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8 Assessment of Personality II9 Assessment of clinical severity and change10 Assessment of older adults11 Assessment with Indigenous clients12 Projective assessmentAssessment:1. Administration and scoring of a standardized test of intellectual functioning (20%)Students complete a videotaped administration of a standardised assessment of intellectualfunctioning with a peer. Video-tapes and test protocols will be peer assessed for accuracy oradministration, scoring and score computation.2. Child Psychological Assessment and Report (50%)Students complete a psychological assessment of child client and present the findings in anintegrated report.3. Adult personality assessment scoring and interpretative report (30%)Students score and interpret a personality profile for an adult client and present the results ina written report of a maximum of 5 A4 pages.Recommended Texts• Groth-Marnat, G. (2009). Handbook of psychological assessment. (5 th ed.). New York: Wiley.• Prifitera, A., Saklofske, D.H., & Weiss, L.G. (2008). WISC-IV clinical assessment andintervention. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Academic Press.Other Useful Texts:• Dudgeon, P., Garvey, D., & Pickett, H. (2000). Working with indigenous Australians: Ahandbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press. (Available on eReserve)• Flanagan, D.P. & Kaufman, A.S. (2004). Essentials of WISC-IV assessment. New Jersey: JohnWiley and Sons.• Lichtenberger, E.O., Mather, N., Kaufman, N.L., & Kaufman (2004). Essentials of assessmentreport writing. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons.• Kaufman, A. & Lichtenstein, E.O. (1999). Essentials of WAIS-III assessment. New York:John Wiley and Sons.• Nichols, D.S. (2001). Essentials of MMPI-II assessment. New York: John Wiley.• Prifitera, A., Saklofske, D.H., & Weiss, L.G. (2005). WISC-IV clinical use and interpretation:Scientist practitioner perspectives. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Academic Press.• Ranzjin, R., McConnochie, K., & Nolan, W. (2009). Psychology and Indigenous Australians:Foundations of cultural competence. South Yarra: Palgrave Macmillan.• Sattler, J.M. (2008). Assessment of children: Cognitive foundations. San Diego: Jerome SattlerPublisher.• Sattler, J.M. & Hoge, R.D. (2006). Assessment of children: Behavioural, social and clinicalfoundations. San Diego: Jerome Sattler Publisher.Page 48 of 88Curtin University is a trademark of Curtin University of Technology.CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA), 02637B (NSW)