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sychodiagnostic tools in
guidance and counselling
Marcela Claudia Călineci, October 2012
Romania
Premises...
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The principles of guidance and counselling!
Each person is special and unique.
All persons are responsabile by their development.
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Constructivist paradigme
Human nature is in continue evolution!
“All the time I am present and creative.”
“I cope with the change.”
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May be testing is forbiden word in counselling? What
is fundament that this test is the best?
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Tests- only PRETEXT for discussions and reflections,
but personal decisions are belonging to the clients in
the process of accomplish the transferabile
competencies!!!
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Tests on the market have a gap of at least 20 years
from the last theoretical and experimental researches.
Educational/ school guidance
and counselling
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Evaluation is not compulsory,
is not included in job
description of school
counsellors
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The counsellors did not
usually apply the tests
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It is optional for counselling
network
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2012- Best practices of used
instruments for children who
enter in the preparatory
class (6 years) or first grade
(new educational law)
Psychological testing
http://www.cognitrom.ro/en/
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The Evaluation Platform CAS++ (Cognitrom
Assessment System)
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Neuropsychological Assessment Battery for children
(3-12 years) NEPSY
Development Evaluation Platform - Form A (3-6/7
years)
Development Evaluation Platform –Form B (6/7 – 18
years)
Neuropsychological Assessment Battery
Endler Multidimensional Anxiety Scales
Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire-emotional coping
Strategic approach to coping scale
Questionnaire for assessing children (3-7 years)
Adolescent Psychopathology Scale-Short Form (APSSF)
Questionnaire assessment of learning strategies (8-12
years and 13-18 years old)
Eating Disorder Inventory - 3
Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
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The Battery of Psychological Tests of
Cognitive Abilities (BTPAC)
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Contains 23 tests (mintal functions- eg. learning, verbal,
decision, work memory, etc.) and it represents the
objectification of a new generation of psychological
tests.
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Has been developed by a team of Psychology and
Informatics experts, united by Cognitrom Ltd.
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It allows for the comparative analysis between the
person’s abilities profile and the abilities requirements
of a specific job (350 occupational profiles).
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Apply for career counselling and planning, evaluation of
personnel.
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It is unique battery of aptitudes tests validated, adapted
and normed on Romanian population
JVIS/
Jackson Vocational Interest Survey
An education and career planning
tool
Questionary of vocational and
professional guidance focused on
the idetification of interests
http://romania.testcentral.ro
INTEROPTIONS
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adapted by J. Holland
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short form to evaluation of
the interests
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a programme which create
the matching between
interests, preferences and
ocupations
Some repers...
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accredited by the Psychologists Board in
Romania.
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offers automatically generated and customized
psychological reports: individual psychological
evaluation reports, the candidate’s profile, jobperson matching report, job candidates ranking
report.
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computerized psychological evaluation of
abilities, interests, personality and emotions of
children and teenagers, career guidance and
remedy of mental health problems with children
and teenagers.
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grounded on this rigurous scientific base
People forget
what you say.
People forget
what you do.
People will never
forget how you
made them feel.
BdC in Romania