Ch. 5- Assessment and Career Planning
Assessment - ANS-the use of any formal or informal technique to collect data about a
client.
It is a tool of the trait-and-factor approach, which had its beginning with the three-step
career choice process introduced by Frank Parsons.
Trait-and-Factor Assessment
in the 21st Century - ANS-Test data
are only one piece of a much larger puzzle.
should be used less for prediction and more for identifying new options.
The client should be more involved in making the decision about whether to use
assessment and for what purposes.
The changing demographics of the United States necessitate the need for even more
preparation when selecting and using assessments in counseling
Assessment and the Career Planning Process
STEPS (7) - ANS-Step 1 - may use an instrument to measure career maturity, career
beliefs or decision-making style
Step 2 - may use inventories to measure interests, abilities, skills, work values, or
personality type
Step 3 - Score report from inventories given in Step 2 will suggest occupations.
Step 4 - Gather info about identified career alternatives; Assessment not likely to be
used.
Step 5 - Inventories of work-related values may be used to reduce number of options.
Step 6 - Tests that predict success in college or measure achievement in specific
subject matter may be used.
, Step 7 - Instruments that measure work skills or personality type may be used.
Purposes of Assessment - ANS-Counselors can learn more about the needs of students
or clients.
Counselors can learn more about the characteristics of clients (interests, abilities, skills,
values), and clients can learn more about themselves.
Counselors can measure the progress of an individual or a group in matters related to
career planning.
Assessments:
Counselor Responsibilities - ANS-Follow ethical guidelines provided by professional
associations
Possess knowledge of:
-basic principles of assessment
-details of specific instruments to be used
-how to prepare clients/students
-how to administer properly
-how to interpret properly
-follow through with clients appropriately after the assessment
Assessments:
Clients' Rights - ANS-Old model of the trait-and-factor approach (often called the
"test-'em and tell-'em" approach) should be replaced with a view of assessment that:
a) respects assessment is just one of the tools available to assist clients,
b) should be administered with the person's full understanding of its purpose,
c) prepares the client, administers the instrument corrects,
d) treats the results in the confidential manner, and
e) interprets the results in a knowledgeable way
Informal Assessment:
Characteristics - ANS--Instruments not subjected to scientific study
-Results for one person cannot be compared with those of others
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