This document provides instructions for a series of assignments for a forensic psychology course. It includes details for selecting a case vignette, analyzing relevant federal guidelines, analyzing psychological tests, drafting a mock assessment report, and completing a final assessment report. Students are asked to choose a case scenario, identify relevant referral questions, and use the scenario to complete a 10-12 page mock forensic assessment report incorporating interview questions, test selection, diagnoses, and recommendations. A reflection statement is also required. The document outlines the requirements and components for each assignment in the course.

1. FP6020 Module 1 Assignment 3 Selection of a
Case Vignette
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FP6020 Module 1 Assignment 3 Selection of a Case Vignette
You will select one of the three case vignettes to use for your final
course project. The project will be a mock forensic assessment report
incorporating the major topics from each module.
For this assignment, analyze the information provided in any of the
provided case vignettes and begin to formulate hypotheses based on
the referral questions.
You can identify the referral question from the case vignette you
choose. You might also consider the following referral questions in
formulating your hypothesis:
As a forensic mental health professional, what factors do you need to
consider in your psychological testing for the forensic assessment
report?
What behavioral observations do you make about the client after
reading the case vignette?
What are your assessment options in working with the client?
What standard and accepted psychological tests might you apply to
your client in forensic settings?
How will you recognize and evaluate your client's offender behaviors
associated with malingering and deception?
What theoretical orientation do you want to use in this case?

2. Tasks:
In a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document, address the following:
Describe the case scenario you have selected.
Identify the reason for a referral.
Identify the purpose of the forensic assessment and report.
Present your impressions of the client.
Describe your professional role and relationship with the court and
the third party requesting the assessment or evaluation.
Explain the hypotheses you have formulated.
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FP6020 Module 2 Assignment 2 Federal
Guidelines
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FP6020 Module 2 Assignment 2 Federal Guidelines
Create a 2- to 3-page paper addressing the following:
Identify the federal guidelines—statutory, case law, and APA—for
psychological tests.
Describe some of the cases influential in bringing about the federal
government's involvement in the use of tests in the forensic setting.
Determine the effect of the federal guidelines in ensuring whether
assessment reports are accurate and unbiased.

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FP6020 Module 3 Assignment 2 Required
Assignment Test Assessment Analysis
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FP6020 Module 3 Assignment 2 Required Assignment Test
Assessment Analysis
For this assignment, you are to write a paper analyzing one test in
each of the eight major assessment categories listed below.
You should utilize at least five sources from additional professional
literature, relevant textbooks, and the Mental Measurements
Yearbook for relevant information on these testing instruments. Your
paper should be approximately 10 pages long (approximately 1 page
per test).
Required Components:
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print can be found in
the “M” section on the Find Articles and More page of the Argosy
University online library. For each test using the Mental
Measurements Yearbook, explain the following seven topics:
Test purpose
Uses, particularly in a forensic setting
Test development and history (any revisions made)
Normative information and test statistics

4. Applicable populations
Validity and reliability
Malingering or deception
When your paper is complete, you will have a discussion on a total of
eight tests (one from each of the categories mentioned below). Be
sure to choose just one test from each category and do not discuss
more than eight tests. Also, do not include any tests that are not listed
below.
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FP6020 Module 4 Assignment 2 Mock
Individual Assessment (Rough Draft)
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FP6020 Module 4 Assignment 2 Mock Individual Assessment (Rough
Draft)
Create a mock forensic assessment report based on a patient in a
selected vignette. Provide your diagnostic impressions based on the
DSM-5 criteria. Name the file M4_A2_LastName_LASA_Draft.doc
and submit the paper to the M4 Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Your instructor will provide feedback by critiquing the rough draft so
that you can make corrections and additions to your final submission
due in M5 Assignment 2 LASA.
For this assignment you are to:

5. Improve your interview and referral questions for the case vignette
you selected in M1 Assignment 3.
Use the case vignette you selected in M1 Assignment 3 for this
assignment.
Next, create and document a set of mock interview questions and
potential referral questions to ask your client and yourself. You can
determine the questions in relation to the case vignette that you
choose.
You might also want to consider some of the example referral
questions listed below.
Analyze all the information provided in the case vignette and begin to
formulate a hypothesis as to why the individual needs referral.
Example Referral Questions:
As a forensic mental health professional, what factors need to be
considered in your psychological testing for the forensic assessment
report?
What behavioral observations do you make about the client by
reading the case vignette?
What are your assessment options in working with the client?
What standards and accepted psychological tests might you apply to
your client in forensic settings? Select from the instruments you
researched in M3 Assignment 2 RA.
How will you recognize and evaluate your client's offender behaviors
associated with malingering and deception?
What theoretical orientation do you want to use in this case for your
treatment recommendations?
What is the case scenario you have selected?
What is the reason for referral?
What is the purpose of the forensic assessment and report?
What is the nature of the problem presented in your selected case
vignette?

6. What is the context in which the forensic assessment report will be
used?
What is the background of your client? What are the symptoms
displayed by your client and the significance they have in this case?
What is the mental status of your client? Be sure to elaborate on every
major component addressed in the mental status examination.
What interview type and approach did you use with your client?
What tests are appropriate to use in your forensic assessment report?
Identify one intelligence test, one objective personality test, and one
projective test.
What collateral information will you use in the process of the
evaluation?
How will you present your impressions of the client?
Write a Forensic Mental Health Professional Individual Assessment
Report.
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FP6020 Module 5 Assignment 2 LASA Mock
Individual Assessment Final Draft
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FP6020 Module 5 Assignment 2 LASA Mock Individual Assessment
Final Draft
By Module 5, Day 5, submit to the M5 Assignment 2 a mock forensic
assessment report based on a patient in a selected vignette. Provide
your diagnostic impressions based on the DSM-5 criteria.

7. Complete the following:
Improve your interview and referral questions for the case vignette
you selected in M1 Assignment 3.
Using this case vignette, add to your referral questions by integrating
the feedback that you received from your instructor in M4
Assignment 2 on your mock interview questions and formulated
hypothesis on why the individual needs the referral.
Example Referral Questions:
As a forensic mental health professional, what factors do you need to
consider in your psychological testing for the forensic assessment
report?
What behavioral observations do you make about the client by
reading the case vignette?
What are your assessment options in working with the client?
What standard and accepted psychological tests might you apply to
your client in a forensic setting? Select from the instruments you
researched in M3 Assignment 2 RA.
How will you recognize and evaluate your client's offender behaviors
associated with malingering and deception?
What theoretical orientation do you want to use in this case for your
treatment recommendations?
What is the case scenario that you have selected?
What is the reason for referral?
What is the purpose of the forensic assessment and report?
What is the nature of the problem presented in your selected case
vignette?
What is the context in which the forensic assessment report will be
used?
What is the background of your client? What are the symptoms
displayed by your client and their significance in this case?
What is the mental status of your client? Be sure to elaborate on every
major component addressed in the mental status examination.
What interview type and approach did you use with your client?

8. What tests are appropriate to use in your forensic assessment report?
Identify one intelligence test, one objective personality test, and one
projective test.
What collateral information will you use in the process of the
evaluation?
How will you present your impressions of the client?
Revise your copy of Forensic Mental Health Professional Individual
Assessment Report on the basis of your instructor’s feedback.
Using the Forensic Mental Health Professional Individual Assessment
Report template that you downloaded for M4 Assignment 2, revise
your evaluation and interpretation of the information provided to you
in the case vignette that you selected.
Synthesize the information you collected to create a forensic mental
health professional individual assessment report. Your findings
should be in a report format.
In a 10- to 12-page report, include only the following components:
Reason for Referral: Explain the objective of your case vignette
analysis, clearly bringing out the aspects or reasons that motivated
you to carry out the study.
Presentation: Create mock interview data and collateral information
(you are to identify the questions to ask in the interview). Provide a
synopsis of the interview. To support the mental status of your client,
provide data based on your forensic assessment report and the mental
status components you have identified.
Current Life Situation and Background Information: Explain the
problem provided in your selected case vignette using the interview
and mental status data. How does the data relate to the background of
your client and your behavioral observations?
Objective Testing: Identify the assessment instruments you would
recommend to evaluate the client and explain the rationale for your

9. recommendations. Describe the objective tests you have selected and
their use. How did you apply these tests to your selected case
vignette? According to your study, what is your analysis of the
symptoms displayed by your client? What ethical and multicultural
issues do you need to address? You will apply what you have learned
from M3 Assignment 2 RA to this section.
Provide your diagnostic impressions based on DSM-5 criteria. What
is your principal diagnosis? What is your secondary diagnosis? Are
there other conditions that may be the focus of clinical attention to
consider?
Conclusion and Recommendations: What is your hypothesis after
taking into account the mental status examination, the interview,
personality tests, and the symptom analysis? Explain your hypothesis
and substantiate it using instances from your case study. Discuss your
results with conclusions and recommendations.
The final version of Forensic Mental Health Professional Individual
Assessment Report should contain all the assigned components and
the corresponding information and include revisions and
improvements based on your feedback from M4 Assignment 2.
Synthesize the data and write a reflection statement in 2–3 pages.
In a separate document, address the following:
Describe your professional role and relationship with the court and
the third party requesting the assessment or evaluation.
Explain the hypothesis you have formulated.
Explain why you chose the tests for the assessment of the client.
Discuss potential ethical dilemmas that might arise in your assessment
of the client.
Explain how you would prepare yourself to defend your evaluation in
the court setting or to relevant third parties. Be sure to support your
explanation with professional literature.
If you recommended treatment for your client, discuss the evidence-
based approaches used with the disorder you diagnosed.

10. Discuss the influence of cultural factors on the assessment process.
Your final deliverables are:
A selected case vignette
A list of interview and referral questions
The assessment template
The final assessment report
A reflection statement
Your report and reflection statement combined should be
approximately 12–15 pages. You are to utilize outside resources in
your reflection statement only.
All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for
attributing sources.
Submission Details:
By Module 5, Day 5, compile your report and reflection statement in
a Microsoft Word document, save it as
M5_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc, and submit it to the M5
Assignment 2 LASA Dropbox.
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