Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) Administration & Scoring

During the on-campus residential school, you will be required to administer the WISC-V to a simulated client. You will receive a client vignette, including the subtests from the WISC-IV that need to be administered.

If you do not pass this assessment, you are able to re-sit this assessment once during the residential school in week 3.

The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this in-class assessment.  You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.  

This is an ungraded pass/fail assessment. You have to pass each of the three components (administration, scoring, professional communication) to receive a Passing grade for this assessment.

1. Administration: You will adhere to the standardised subtest instructions, while maintaining a professional manner (WISC-V manual). Additionally, adherence to the standardised responses guidelines for the administrator is required. You will follow the guidelines regarding age-appropriate items and the correct order of item and subtest administration.
2. Scoring: You will adhere to the scoring guidelines in the WISC-V manual. Correct interpretation of cut-off rules and expected further questioning of items in a subtest is required for a passing grade.
3. Professional communication: You will administer the subtests in a professional manner, adhering to the WISC-V subtest administration guidelines in the WISC-V manual. Additionally, you will employ professional communication skills, in a culturally responsive manner.

Students have to pass each of the three components (administration, scoring, professional manner) to receive a Passing grade for this assessment.

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V) assessment report

This report requires you to respond to a hypothetical case study and demonstrate competency in knowledge and skills related to psychological assessment and evaluation, which are required for generation of a psychological assessment report. Specifically, you will be required to interpret WISC-V scores, integrate test results and client history into a formulation, present differential diagnosis, and provide an opinion and recommendations for the client based on the testing outcomes in the form of a psychological report.

You will be provided with a case study during the first 5 weeks. The case information will include background information, test behaviour, and test scores. Following the 7 Step Model of Formulation (Flanagan & Alfonso, 2017) students will be required to prepare a well-written integrated assessment report based on the case information and their test score interpretation. The is a 3000-word limit for your report (excluding Appendices) to ensure the end product is a concise and cohesive narrative. 

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment.  You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.  

This written report is an ungraded Pass/Fail assessment.

To pass, you must demonstrate:

• Accurate and responsible interpretation of WISC-V data
• Integration of cognitive findings, behavioural observations, and history into a coherent formulation
• Logical and defensible diagnostic reasoning
• Clear, appropriate, and evidence-informed recommendations
• Professional-standard written communication that is logically structured

A detailed marking rubric and further information will be available on Moodle.

Feedback assessment

Clear and accurate communication of assessment outcomes in an engaging and client-centred manner is a key competency that completes the psychological assessment process. The purpose of this assessment is to assess your competency in delivering feedback of standardised assessment outcomes, opinions and recommendations to a client.

You are required to record a video with one of your colleagues, who will be playing a client or parent of a client. In this video, you will deliver professional feedback regarding their assessment. You will receive a client vignette and assessment scores to interpret.

Assessment criteria for this task are:

1. Session opening: form professional rapport with the client, respecting their emotions towards the feedback process
2. Results: deliver the result in a culturally appropriate manner, in language that is clear for the client
3. Formulation and diagnosis: synthesise the results to a case formulation and diagnosis, with respect towards the client. The information needs to be comprehensible and non-threatening to the client
4. Recommendations: Offer evidence-based solution to the clients, explaining the rationale behind these recommendations and the expected impact on their functioning.

A more detailed marking criteria is available in Moodle.

You are required to submit a 1,500-word reflective piece that addresses three key areas. First, you will articulate your understanding of the purpose and use of the psychological assessment tools covered in this unit. Second, you will reflect on how clients may experience the assessment process, including consideration of the potential personal, interpersonal, and broader impacts of the use of assessment tools with clients and assessment outcomes. Finally, you will reflect on the learning and insights you have gained over the past four weeks and discuss how these will inform and shape your future professional practice.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment.  You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.  

You will write a 3-page reflection piece (1500 words), covering the following:

1. Your understanding the purpose and use of psychology assessment tools covered across this unit (500 words).
2. Your reflection of how clients may experience the assessment process, and the broader impacts of assessments for clients (500 words). 
3. Your reflection on how the learning and insights you have gained over the last 4 weeks, will impact your practice (500 words).