Assessment Skills in Psychology Practice 2 unit (PSY705)

Introduction

This unit expands on your prior learning of assessment and differential diagnosis with a key focus on the principles of selecting of evidence-based assessment tools. This unit will support you to provide client centred assessment feedback with regard to relevant cultural and developmental factors, and to report writing principles. This unit provides an expansion on cognitive assessment, and other risk assessments, especially relating to children and families.

Summary

Unit name	Assessment Skills in Psychology Practice 2
Unit code	PSY705
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Health School of Psychological Sciences
Discipline	Psychology
Coordinator	Doctor Clare Hawkes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Integrate multiple sources of information to construct case formulations.
• Appraise and implement evidence-based assessment methods tailored to different client presentations.
• Synthesise and communicate assessment results to a range of audiences

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

Assessment Skills in Psychology Practice 1 AND Ethics and Professional Psychology Practice 1

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

KHA721

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	3hr Seminar weekly, 4hrs independent learning weekly
Assessment	Assessment Plan Video Script and Reflection|Assessment Report|Assessment Workshop Quiz|OSCE
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Each week, you will be required to engage in readings related to the following week’s content. These readings will be placed on MyLO in the associated modules.
Recommended	Additional reading lists will be provided on MyLO.

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