The Role Of Psychological Assessment On Counseling And Clinical Practice

Moreover, assessment addresses the resources and the nature of support in the client 's family, family, and client 's functioning. Most psychological assessments are comprehensive and more preferable if carried out over time. Typically, these evaluations promote the development of individual care plans and educational plans (Hunsley & Mash, 2011). Further, it is integral in development of a treatment plan for patients that some form of assessment be made which deal with individual issues. An example of this is the diagnosis and screening for the delay and developmental disorders such as speech, autism, language and behavioral disorders, etc. Assessments allow psychologists to make recommendations to clients or families about appropriate approaches and promote an ongoing assessment and the evaluation of the person 's progress (Balkin & Juhnke, 2013). In counseling and clinical practice, assessment plays a role in family dynamics. It can be a critical part of identifying the functioning of a family. This includes such things as identification of the levels of family adjustment, stress, and coping, the level of parental support, and individual coping styles. Psychologists identify parental communication styles, relationship quality, sibling adjustment, emotional response, and coping (Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2015). Moreover, Hays & Hood (2013) note that psychological