Assessment in Counseling

Procedures and Practices

Danica G. Hays

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781119375272
• Edition: 6
• Topic: Psicologia
• Subtopic: Psicoterapia

The latest edition of this perennial bestseller instructs and updates students and clinicians on the basic principles of psychological assessment and measurement, recent changes in assessment procedures, and the most widely used tests in counseling practice today. Dr. Danica Hays guides counselors in the appropriate selection, interpretation, and communication of assessment results. This edition covers more than 100 assessment instruments used to evaluate substance abuse and other mental health disorders, intelligence, academic aptitude and achievement, career and life planning, personal interests and values, assessment of personality, and interpersonal relationships. In addition, a new chapter on future trends in assessment discusses the changing cultural landscape, globalization, and technology.

Perfect for introductory classes, this text provides students and instructors with practical tools such as bolded key terminology; chapter pretests, summaries, and review questions; self-development and reflection activities; class and field activities; diverse client case examples; practitioner perspectives illustrating assessment in action; and resources for further reading. PowerPoint slides, a test bank, a sample syllabus, and chapter outlines to facilitate teaching are available to instructors by request to ACA.

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Subject Index

Figures and tables are indicated by f and t following the page number.

• A
• AAMFT (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy), 53
• AARC (Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling) (formerly Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE)), 48, 53, 222–223, 345
• Ability assessments, 203–220. See also specific names of assessments
  • achievement tests, 211–215
    • for adults, 214
    • college-level, 213–214
    • defined, 204
    • high-stakes testing, 52, 215–216, 216t, 342
    • in schools, 211–213
  • aptitude tests, 205–209
    • college admissions and, 207–209
    • defined, 22, 204
    • dynamic testing and, 87–88, 341
    • gender differences in, 79
    • for higher education, 205–206
    • racial and ethnic differences in, 81–82
    • socioeconomic status and, 81–82
    • validity of, 206–207
  • case study, 208
  • defined, 5
  • graduate admissions tests, 12, 104, 111, 112, 130, 209–210
  • guidelines for, 218
  • history of, 12
  • overview, 203–204
  • professional school tests, 106, 110–111, 210–211
  • study habits in...