This quiz is worth 20 percent of your final grade.

There are 40 questions in the quiz and you will have 40 minutes to answer the questions.

All answered questions will be submitted automatically at the end of 40 minutes.

Please note: You must pass this quiz to pass this unit. You must achieve a minimum of 10 out of 20 marks for this quiz.

While you can use lecture notes and other written documents for this quiz, you may not use artificial intelligence.

The quiz will be based on the first five weeks of lectures.

This quiz is worth 20% of your final grade.

There are 40 quiz items.

Each correct answer is worth 0.5 marks.

The oral class presentation on an assessment plan and submission of presentation materials is worth 35% of your final grade

Please note: You must pass this assessment. To pass this unit you will need to achieve a minimum of 17.5 marks out of 35 marks for this assessment

This assessment has two elements:

Part A is an oral in-class presentation on an assessment plan

• The assessment plan will be based on a de-identified client you have previously worked with.
• However, it must not be a case study that has been submitted for another unit.
• The presentation does not need to be based on a completed assessment.
• However, it needs to describe the rationale for the assessment and assessment tools you would use, based on the client's presentation and cultural considerations.
• The presentation will be conducted during scheduled class time in Weeks 11 and 12.
• Students will have 20 minutes, consisting of a maximum of 15 minutes of presentation time and 5 minutes of question time.
• The students in the audience will be required to play an active role in the 5-minute Q&A.

All presentations must include:

• Brief summary of any DSM-5-TR diagnoses (if known) and ) and a hypothesis regarding the diagnosis to be tested through further assessment, including differential diagnosis /comorbidities.
• Rationale and method of assessment - including description and strengths and limitations of specific assessment tools relevant to the topic.
• Cultural considerations, and individual client considerations including identified challenges relating to the diagnosis and with existing assessments.
• Lessons learned and reflections on the assessment and how you would assess the client more effectively.

Part B is the submission of your written presentation materials.

• Students are required to submit their presentation materials, including citations of relevant evidence-based literature that was sourced during the preparation of the presentation.
• The written submission may be a copy of your presentation (e.g., PowerPoint) but it must be amended to include citations of sources of information.
• It may be converted in format, e.g., from PowerPoint to Word or PDF if this facilitates understanding.
• However, the written submission must not contain new information that was not included in your presentation.

Use of artificial intelligence

• You may use artificial intelligence to generate ideas and check spelling, grammar, and syntax.
• However you may not use artificial intelligence to write this assessment.
• It is  plagiarism to directly copy and paste material produced by Generative AI tools into assessments.

Assessment 2 is worth 35% of your final grade (for both components)

The face-to-face class presentation is worth 30 marks in total

Summary of the client's presentation (5 marks)
0-2 There is no summary, or the summary does not apply to the client's presentation.
3     The summary adequately summarises the client's presentation.
4-5 The summary concisely and clearly portrays the client’s presentation.

Summary of diagnosis and DSM-5-TR criteria related to the client (5 marks)
0-2 There is no hypothesis provided for a specific DSM-5-TR diagnosis or the hypothesis is grossly incorrect or missing key elements.
3     The hypothesis regarding the diagnosis is correct but missing minor elements.
4-5 The hypothesis regarding the diagnosis is correct, includes all elements and was expertly summarised.

Assessment strategy and instruments used (10 marks)
0-2 A rationale for the assessment is not provided or not clear. The instruments are inappropriate for the client’s presentation.
3-4 The rationale for the assessment is provided but needs more clarity. The assessment instruments chosen are missing key elements.
5-7 A clear rationale for the assessment is provided. The assessment instruments cover most of the key factors that apply to the client.
8-10 The rationale for assessment and the explanation of the assessment instruments is clearly, concisely and expertly delivered.

Inclusion of cultural considerations and unique client characteristics (5 marks)
0-2 There is no consideration given to cultural considerations / unique client characteristics or consideration is inadequate.
3    Adequate consideration is given to cultural and unique client characteristics.
4-5 The client’s cultural and specific client characteristics are expertly considered and summarised.

Quality of presentation (5 marks)
0-1 The presentation was not audible; there was no audience engagement.
2    The presentation was very halting, with minimal engagement of audience.
3    Presentation was clear, but the use of notes was distracting and impacted on engagement.
4    Presentation was confident, clear, and engaging with minimal use of notes.
5    Presentation was confident, clear, engaging, expertly delivered, with no visible use of notes.

Submission of written class presentation is worth 5 marks in total

Linkage between presentation and written submission (3 marks).
0-1 There was no clear linkage between the presentation and the written submission.
2    There is adequate linkage between the presentation and written submission.
3    There is clear and effective linkage between the presentation and written submission.

APA formatting and style (2 marks)
0-1 There is no use of APA formatting or there are many errors.
2    There is adequate use of APA formatting and spelling.
3    APA formatting and style was skillfully applied.

The written neuropsychology report is worth 45% of your final grade.

It is due on Monday of Week 12

Please note: You must achieve a pass for this assessment. To pass this unit you must achieve least 22.5/45 marks for this assessment

The written report will be completed for a client who has a neuropsychological condition.

• In Week 3 students will be provided with a client including background information, test-taking behaviour, and raw scores from neuropsychology tests.
• Students are required to complete the scoring and normative comparisons necessary for interpretation.

Your neuropsychology report will include:

• Summary of demographic details, reasons for referral, procedures / instruments used.
• Background history and presenting complaint.
• Relevant observations of test-taking behaviour.
• Test data results and interpretation.
• Summary, opinion and primary diagnosis.
• Consideration of differential diagnoses and comorbidities.
• Recommendations for intervention and treatment planning.
• Cultural considerations and unique client characteristics will be incorporated throughout.

You are not required to include references unless references are required to support a statement made in the report. If references are used in the report, they should be listed in an appendix in APA-7 format.

Your report should will be between 2250 - 2750 words.  Use Arial 12-point font and line spacing of 1.5. The word limit does not include the title page or any appendices.

Use of artificial intelligence

• You may use artificial intelligence to generate ideas and check spelling, grammar, and syntax.
• However you may not use artificial intelligence to write this assessment.
• It is  plagiarism to directly copy and paste material produced by Generative AI tools into assessments.

The neuropsychology report is worth 45% of your final grade.

Please note: you must pass this assessment. To pass this unit will will need a minimum of 22.5 marks out of 45 marks.

Marks are allocated according to the criteria below:

Summary of demographic details, reasons for referral, procedures / instruments used (2 marks).

0 Summary is not present or grossly incomplete.

1 Summary is present but missing minor details.

2 Summary is skilfully and professionally completed.

Background history and presenting complaint (3 marks)

0 History and complaint not present or missing key details.

1 History and presenting complaint present but missing minor details.

2 History and presenting complaint captures all key details.

3 History and presenting complaint expertly and effectively conveys all important information.

Relevant observations of test-taking behaviour (5 marks)

0-2 Behavioural observations are absent or missing key details.

3    The observations adequately capture the client's test-taking behaviour.

4-5 The observations thoroughly and expertly portray the client's test-taking behaviour.

Test data results and interpretation (10 marks)

0-4 Relevant scaled scores have not been calculated, or have not been described/interpreted in the body of the report, or interpretations are clearly inaccurate. 

5 Scaled scores have been calculated with some errors, or relevant scores are poorly interpreted or missing from the report text. 

6-8 Relevant scale scores are calculated and the student has reported a mostly proficient interpretation of relevant scores.

9-10 All relevant scores have been calculated and the interpretation is reported in the body of the report in a way that clearly shows the relevance of each test score reported.

Summary, opinion and primary (possibly provisional) diagnosis (10 marks)

0-4 Poor summary. No diagnosis is offered, or a single diagnosis is named but not justified from the data available. Relevant specifiers are missing or inaccurate. The diagnosis is unlikely based on the data available.

5 Summary is adequate. A primary diagnosis is provided with adequate justification regarding how the primary diagnosis was decided on. Relevant specifiers are included.

6-7 Complete summary. A primary diagnosis is presented. Adequate information is provided regarding why the primary diagnosis was chosen. Relevant specifiers are included.

8-10 Clear and complete summary. The primary diagnosis is well supported by the data and expertly justified with insightful analysis.

Consideration of differential diagnoses and comorbidities (5 marks)

0-2 No differential diagnosis or comorbidity is considered or is named but not justified from the data available. The diagnosis is unlikely based on the data available.

3  A (possibly provisional) differential diagnosis and / or comorbidity is provided with some comment about the differential diagnosis was selected. Relevant specifiers are included if required.

4-5 A (possibly provisional) differential diagnosis and or/ comorbidity is presented along with insightful analysis regarding why the primary diagnosis was chosen. Any relevant specifiers are noted if required.

Recommendations for intervention and treatment planning  (5 marks)

0-2 Recommendations for treatment planning not present, or not justified by the client's presentation and test results and diagnoses.

3    Recommendations for treatment planning are adequate and somewhat justified by the client's test results and diagnoses.

4-5 Recommendations for treatment planning are thorough and expertly by the client's test results and diagnoses.

Cultural considerations and unique client characteristics (5 marks)

0-2 Cultural considerations / unique client characteristics are absent or miss key components.

3    Cultural considerations / client characteristics are adequately incorporated.

4-5 Cultural considerations / client characteristics are thoroughly and expertly incorporated.