Social

SCH PA600 - Social-Emotional Assessment

Credits: 3

This course covers the history and use of personality, social-emotional, and behavioral measures with children and adolescents. The focus is on assessing social and emotional functioning within family, school, and cultural contexts, with consideration of educational, developmental, and mental health factors. Students learn methods of observation and interview, as well as objective and supplemental projective assessment techniques. Projective and objective measures are compared and contrasted with respect to their clinical utility, limitations and appropriate use of each. Impact of cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic factors are addressed. Legal and ethical implications are explored. Supervised experience in social-emotional assessment is arranged through the concurrent Practicum III.