Application: Cognitive Testing Instruments
How might a clinician determine a clients cognitive abilities or how might a clinician integrate testing data reflecting a clients cognitive abilities into a therapeutic intervention? Evaluating a test used to measure cognitive ability takes skill to recognize what type of cognitive assessment is most appropriate based upon the clients presenting issues.
For this Assignment review the interactive media Virtual Client. Revisit the virtual client that you have selected and review the presenting issues. Consider what types of cognitive tests are appropriate to use to evaluate his or her cognitive abilities based on the client information. In addition review the hypothetical cognitive tests results and analyze these results in light of your clients presenting problems. Consider how these results might be used in the clients treatment plan. In this assignment you are not being asked to establish the presence or absence of an intellectual disability. Instead you are being asked to consider the results from a test of intelligence to assist you in understanding the causes of the client’s presenting problem and in formulating a plan of treatment.
The Assignment (57 pages):
Part A:
Part B:
Mock Assessment Results
Locate your virtual client in the following list.
Results of Assessment for CHC Factors:
Client
Lanie Rosado
Age 22
Race Hispanic
Gender Female
Ethnicity Puerto Rican
Veteran Status – Enduring Freedom veteran
Immigrant Status American citizen
Language English Spanish
Sensory Impairment None
Motor Impairment Fine and gross
Medical Conditions Severely injured dominant hand
Presenting Problem Failing in college
Affective Symptoms Mood swings
Behavioral Symptoms Impulsivity
Unstable relationships
Cognitive Symptoms Failing first semester of school
Family and Support Systems Conflict with family and partner
Results Intelligence Testing Weakness in Gs
Results of NEO PI-R High neuroticism
Low extraversion