Comprehensive Career Assessment Paper General Instructions Create an assessment battery for a hypothetical client seeking career counseling and guidance. Include the types of assessments you would use and the rationale
Comprehensive Career Assessment Paper
General Instructions
Create an assessment battery for a hypothetical client seeking career counseling and guidance.
• Include the types of assessments you would use and the rationale for your choice of each assessment.
• Use at least 3 quantitative assessments and 2 qualitative assessments (i.e. clinical interview, card sort etc.)
• Each assessment you select should be thoroughly discussed in terms of the appropriateness of use with your client and should include statistical data to support your decision such as the population on which the assessment was normed, the validity and reliability of using the assessment with your client, and any limitations the assessment would have if used with diverse and special populations.
• Include information on how to use electronic resources such as O*NET and CAGS as well as the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to describe the mental, physical, and vocational preparation for work.
• The body of the paper should be a minimum of 10 pages and should include additional resources and references other than the textbook. You may use yourself as the hypothetical client.
The Following are headings to be incorporated in your paper:
• Abstract
• Background
• Assessment used
• MBTI
• Self-Directed Search
• Strong Campbell
• Results of assessment
• Cognitive strengths and weaknesses
• Physical or mental limitation or strengths
• Clinical impression or counselor's impression (this would be information you would gain during the initial interview with the client)
• Cultural considerations and special needs
• Jobs available in the national labor market. You will need to go to either the Bureau of Labor statistics and/or ONET to get the job requirements, physical and mental demands, the numbers of these jobs in the national economy, and how this will affect your client in the geographical area in which they live.
• If additional skills are needed for the jobs you cite in the previous section, how will the client acquire those skills
• Summary and conclusion.
The paper must be submitted in Microsoft Word; Times New Roman font; 12 pt. font size; margins 1” on all sides; double-spaced. The assignment should be written on a graduate level and references used should be cited within the discussion and documented in a reference list using APA styling.
Scoring Guidelines
Points available: 100
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Component |
Unacceptable |
Revisions
Required |
Target |
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Assessment
Battery for a client seeking career counseling and guidance. Include the types of assessments and rationale for your choice (CACREP 2F.4.h, 2F.4.i, 2F.7.i, 2F.8.f; CIEP 4.5, 4.8, 4.9) |
Assessment battery does not provide a proper balanced of quantitative and qualitative
data; too few assessments are utilized; rationale one or more assessment is missing (0
points) |
Assessment battery includes at least 3 quantitative assessments
and 2 qualitative assessments; rationale for each is provided but not well supported (10 points) |
Assessment battery includes at least 3 quantitative assessments
and 2 qualitative assessments; strong rationale for each is provided and well supported (20
points) |
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Assessments Well-developed descriptions include information on appropriateness for client, validity and reliability
data, and possible
limitations (CACREP
2F.4.b, 2F.4.h,
2F.4.i, 2F.7.h, 2F.7.i;
CIEP 4.5, 4.8, 4.9) |
Description
is missing or unclear, and key ideas are not well supported (0 points) |
Description
is provided, but explanations
of key ideas are vague or incomplete, or not well supported (10 points) |
Description
provided is comprehensive and complete;
key ideas are clearly stated, explained, and well supported (20 points) |
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Source Use Descriptions of how to use O*NET, CAGS as well as the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (CACREP 2F.4.h, 2F.4.i, 2F.7.i;
CIEP 4.5, 4.8, 4.9) |
Description
is missing or unclear, and key ideas are not well supported (0 points) |
Description
is provided, but explanations
of key ideas are vague or incomplete, or not well supported (10 points) |
Description
provided is comprehensive and complete;
key ideas are clearly stated, explained, and well supported (20 points) |
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Summary Includes jobs that would meet the client’s abilities, talents, and skills and provide discussion regarding
cultural considerations |
Summary
is missing or describes client options that are inappropriate (0 points) |
Summary includes relevant information that describes
client options (10 points) |
Excellent
summary of relevant information
that clearly
describes client
options, cultural considerations and special needs; |
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Component |
Unacceptable |
Revisions
Required |
Target |
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and any special needs of the client. (CACREP 2F.4.f, 2F.4.g, 2F.4.h,
2F.4.i, 2F.7.i; CIEP 4.5, 4.8, 4.9) |
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includes a
personal development
plan (20 points) |
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Is correct sentence structure utilized? |
Contains
multiple and serious errors of sentence
structure: i.e., fragments, run- ons;
unable to write simple sentences (0 points) |
Formulaic sentence patterns or overuse of simple sentences; errors in
sentence structure (3 points) |
Effective
and varied sentences; errors (if present) due
to lack of careful proofreading (6 points) |
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Are
proper mechanics utilized? |
Numerous
errors in spelling and capitalization;
intrusive and/or inaccurate punctuation; communication is hindered (0 points) |
Contains
several punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization errors
(up to 6); errors may or may not interfere
with meaning (3 points) |
Virtually
free of punctuation, spelling, capitalization errors (no more
than 3); errors do not interfere with meaning (6 points) |
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Is APA
format followed? |
Contains many and/or serious APA format errors (0 points) |
Contains several minor APA format errors (up to 3) (4 points) |
Both in-text citations and reference list are free from errors (8 points) |
