Ethical use of Assessment paper

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  • Select an assessment instrument likely to be used in your area of professional practice. Read the reviews for your chosen assessment tool in the Mental Measurements Yearbook available in the Capella Library and other scholarly articles that establish the appropriate use of that tool and what it purports to measure.In your paper,
    • Analyze the theoretical basis for the selected assessment tool in your area of professional practice. Please be aware that not all theoretical orientations in counseling approach assessment from the same perspective. You will want to anchor your selected assessment tool in theory.
    • Apply ethical considerations associated with administering the selected assessment. Some considerations include counselor competency, client rights, counselor responsibilities, and legal issues, such as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 or Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, just to name a few. Use examples or scenarios to show you understand how ethical considerations apply to the use of your selected assessment.
    • Evaluate the appropriateness of each assessment tool for use with diverse populations using the reviewer's evaluation of the assessment. How does this comparison inform making an ethical judgment of administering the selected tool with diverse groups of clients? Be certain to cite the relevant sections of the code of ethics for your profession (clinical counseling) (ACA, AAMFT, or ASCA).
    • Incorporate a minimum of five scholarly research studies applying the selected assessment tool in professional practice.
    Please use the Assignment Template listed under Resources to compose your Ethical Use of Assessment paper.To access the Mental Measurements Yearbook:
    1. Go to the Capella University Library home page.
    2. Under the Databases tab, select Databases A through Z.
    3. Scroll down and select Mental Measurements Yearbook. (Keep in mind that the pages for individual tests often have more than one review at the bottom of the page.)

    Assignment Requirements

    • Written communication: Written communication must be free of errors such that the overall message is clear.
    • APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style.
    • Number of resources: Minimum of five scholarly resources (distinguished submissions will likely exceed that minimum).
    • Length of paper: Four to six double-spaced, typed pages, excluding title and reference pages.
    • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

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Running head: ETHICAL USE OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Ethical Use of Assessment Tools
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ETHICAL USE OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Abstract
This paper is going to present an ethical assessment used for psychological testing in the
professional field of practice in mental health counseling. The particular tool, in this case, is the
Becks Depression Inventory-II (BDI) which is mainly used to test for depression in individuals
and then come up with a treatment plan effective to the case of treatment. The issue of ethics has
become a hot topic with the rise of such policies and laws as the HIPAA. The issue is
complicated for mental health patients who in some cases lack cognitive abilities; the underlying
dilemma is always on how to handle ethics and issue of morality while doing so in the patient’s
best interest and at the same time not violating the standards and guidelines. This presents a topic
of interest in assessing the different aspects of ethics which include stigma, confidentiality,
anonymity, and privacy in professional practice. Therefore, the structure of the paper will include
an introduction to the issue and then evaluation of the different ethical issue that are considered
in the use of BDI-II; finally, it will provide an appropriateness and effectiveness of the
assessment tool.


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Running head: ETHICAL USE OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Ethical Use of Assessment Tools
Name
Institution
Date

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ETHICAL USE OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Abstract
This paper is going to present an ethical assessment used for psychological testing in the
professional field of practice in mental health counseling. The particular tool, in this case, is the
Becks Depression Inventory-II (BDI) which is mainly used to test for depression in individuals
and then come up with a treatment plan effective to the case of treatment. The issue of ethics has
become a hot topic with the rise of such policies and laws as the HIPAA. The issue is
complicated for mental health patients who in some cases lack cognitive abilities; the underlying
dilemma is always on how to handle ethics and issue of morality while doing so in the patient’s
best interest and at the same time not violating the standards and guidelines. This presents a topic
of interest in assessing the different aspects of ethics which include stigma, confidentiality,
anonymity, and privacy in professional practice. Therefore, the structure of the paper will include
an introduction to the issue and then evaluation of the different ethical issue that are considered
in the use of BDI-II; finally, it will provide an appropriateness and effectiveness of the
assessment tool.

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ETHICAL USE OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Introduction
The assessment tool selected is for the field of counseling in mental health as an area of
professional practice, the tool is the Beck Depression Inventory-II. This article is going to review
literature material on the tool so as to ensure that it meets its intended purpose and also establish
its appropriateness to the context. Thus, the analysis will be based on the theoretical grounds of
the articles that have been chosen for the assessment tool. The analysis is going to check at the
test developers and the publishers or any independent reviewers and discuss the assessment’s
applicability to populations that are diverse.
Ethical Use of Assessment
Ethics in Psychological Testing
Ethics are a significant part when administering tests that are psychological, and it is,
therefore, necessary that all the test participants adhere to the ethical guidelines when doing an
assessment in any psychological test. Psychological tests are crucial tools regarding the terms
applied to many professions in a number of settings such as in education, business, and clinical
psychology. However, psychological test misuse by the administrators is an issue that is
constantly troubling with a potential of harming individuals that are test subjects or even the
whole society. The misuse can result in improper or inappropriate diagnoses leading to poor
decision making in the therapeutic process for the test subjects (Townsend, 2012).
The underlying fact is that the administrators do not misuse the tests intentionally.
However, most have no proper knowledge on the technicality of the area of test study or the
overall test procedure (Wheeler, 2012). Efforts undertaken to prevent the psychological tests
misuse led to the development of technical and professional standards for the evaluation,

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ETHICAL USE OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS
interpretation, scoring, and development of all the psychological tests. Professional can thus
overcome test misuse...


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