PSY 550 Module Four Worksheet Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: In this assignment, you will review assessment scores and interpret data regarding content scales, symptom scales, and settings. You will also provide
possible diagnoses and explanations. You will be applying knowledge of previously learned statistics to the interpretation of tests. In the final project, you will be
provided with similar statistics that you will need to interpret in a similar manner, answering the referral question.
Prompt: For this worksheet, you will read the following scenario, and interpret specific data regarding content scales, symptom scales, and settings. Additionally,
you will answer five follow-up questions about this information.
In the Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales self-report, any t-score over a 55 is considered “clinically significant,” with scores over 65 being “very
elevated.” Examine the data below and answer the following questions. This data is a self-report for a 14-year-old Caucasian male who recently transferred to a
new school. Although he has had some academic difficulties in the past, he is failing most subjects this year. He presents with a depressed mood most days and
states that “learning is hard.”
The follow-up questions will ask you to identify which content scales are considered “very elevated” and which content scales are considered “clinically
significant,” but not “very elevated”. You will also be asked to identify in which settings the symptoms appear. Lastly, you will need to explain possible diagnoses
based on “very elevated” interpretation and provide two plausible explanations of why this individual is having a difficult year.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Complete all follow-up questions in the Module Four Worksheet and submit your finished assignment to your instructor.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
“Very Elevated”
Content Scales
Identifies which content scales are
considered “very elevated”
One or more “very elevated” content
scale is missing; response is
incomplete
Does not identify which content
scales are considered “very elevated”
20
“Clinically Significant”
Content Scales
Identifies which content scales are
considered “clinically significant,” but
not “very elevated”
One or more “clinically significant”
but not “very elevated” content
scale(s) are missing; response is
incomplete
Does not identify which content
scales are considered “clinically
significant” but not “very elevated”
20
Settings Identifies in which settings the
symptoms appear
One or more symptoms are missing;
response is incomplete
Does not identify in which settings
the symptoms appear
20
Possible Diagnoses Explains possible diagnoses based on
“very elevated” interpretation
One or more possible diagnoses are
missing; response is incomplete
Does not explain possible diagnoses
based on “very elevated”
interpretation
20
Explanations Provides two plausible explanations
of why this individual is having a
difficult year
Provides only one explanation and/or
response is incomplete
Does not provide two plausible
explanations of why this individual is
having a difficult year
20
Total 100%