CRC Exam Prep- Assessment Questions
And Answers.
Purpose of Assessment in Rehabilitation -
\Is to intergrate information for multiple sources to plain a course of action. Assessment
is usually vocationally related.
Vocational Assessment -
\Vocational assessment invloves exploring a person strengths, weakness,and
preferences and discovering how the individual's potential for vocational adjustments
can be enhanced.
Comprehensive Assessment -
\Evaluate personality, intelligence, educational achievement, work experience, personal
and social adjustment, employment opportunities, environmental characteristics. The
nature and scope of rehabilitation services needed to achieve successful vocational and
independent living outcomes.
Comprehensive Assessment: Intake interview -
\The intake interview generates a social-vocational hx, which is useful in formulating the
rehabilitation plan and in determining whether subsequent evaluations are needed
based in questions that the consumer can answer directly.
5 steps of an intake interview -
\1. Discuss the person's reason for rehabilitation services.
2. Provide the individual with necessary information about the role and function of the
agency.
3.Develop an adequate rapport.
4. Initiate the diagnostic process.
5. Inform the client of any medical, vocational, or psychological evaluation that must be
completed and the purposes of such evaluations.
Psychological Assessment -
\Are assessments yield information regarding client's intelligence aptitude,
achievement , personality, interests, and adjustments related to vocational functioning
The Purpose of Psychological Assessment -
\1. To present the appropriateness of long-term vocational training
2. To introduce the need for adjustment services
3 To confront the consumer regarding unrealistic vocational choices
Vocational Evaluation -
, \appropriate testing in intelligence, aptitude, achievement, personality, and vocational
interests, and functional capacities.
Measurement -
\The assignment of numbers to attributes of person according to rules stated explicitly
(Bolton, 2001).
nominal -
\Classifies assigns numerals but does not distinguish size, amount ( ethnicity or gender)
ordinal -
\Indication of ordering, but not indication of distances between scale( 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Place)
interval -
\Equal intervals on the scale( Celsius temperature Scale
ratio -
\Possesses a non-arbitrary zero point (measure of weight)
Reliability -
\Refers to the dependability, consistency and precision of an assessment procedure. It
represents the measure of consistency
Types of Reliability -
\1. test-retest reliability
2. split-half reliability
3. parallel forms reliability
4. Cronbach's alpha
test-retest reliability -
\Is a measure of the consistency of a psychological test or assessment. The T-RT
correlations indicate relationships between scores obtained by clients within the same
group on 2 administrations of the test.
Split-half reliability -
\Measure of the internal consistency of a test or measuring device. A test is divided into
2 halves and the scores on the halves are compared to see if the test is cosistant within
itself. Odds+ Evens is the best way to do this.
parallel forms reliability -
\A parallel form correlation indicates consistency of scores of individuals within the
same group on two alternate but equivalent forms of the same test taken at the same
time.
Cronback's alpha -
And Answers.
Purpose of Assessment in Rehabilitation -
\Is to intergrate information for multiple sources to plain a course of action. Assessment
is usually vocationally related.
Vocational Assessment -
\Vocational assessment invloves exploring a person strengths, weakness,and
preferences and discovering how the individual's potential for vocational adjustments
can be enhanced.
Comprehensive Assessment -
\Evaluate personality, intelligence, educational achievement, work experience, personal
and social adjustment, employment opportunities, environmental characteristics. The
nature and scope of rehabilitation services needed to achieve successful vocational and
independent living outcomes.
Comprehensive Assessment: Intake interview -
\The intake interview generates a social-vocational hx, which is useful in formulating the
rehabilitation plan and in determining whether subsequent evaluations are needed
based in questions that the consumer can answer directly.
5 steps of an intake interview -
\1. Discuss the person's reason for rehabilitation services.
2. Provide the individual with necessary information about the role and function of the
agency.
3.Develop an adequate rapport.
4. Initiate the diagnostic process.
5. Inform the client of any medical, vocational, or psychological evaluation that must be
completed and the purposes of such evaluations.
Psychological Assessment -
\Are assessments yield information regarding client's intelligence aptitude,
achievement , personality, interests, and adjustments related to vocational functioning
The Purpose of Psychological Assessment -
\1. To present the appropriateness of long-term vocational training
2. To introduce the need for adjustment services
3 To confront the consumer regarding unrealistic vocational choices
Vocational Evaluation -
, \appropriate testing in intelligence, aptitude, achievement, personality, and vocational
interests, and functional capacities.
Measurement -
\The assignment of numbers to attributes of person according to rules stated explicitly
(Bolton, 2001).
nominal -
\Classifies assigns numerals but does not distinguish size, amount ( ethnicity or gender)
ordinal -
\Indication of ordering, but not indication of distances between scale( 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Place)
interval -
\Equal intervals on the scale( Celsius temperature Scale
ratio -
\Possesses a non-arbitrary zero point (measure of weight)
Reliability -
\Refers to the dependability, consistency and precision of an assessment procedure. It
represents the measure of consistency
Types of Reliability -
\1. test-retest reliability
2. split-half reliability
3. parallel forms reliability
4. Cronbach's alpha
test-retest reliability -
\Is a measure of the consistency of a psychological test or assessment. The T-RT
correlations indicate relationships between scores obtained by clients within the same
group on 2 administrations of the test.
Split-half reliability -
\Measure of the internal consistency of a test or measuring device. A test is divided into
2 halves and the scores on the halves are compared to see if the test is cosistant within
itself. Odds+ Evens is the best way to do this.
parallel forms reliability -
\A parallel form correlation indicates consistency of scores of individuals within the
same group on two alternate but equivalent forms of the same test taken at the same
time.
Cronback's alpha -
