What to Expect

The Appraisal and Testing for Counselors course is 13 weeks in length and includes individual, team, and whole group activities in a weekly cycle of instruction. Each week begins on a Tuesday and ends on the following Monday. Please review the course syllabus thoroughly to learn about specific course outcomes and requirements, located on the Introduction page.

For this course, there will be one synchronous event:

• Week 1: Online session via Adobe Connect. The link to the Adobe Connect room will be provided in the activity directions for the week.

Each week, you will complete readings that may include videos, multimedia presentations, web-based resources, and articles from professional journals. A reading may be integrated within an activity during the week or provide some key information to assist your learning. The following are the required textbooks for this course:

1. American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed. text revision). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Press.
   Drummond, R.J. & Jones, K.D. (2010).
    
2. Assessment procedures for counselors and helping professionals (10th ed). Upper Saddle River: NJ. Pearson/ Merrill Prentice Hall.

In this course, you will also experience online learning activities, which include discussion boards, synchronous sessions, teamwork, the use of Web 2.0 tools, and online multimedia presentations.

Be sure to refer to the Checklist, which provides a week-at-a-glance and shows targeted dates for the completion of activities.

The Activities pages provide the detailed directions for completing the individual, team, and whole activities by the end of the week.