COU209: Assessment has become increasingly important in counselling, and counsellors typically use a variety of assessment: Assessment in Counselling Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Question 1

Assessment has become increasingly important in counselling, and counsellors typically use a variety of assessment methods to work on their clients. Discuss FOUR (4) reasons why it is important for counsellors to know about assessment. For each reason, describe a case scenario to demonstrate how the client can be affected.

Question 2

Communicating results to clients is often one of the most important aspects of the assessment process, and counsellors need to have even more specialised knowledge and skills aside from counselling skills.

a) Counsellors need to communicate assessment results to clients. Determine what the following guidelines are and illustrate with an example for each on how the counsellors can do them.
1. Validity information
2. Using effective counselling skills
3. Using multiple methods
4. Using probabilities
5. Tentative versus absolute interpretation

b) If the counsellor needs to disclose to a parent that his/her child is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), some specialised knowledge about the disorder is needed. Research on the symptoms and criteria for diagnosis of this disorder.