Test Case Study

Testing and Assessment

The first step to creating a professional psychological report begins with considering the client’s background and reason for referral and the conditions surrounding why an assessment is needed, who the stakeholder of the assessment is, and whether or not the factors surrounding the client’s situation could impact the assessment.

Prompt: For Milestone One, you will choose a case study (Case History One - Arthur, or Case History Two - Barbara) and describe how you will analyze your data. Your work in this milestone will impact the analysis and recommendations you will make in future milestones for your final project psychological report.

Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One must be submitted as a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point, Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

I. Introduction and Data Analysis - Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

a) Introduce the client’s case you chose by briefly recapping the background of the client you are assessing. What is the reason for referral? State the presenting problem and the questions to be addressed through your evaluation of the data. Relate the problem to the APA Ethical Code and the psychological assessment issues that could be encountered.

b) In your response, consider who is making the referral and how this impacts your assessment of the data; is the intended consumer of the report a parent, a school system, a mental health practitioner, a probation officer, or another stakeholder?

c) Describe how you will analyze your data by considering the following questions. What is the best way to organize your data to address your referral question? How do you make this technical information useful and understandable for the intended reader? Justify your choice of method with other research.