Psychological assessment

I. Introduction The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a series of tests administered annually to all Australian students. NAPLAN is divided into separate components for Numeracy and Literacy, including Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar. An article published in the Sydney Morning Herald in 2013 reported that students from a language background other than English (LBOTE) were performing better than students from English-speaking backgrounds (non-LBOTE) in both

Abstract This paper talks about the different assessments used for personality and psychoanalysis of a person. A case was given of a female and the problems that she had been facing. This report and recommendation was prepared after careful analysis and interpretation of the woman's test results. The different assessments used were the IPIP-Neo, Clinical anxiety scale and two others. Referral Question/Reason for Testing Suzie Jones has been referred for psycho analysis and testing for several

Purpose of this assignment is to critically evaluate and analyse the role of a mentor which took place as a part of virtual student placement within a hospital setting. Mentor is someone who is a registered nurse and who can assess and help the students with their learning process in a practical area, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2006). According to Bulman and Schutz (2013), reflection is an important part of the development of nursing skills and knowledge. In this essay I am using Chris as

4222-319 Facilitate person centred assessment, planning, implementation and review (HSC 3020) 1.1 Explain the importance of a holistic approach to assessment and planning of care or support. In the health and social care setting it’s imperative that we take a holistic approach within all aspects of our work settings. As carer’s, a holistic approach of person centred care is when planning care needs and considerations, and the type of individually tailored care packages and provision is of great

Nand Kishore Bissoo 19 September 2014 Level 4 PTLLS Assignment Unit 008 Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships in Lifelong Learning: 1.1 The relevant legislations for teachers are Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.This act aims at protecting people against risks to health and safety in connection with their activities at work. The Race Relations Act 1976.This act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of colour, race, nationality

Introduction Personality testing and assessment refers to investigate into the features of a person’s aspects of character and psychosomatic make up. This is majorly done in organizations for numerous reasons. As recorded in Frank (2004), the initial making of personality assessment was to aid in easing the process of selecting workers for the army. Since this initial invention, much development has been experienced in personality assessment. This is apparent through the existence of timely mechanisms

According to Kinlaw (1991), teamwork is the way in which people must work and cooperate together in order to produce products or services that could not be produced by a single individual. To this end, teams appear to have a synergy effect, which implies that the total outcome that is produced by the team is by far more than the equivalent result which the sum of the team’s part would have had. By and large, the formation of groups is very useful for the organization and its members, because they

As a nurse, one must be aware of the Activities of Living (AoL), assessment methods and understand how to formulate a Nursing Care Plan (NCP). When tending to a patient, it is important to understand the AoL as well recognising how they are affecting the patient, how to assess one’s condition and what ‘care needs’ are priority when treating a patients symptoms. By having this knowledge a nurse is able to develop a NCP more easily, therefore give the patient a greater quality of care. When creating

Assessment Objective – AO2 I will research a national legislation that has an effect on care homes, which is a service that my elderly service user uses. Care Standard Act I have chosen to research the Care Standards Act 2000. This Act came into effect in April 2000 and set up a new system of national minimum standards for services such as private and voluntary sector residential and nursing homes. Its primary function is to promote improvement in social care. (Social Care Institute for Excellence

There are many things to consider throughout the development and design of a test. Test developers must have an understanding of how to develop reliable measures to assess specific constructs while factoring in things like the guidelines of administration to keeping up with necessary revisions and accommodations. Test development is defined as the production of measures of knowledge, interests, attitudes, or skills through test item scores to be brought together into a format to be administered to