Getting the Most Out of Psychological Testing of Children and Adolescents: Using Psychological Testing to Guide Treatment
Date: Friday, October 7, 2005, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Presenter: Alissa Sherry, Ph.D.
Location: Austin Child Guidance Center, 810 W. 45th St., Austin, TX 78751
Cost: $10 charge for c.e.u.’s. There is no charge if you don’t want c.e.u.’s.
To Register: Email trainings@austinchildguidance.org or call Chelsea Griffo at 512-451-2242. Space is limited.
Learning Objectives:
To be able to read and understand psychological reports.
Identifying reliable and valid tests. In other words, are the tests that were given to the client ones that you can confidently based treatment decisions on?
Creating good referral questions for the testing psychologist.
About the Training:
This brief workshop will focus on how to better understand psychological test results, identify reports and testing procedures that best inform your treatment decisions, and how to create good referral questions that will result in better reports from the psychologist.
About the Presenter:
Alissa Sherry, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the Counseling Psychology Program. She teaching Objective Assessment in their Ph.D. program as well as ethics, substance abuse, and group therapy. She is also a licensed psychologist. Her practice primarily consists of psychological testing and child custody evaluations.
