Assessment in Career Counseling

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of psychometrics and psychological assessment methods.

Teaching Methods

Mixed methods approach involving lecuring but mostly cooperative and active (small group) learning procedures (inter-peers discussion of case studies and self-administration and analysis of several assessment techniques, but formal and informal).

Learning Outcomes

Learning about one of the most salient areas of competence of vocactional/career counseling psychologists - the career assessment process. Conceptual outcomes concern the development of a theoretical and critical framework for conducting a systematic career assessment with several distinct types of clients and in different contexts. Practically we aim to develop student's understanding and competencies in using several formal (tests and inventories) and informal (subjetive/qualitative) assessment procedures.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Module One: Introduction to Career Assessment

1. Counseling psychology, career intervention and career counseling.

2. Integration of career assessment in the career counseling process.

3. Career assessment models.

Module Two: Career assessment domains

4. The career counseling intake interview

5. Standardized assessment procedures (tests and inventories)

6. Informal assessment and qualitative assessment procedures.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Manuel Tomás Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Brown, S. D. & Lent, R. W. (2013). Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work (2nd Edition). Hoboken, NJ: Willey & Sons.

Gysbers, N. C., Heppner, M. J. & Johnston, J. A. (2009). Career counseling: Contexts, processes, and techniques. Alexandria, VA: ACA.

Leitão, L. M. (2004). Avaliação psicológica em orientação escolar e profissional. Quarteto: Coimbra.

Osborn, D. S. & Zunker, V. E. (2016). Using assessment results for career development (9th Edition). Boston, MA: Cengage Leraning.

Spokane, A. R. (1991). Career intervention. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Taveira, M. C. & Silva, J. T. (2011). Psicologia vocacional: Perspetivas para a intervenção. Coimbra: IUC.

Watkins, C. E. & Campbell (2000). Testing and assessment in counseling practice. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Whiston, S. C. (2009). Principles and applications of assessment in counseling. Belmont, CA:Brooks/Cole.