This document provides references for a counseling course on assessment. It includes chapters and articles on the history of testing, informal assessment methods, diagnostic tests, statistical concepts, specific measures like the Beck Depression Inventory, and implications for assessing clients who self-injure. The goal is for counselors to learn how to appropriately select, administer, interpret, and apply assessments to better understand and help their clients.

1. As a counselor, you are in a unique position to effect positive
social change for your clients, your practice, and your
community. In reflecting on what you have learned in this
course, consider how you can achieve social change.
To Prepare:
Think of what you have learned over the past 10 weeks in this
course and how this new learning and knowledge helps you to
promote positive social change in your community.
By Day 3 of Week 11
Post
and explain how you might be able to apply the content from
this course to achieve positive social change in your
community.
References:
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 1: History of
Testing and Assessment. In
The essentials of testing and assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 3-20). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 12: Informal
assessment: Observation, rating scales, classification methods,

2. environmental assessment, records and personal documents, and
performance-based assessment. In
The essentials of testing and assessment: A practical guide to
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 281-305). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 8: Assessment
of educational ability: Survey battery, diagnostic, readiness, and
cognitive ability tests. In
The essentials of testing and assessment: A practical guide to
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 157-189). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
Beidas, R. S., & Kendall, P. C. (2010), Training therapists in
evidence-based practice: A critical review of studies from a
systems-contextual perspective.
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 17
, pp. 1–30. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2850.2009.01187.x
Hiebert, B. (1996). Using informal methods to assess client
change.
Guidance & Counseling, 11
(4), 3–12.
Note:
Juhnke, G. A. (1995). Mental health counseling assessment:
Broadening one's understanding of the client and the client’s
presenting concerns.
ERIC Digest
, 1–6.
Note:

3. UTPsyc.org (n.d.). Psychology of words: Projective tests of
words and language.
The Thematic Apperception Test
(TAT). Retrieved from http://www.utpsyc.org/TATintro/
Laureate Education (Producer) (2010).
Introduction to assessment part 1
[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 3: “Diagnosis
in the assessment process.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 43-58). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 4: “The
assessment report process: Interviewing the client and writing
the report.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 59-80). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Box 4.5: “Summary of
assessment report.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(p. 76). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Appendix D: “Sample
assessment report.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists

4. (pp. 321-326). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning
Carlson, J. F., Geisinger, K. F., & Jonson, J. L. (Eds.). (2017).
The twentieth mental measurements yearbook
. Lincoln, NE: Burros Center for Testing.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 3: “Diagnosis
in the assessment process.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 43-58). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 4: “The
assessment report process: Interviewing the client and writing
the report.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 59-80). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Appendix D: “Sample
assessment report.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 321-326). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Box 4.5: “Summary of
assessment report.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(p. 76). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Craigen, L. M., Healey, A. C., Walley, C. T., Byrd, R., &

5. Schuster, J. (2010). Assessment and Self-Injury: Implications
for Counselors. Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling &
Development, 43(1), pp. 3-15. doi:10.1177/0748175610362237
Note:
You will access this article through the Walden Library
databases.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 5: “Test
worthiness: Validity, reliability: cross-cultural fairness, and
assessment.” In The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A
practical guide for counselors, social workers, and
psychologists (pp. 83-109). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Rosenthal, H. (2017). Chapter 8: Assessment and testing. In
Encyclopedia of counseling (4th ed.) (pp. 367-411). New York,
NY: Routledge. (4th edition ONLY)
Laureate Education (2010).
Reliability and validity
[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Producer.
Dr. Steven Little demonstrates reliability and validity and how
to use them to evaluate an assessment.
Craigen, L. M., Healey, A. C., Walley, C. T., Byrd, R., &
Schuster, J. (2010). Assessment and Self-Injury: Implications
for Counselors.
Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling & Development, 43
(1), pp. 3-15. doi:10.1177/0748175610362237
Note:
You will access this article through the Walden Library

6. databases.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 6: “Statistical
Concepts: Making Meaning out of Raw Scores.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 110-126). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 7: “Statistical
concepts: Creating new scores to interpret test data.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 127-149). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Beck, A. T., Epstein, N., Brown, G., Steer, R. A. (1988). An
inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric
properties.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56
, 893-897.
Note:
This is a seminal article.
Smarr, K. L., & Keefer, A. L. (2011). Measures of depression
and depressive symptoms: Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-
II), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-
D), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Hospital Anxiety and
Depression Scale (HADS), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9
(PHQ-9).
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 63
, (11), pp. 454-466. doi: 10.1002/acr.20556.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Exercise 3.3: “Practice
making a diagnosis.” In

7. The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 55). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Craigen, L. M., Healey, A. C., Walley, C. T., Byrd, R., &
Schuster, J. (2010). Assessment and Self-Injury: Implications
for Counselors.
Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling & Development, 43
(1), pp. 3-15. doi:10.1177/0748175610362237
Note:
You will access this article through the Walden Library
databases.
Carlson, J. F., Geisinger, K. F., & Jonson, J. L. (Eds.). (2017).
The twentieth mental measurements yearbook
. Lincoln, NE: Burros Center for Testing.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 6:
“Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning out of Raw Scores.” In
The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide to
counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 110-126). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 7:
“Statistical concepts: Creating new scores to interpret test
data.” In The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical
guide to counselors, social workers, and psychologists
(pp. 127-149). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.
Laureate Education (2010).
Standard scores
[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Producer

8. Dr. Steven Little demonstrates a normal curve and the
relationships of derived scores to the normal curve.