Assessment of Developmental Disorders - PSY00041H
- Department: Psychology
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Spring Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
This module will provide students with an understanding of, and experience in, the selection and use of tests for educational and clinical assessment and diagnosis. It will also provide a framework for planning educationally-appropriate interventions.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate familiarity with a range of developmental difficulties commonly seen in children and young people.
- Explore the use of assessments to better understand a child or young person’s profile of strengths and needs.
- Demonstrate an awareness of a range of psychometric tests, including knowledge of their principles and development
- Describe how psychometric assessments are commonly used within clinical and educational practice
- Begin to develop the professional skills needed to interpret assessment findings for children and young people, their families and relevant professionals
Module content
- Introduction to Assessment: Psychometric, Developmental and Psychiatric
- Assessment of general abilities and adaptive functioning
- Assessment of reading difficulties, dyslexia and dyscalculia
- Assessment of language: developmental language disorder and difficulties with reading comprehension
- Assessing for Autism
- Assessing for ADHD and DCD
- Completion of Assessments: the role of formulation, therapeutic letters, reports and planning interventions
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 50 |
| Essay/coursework | 25 |
| Groupwork | 25 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 50 |
| Essay/coursework | 50 |
Module feedback
Marks will be available through e:vision.
Indicative reading
Anastasi, A. & Urbina, S. (1997). Psychological testing 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall
Kline, P. (2000). The handbook of psychological testing 2nd ed. London: Routledge.
Urvina, S. (2004). Essentials of psychological testing. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons.
Snowling, M.J. & Stackhouse, J. (Eds) (2006). Dyslexia, Speech and Language. Chichester: Wiley
Rutter, M. Et al., (Eds) (2008). Rutterâ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 5th ed. Oxford: Blackwell