PSYCH 717Psychological Assessment I

This course, together with PSYCH 718, covers topics such as systems of clinical interviewing and observation, clinical use of self-report inventories and ability tests, principles of test interpretation and report writing, theories and measurement of intelligence, the conceptualization and assessment of learning disabilities and other academic problems, and basic neuropsychology, as they apply to the clinical assessment of both children and adults. This course is a requirement for all first-year clinical graduate students. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.