PSY 335

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PSY335MilestoneOneGuidelinesandRubric.pdf

PSY 335 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric (Draft of Introduction and Data Analysis)

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. In this milestone, you will choose a case study and describe how you will be analyzing your data. The work you do in this milestone will impact the analysis and recommendations you will make in future milestones.

Prompt: For Milestone One, choose a case history (Case History One, Arthur, or Case History Two, Barbara) and answer the questions in Section I: Introduction and Data Analysis for your final project psychological report.

In Milestone One, specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Introduction and Data Analysis 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.

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.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Introduction and Data Analysis: Client’s Case

Clearly summarizes client background and presenting issue, provides relevant links to APA ethical code, and identifies potential issues

Summarizes client background and presenting issue, provides links to APA ethical code, and identifies potential issues, but response lacks clarity

Does not summarize client background or presenting issue, provide relevant links to APA ethical code, or identify potential issues

30

Introduction and Data Analysis Methods: Referral/Impacts

Identifies the source of the referral and the intended consumer of the report, noting how these stakeholders impact assessment

Identifies the source of the referral and the intended consumer of the report, noting how these stakeholders impact assessment, but the response lacks clarity or incorrectly identifies stakeholders

Does not identify the source of the referral or the intended consumer of the report. Does not note how these stakeholders impact assessment

30

Introduction and Data Analysis: Data

Provides reasonable description for how data will be analyzed and includes relevant detail pertaining to how information will be organized and communicated to stakeholders

Provides description for how data will be analyzed and includes detail pertaining to how information will be organized and communicated to stakeholders, but response lacks logic and/or detail

Does not provide description for how data will be analyzed

30

Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Earned Total 100%

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