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Syllabus Psychological assessment of children and youth - 37857
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Last update 21-10-2024
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Education

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Kampf-Sherf Orli, Ph.D

Coordinator Email: sherfdo@014.net.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesday, 13-14

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Orli Kampf-Sherf

Course/Module description:
principles of psychodiagnostic assessment for the use at schools and clinical settings, using psychodiagnostic tools emphasizing projective techniques for assessing emotional state of children;conceptualization and integration towards assessment; psychological report writing and planning interventions.

Course/Module aims:
Impart the essentials of psychological assessment.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
assess and diagnose the emotional state of children, provide feedbacks and a written report to school staff, child and parents, including recommendations for therapy when necessary.

Attendance requirements(%):
90

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures

Course/Module Content:
Lesson 1 The Rorschach test - background
Administration principles - summary and direction
The principles of coding
Lesson 2
Continuation of coding principles

Lesson 3
Continuation

Lesson 4 continued, correct administration and common mistakes RPAS

Lesson 5 Calculation of indices
Submission of exercise-part A

Lesson 6 meaning/interpretation - determinants
Lesson 7 continued meaning and interpretation of indices
Submitting Part B exercise
Lesson 8 - Submitting coding of the volunteer with P's approval, a bonus for those who will try to add interpretation!!

Lesson 10 Continue interpretation
Lesson 11 Continue interpretation according to the R_PAS method

Lesson 12 integration with Bender, TAT and HTP Drawings
Lesson 13 The Rorschach Introduction to the R-PAS website
Lesson 14 one of the following topics:
Object relations in Rorschach responses
Rorschach: defense mechanisms
Defense mechanisms in the borderline organization
Treatment reccomendations based on integration of tests and clinical interview

Required Reading:
Meyer et al., 2011 - R-PAS workbook


Lerner, P, & Lerner, H. (1980). Rorschach assessment of primitive defences in borderline personality structure In Krwawer et al Borderline phenomena and the Rorschach Test (pp257-274) New York: International University Press


Urist J (1977) The Rorrchach test in the assessment of object relations. Journal of Personality Assessment 41,3

Groth- Marnat, GV (2003) The hand book of Psychological assessment (4th ed) Ch.14- "גישה שיטתית להערכה + ותכנון טיפול " (595-620)
Jongsma, Peterson & McInnis, (1997) The child and adolescent psychotherapy treatment planner,

Sendin, MC (2010). Rorschach Usefulness in Treatment Planning. Rorschachiana,31,70-89.

פידבק (משוב) לילד ולהורים - ריענון קריאה משנה א
1Pope, Kenneth S. (1992). Responsibilities in Providing Psychological Test Feedback to Clients. Psychological Assessment 4(3), 268-271.

2Pollak, Jerrold M. (1988). The feedback process with parents in child and adolescent psychological assessment. Psychotogy in the Schools 25, 143-153.

3Eyde, Lorraine D., Robertson, Gary J., Krug, Samuel E., Moreland, Kevin L., Robertson, Alan G. & Cynthia M. Shewan (1993). Responsible Test Use: Case Studies for Assessing Human Behavior - Section 7 Reporting to clients, 163-174.

"Responsible Test Use: Case Studies for Assessing Human Behavior"(1993)
Section 7 Reporting to clients

Additional Reading Material:
Bellak & Abrams (1996) The TAT , Boston , M.A. Allyn& Baco

Stein M.I (1955) (1981-2nd ed) The Thematic Apperception test [Bf 698.8 T5 S8 1955] Ch. 3 (39-61)

Fairbairn, WRD(1952) An Object Relations theory of the personality. NY: Basic Books

Urist J. and Shill,M.(1982). Validity of MOA.....Personality Assessment46, 450-454.

Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam 80 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 10 %
Clinical Work / Lab Work / Practical Work / Workshops 10 %

Additional information:
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