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Assessment of Developmental Disorders - PSY00041H

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  • Department: Psychology
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Melanie Forster
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
    • See module specification for other years: 2021-22

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

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Essay		 N/A 50
Essay/coursework
Handout : Psychometric Test Handout		 N/A 25
Groupwork
Presentation: Psychometric Test Presentation		 N/A 25

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Essay		 N/A 50
Essay/coursework
Handout : Psychometric Test Handout		 N/A 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


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. Where appropriate, the University will notify and consult with affected students in advance about any changes that are required in line with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.