Main description:

This book describes the outcomes of the project Skills in Psychodiagnostics. These outcomes consist of seven digital modules that can be used by students in psychology and pedagogy to acquire the professional skills for adequate psychodiagnostics. With this book you hold the key to enter the interactive programme on www.diskitpsy.com. In this programme students have to do exercises with increasing complexity, often after the observation of videotaped interactions between a helper and a client. After finishing the exercise, they receive feedback by comparing their solutions with an expert solution. The professional skills under attention are: general skills such as observation and professional ethics, clinical psychodiagnostics for adults, and developmental psychodiagnostics for children and adolescents. Students can independently develop a lot of experience with the complex practice of psychodiagnostics and assessment. Using a separate code, teachers are able to follow the students' progress. In this book you will find the backgrounds and clarifications of the seven digital modules.

Contents:

Introduction; Part I Background of the Diskits; Background of the Diskit Projects; The Hypothesis Testing Model (HTM): The Steps in the Diagnostic Cycle; Part II General Diskit Modules; Diskit 1: Introduction to Psychodiagnostics; Diskit 2: Systematic Observation; Diskit 3: Professional Ethics; Part III Diskits for the Field of Clinical Psychological Diagnostics for Adults; Diskit 4: Differential Diagnostics of Psychopathology; Diskit 5: Using Tests in Clinical Practice; Part IV Diskits for the Field of Developmental Psychology for Child and Youth Psychopathology; Diskit 6: Differential Diagnostics of Developmental Disorders; Diskit 7: Using Tests for Child and Youth Psychopathology; Appendix 1 Basic Qualification of Psychodiagnostics from the Dutch Association of Psychologists (Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen, NIP); Appendix A Requirements for the Theoretical and Practical Parts for the Basic Qualification of Psychodiagnostics; References; About the Authors