My area of interest (as stated before) is not yet determined exactly. I am interested in many things however. Right now one of my interest lies in the evaluation process. My question earlier was concerning effective ways to prepare for an evaluation. I would like to stick to this question for now. As I am preparing for my first "practice" evaluation I find myself looking for answers to this question. What I am doing to prepare is to make notes of what it is that I will need during the evaluation. I will make copies today of the test forms to use, and this weekend I will take the test (that I will administer) home to become familiar with. I have asked my instructor many questions in order to prepare myself. We observed our classmates Wednesday administer some tests during their "practice" evaluation also. That in itself helped me to prepare. I have also read through the manual of the test my partner will administer so that I am familiar with recording. I feel I can be prepared with the known process, what I don't know is what the client will be like. Will he be having a bad day? Will he be excited to be here? What are some effective ways to comfort a client, etc.
Michelle