Case Study and Assessments from MMY

Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resource on your own before you bid. Main references come from Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015) and/or Encyclopedia of Counseling (2017). You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. APA format also requires headings. Use the prompt each week to guide your heading titles and organize the content of your initial post under the appropriate headings. Remember to use scholarly research from peer-reviewed articles that are current. I have attached examples and expectations, so you can see how to make full points. Please follow the instructions to get full credit for the discussion. The client Tracey is attached with the diagnosis. I need this completed by 01/07/19 at 4pm.

DISCUSSION POSTS— For your Main discussion posts, I require that all posts be a MINIMUM of 250 words. The main post must contain a minimum of two (2) different references from a peer reviewed journal or scholarly book or scholarly website. It is a good idea to use your Learning Resources each week. Wikipedia does not count as a scholarly website since the information is not validated.

Discussion – Week 7

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Case Study and Assessments from MMY

How do clinicians find and select an appropriate assessment to administer to a client? One source of information is the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). As you review the descriptions of the cases in “Practice Making a Diagnosis,” from Neukrug and Fawcett, consider issues that may be relevant and that you would like to assess. Review the list of possible issues in the handout and select two that you would like to explore further through the MMY.

To Prepare:

• Review the descriptions of      cases in Exercise 3.3: “Practice Making a Diagnosis.”
• Select one of the cases and      consider assessments you would use to explore with this client.
• Search the Walden Library for      the Mental Measurements Yearbook as follows:
  • In the Walden Library,       select Databases A-Z on the home page.
  • Select M from       the alphabetic menu.
  • Select Mental       Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print from the options.

From the Learning Resources cases, identify two assessments in the MMY that you think would best provide information for you to consider exploring with this client.

By Day 3 of Week 7

Post your assessment selections and reasons why you selected these assessments. What would be the pros and cons of using each? Which would you select for this client?

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

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Required Resources

Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Exercise 3.3: “Practice making a diagnosis.” In The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for counselors, social workers, and psychologists (pp. 55). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.

Carlson, J. F., Geisinger, K. F., & Jonson, J. L. (Eds.). (2017). The twentieth mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Burros Center for Testing.

Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 6: “Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning out of Raw Scores.” In The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide to counselors, social workers, and psychologists (pp. 110-126). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.

Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 7: “Statistical concepts: Creating new scores to interpret test data.” In The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide to counselors, social workers, and psychologists (pp. 127-149). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.

II. Tracey Tracey is a 25-year-old single working mother. Her daughter, Alicia, is 3 years old and in day care during the work week. Tracey was recently divorced from Alicia’s father and has sole custody of their child because her ex-husband was physically abusive. In the past few years, when the marital problems began, Tracey became overwhelmed with anxiety but was so busy that she stated she just didn’t have time to deal with it. She starts her day at 5:30 a.m. to get Alicia dressed, packed, and ready for day care so that she can get to work by 7:00 a.m. Tracey usually has breakfast on the road, and she frequents the drive-through on her way to work for convenience. At work it’s “go, go, go,” and Tracey doesn’t usually have time to break for lunch. By the time she picks up Alicia from day care and gets home, it’s about 6:00 p.m. Tracey cooks dinner by 7:00 p.m., which usually consists of a healthy, balanced meal. Once she gives Alicia a bath and puts her to bed, Tracey finally gets a breather to relax on the couch and watch TV. Now that she is alone, she feels an uncontrollable urge to snack and often goes through a large bag of potato chips followed by a quart of ice cream before she realizes it. Sometimes, she finishes eating that amount before her favorite half-hour sitcom is over. “I just can’t stop. It’s like I zone out, and I don’t even realize how much I’ve eaten. I feel like I can’t control myself. Usually, I feel physically sick by the end of it and just pass out, like a food coma.” Tracey doesn’t like to eat junk food in front of others because she’s ashamed that she has gained so much weight since the divorce and feels self-conscious. She’s been eating in secret like this for the past year since the divorce, and it happens almost every night. It’s gotten to the point where she has begun isolating herself, preferring to go home and snack all night in front of the TV instead of spending time with family and friends.

 

Neukrug, Edward S.. Essentials of Testing and Assessment: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists, Enhanced (p. 55). Cengage Learning. Kindle Edition.

Diagnosis

307.51 (F50.8) Binge eating disorder, moderate; V61.03 (Z63.5) Disruption of family by divorce (recent); V60.2 (Z59.7) Low income; V62.9 (Z60.9) Unspecified problem related to social environment: Social isolation.

 

Neukrug, Edward S.. Essentials of Testing and Assessment: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists, Enhanced (p. 57). Cengage Learning. Kindle Edition.