalassessments.2. Administer, score, and/or interpret the some of the most frequently used tests of intellectualfunctioning, personality and psychological/emotional symptoms in adults and/or children.3. Present an integrated summary of test results in a client-focused, problem-oriented report.Unit OutlineWeekUnit Content1 The art, science and ethics of psychological assessment2 Assessment of Adult Intellectual Functioning I3 Assessment of Adult Intellectual functioning II4 The Assessment report5 Assessment of children and adolescents I6 Assessment of Children and adolescents II7 Assessment of Personality IPage 47 of 88Curtin University is a trademark of Curtin University of Technology.CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA), 02637B (NSW)