Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resources on your own before you bid. Main references come from Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015) and/or Encyclopedia of Counseling (2017). You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. Please respond to all 3 of my classmates separately. You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation like peer-reviewed, professional scholarly journals. I need this completed by 01/17/20 at 5pm.

Expectation:

Responses to peers. Respond to at least three of your colleagues’ posts by finding one colleague who had a similar experience and one who had a different experience. Compare the insights you gained.

THREE PEER RESPONSE POSTS should contain at least 150 words. No references are required for Peer Response posts. Please note that responding to your peers is required by the classroom, means a substantive post (150 words min.) and one that contains detail and thoroughness. Also, please note that just merely answering the Main Discussion post with 2 references is not an automatic 100.

1. Classmate (C. Ree)

To be asked questions by someone I have just met was intimidating and made me feel unsure about taking an assessment.  To be asked questions was fine until it got to the math portion. I thought, I can subtract so why am I not getting these answers incorrect. Then I felt that I was not smart enough since the title of the assessment is “Mental State Exam.” Anxiety producing. I kept thinking, what if I do not do well, will she think less of me when these questions are very simple. After entering the data to produce the scores, I was not happy with the results and I disagreed with them. I got confused on certain numbers. When she told me what number I should be on I was not on that number so I do not think this was an accurate reflection of my responses.

Taking thee Jung assessment online was interesting but extensive. I was not expecting it to involve so many questions. I do feel, however that the assessment described me somewhat. I can agree with the findings because I assumed as much of myself. The assessment listed my current job as suitable employment while naming counseling as another job I’d enjoy. Those two elements I can agree on totally.  I did disagree with the finding that I like to socialize in large crowds, totally inaccurate description of something I would engage in.  Insights gained from being assessed was it can be interesting until the results come back. Being involved in an assessment can be (for me scary) since a lot of people look at assessments as a true measure of who you are.  I think client would react in a similar way because to be assessed can be nerve wrecking for some, while others jump at the chance to reveal their results.

2. Classmate (C. Yob)

The Mini Mental State Exam was interesting. I found myself questioning the assessment; part of me wondered if each question had an ulterior meaning behind it. I scored a 30. Through the exam I had thoughts ranging from, “Didn’t she just ask me that?” to “Oh god, I hate math.” I also think there were a couple questions that may have been misnumbered. Overall, taking the Mini Mental State Exam was fine, and I think that if I were in front of a student who was somehow mentally impaired or borderline then asking them these simple questions would throw them off enough to get insight into their state. However, I’m not sure I would feel comfortable using this exam for much more than gaining some insight into the client’s current state. “Test givers should remember the impact that their decisions will have on clients and monitor the quality of the tests they use, their level of competence to administer tests, and their ability to make accurate interpretations of client material” (Neukrug, E.S., & Fawcett, R.C., 2015). I do not have the level of competence necessary at this point to appropriately analyze this test for a student.

The Jung assessment is one I’ve taken multiple times and I usually receive the same answer – INFP. There are sometimes it may be ENFP, depending on how I’m feeling about people that day. The Feeling, Intuitive, Forward-looking personality does tend to align with my opinion of myself. This test in general is more fun to take and I think students might find it more enjoyable to take rather than the Mini Mental State Exam. Projective and objective personality tests are valuable tools because they can guide us towards the most effective methods of working with a specific student, including how to interact with the student’s opinion of themselves. People love to take personality quizzes, so I think with a projective test which has more stimuli versus the objective test (pen and paper), students will be happier to participate and learn (Neukrug, E.S., & Fawcett, R.C., 2015)..

References

Neukrug, E.S., & Fawcett, R.C. (2015). Chapter 11: “Clinical assessment: Objective and projective personality tests.” The Essentials of Testing and Assessment: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists (pp.247-280). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.

3. Classmate (A. Mul)

I was interested (and nervous) to see what was shown by the results of the Mini-Mental State Exam. The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) is a popular cognitive functioning test used by mental health counselors (Neukrug & Fawcett, 2015). I was anxious as she began to ask questions but I was quickly confused when the first few questions seemed so obvious. I found myself overthinking the question regarding what level of the building was I on. I was in the basement but wondered if that would be considered the first floor or basement. I wondered if there was a wrong answer. Overall I found the test fairly simple other than the math questions. Those took me a bit longer as math is a weak area for me. The results of this assessment seemed accurate for me and my current ability but I see how this would be a good indicator if someone presented with concern such as a jeopardized mental state or intoxication.

I found the Jung Assessment to be very long and repetitive. I felt that the same questions were asked repeatedly attempting to get a different response. I also felt some of the questions to be difficult to answer concretely. The answers of NO and no vs. YES and yes I found confusing. I used  NO/YES = absolutely no/absolutely yes, and no/yes = sometimes no/sometimes yes. When I was answering these questions I wondered if others, possibly coping with mental illness may become frustrated at a long, redundant YES, yes, NO, no assessment.

The results of my Jung assessment were ESFJ or Extraverted, Sensing, Feeling and Judging. I was shocked to see the meaning and how accurately the description fit my personality. Descriptors such as generous, entertainer, emotional, control, protector all describe me very well. I felt this would be helpful in developing treatment plans with individuals or families to get a better understanding of oneself and how one interacts with others. Clients may find such an assessment as enlightening and empowering.

Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for counselors, social workers, and psychologists. Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.

Required Resources

Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 9: “Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment.” In The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for counselors, social workers, and psychologists (pp. 190-220). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.

Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Chapter 11: “Clinical assessment: Objective and projective personality tests.” In The essentials of Testing and Assessment: A practical guide for counselors, social workers, and psychologists (pp. 247-280). Stamford, CN: Cengage Learning.

Humanmetrics Inc. (1998-2017). Jung typology test. Retrieved at http://www.humanmetrics.com/

Document: Folstein Scoring Sheet (Excel Workbook)

You will use the Folstein Scoring Sheet to complete this week’s Discussion.

Required Media

Laureate Education (2018). Mini Mental State exam [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Producer.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 9 minutes.

Accessible player  –Downloads– Download Video w/CC Download Audio Download Transcript 

Optional Resources

OPP (2018). Myers-Briggs type inventory (MBTI). Retrieved from https://www.opp.com/en/tools/MBTI/MBTI-personality-types

Great Plains Health (n.d.). Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Retrieved from https://www.gphealth.org/media/1087/anxiety
Strong (2012). Strong interest inventory (SII). Retrieved from https://www.skillsone.com/Pdfs/smp284220

Barbaranelli, C., Fida, R., Paciello, M., DiGiunta, L., & Capara, G. V. (2008). Assessing personality in early adolescence through self-report and other-ratings a multitrait-multimethod analysis of the BFQ-C. Personality and Individual Differences, 44(4), pp. 876-886. Doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.014

Polanski, P. J., & Hinkle, J. S. (2000). The mental status examination: Its use by professional counselors. Journal of Counseling and Development, 78(3), 357–364.

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Program Transcript

[MUSIC PLAYING]

JOELLE LEWIS: Hello, students. For this assignment, I am going to give you the
mini mental status exam as if you are a client. You will need the answer sheet
from the resources in this course. You will need some blank paper. And that
should be it. So let’s begin this as if you are my client.

Hello. My name is Dr. Lewis. And why we are gathering today is because we’d
like to do an assessment about how well your thinking is. Now it’s not about
being smart. It’s not about being crazy. It’s just about measuring how your
thinking is working. So with your permission, I’d like to continue. Wonderful.
Thank you so much.

OK. I’m going to ask you a series of questions, and some of them will be so easy
you’ll think I’m nuts. And some of them will be so hard you may have a really
hard time coming up with the answers. But that’s OK. It’s all designed to get a
baseline for you and see where we stand. So if you’re ready, we’ll start. OK.

All right. So what is today’s date? Write that down on your answer sheet. What is
this year? That’s number 2. Number 3, what month is this? Number 4, what is the
day of the week today? Number 5, what season is this where you are?

Number 6, what’s the name of the building you’re in right now? Number 7, what
floor are you on? Number 8, what city are you in or town? Number 9, what county
or parish or governmental area are you in? And 10, what state or country are you
in?

Great. Thank you for doing that. The next portion of this is I’m going to give you
three words, and I’d like you to repeat them after me. And then I’d like you to
remember those, because I’ll ask for them again.

So the first word is ball. Say ball back to me, and put a checkmark in number 11.
The next word is flag. Put a checkmark in number 12. And the last word is tree.
So put a checkmark in number 13. So all together, the words are ball, flag, and
tree. Say that. Then put a checkmark in there if you were able to say that with
just one trial.

This part, some people find challenging, because it’s math. But we’ll give it a go.
So starting with 100, in space number 15, I’d like you to subtract 7 from 100 and
write down the answer you get there.

Moving to 16, subtract 7 again from the answer you got before and write that
answer there. In number 17, subtract 7 again and write that answer there.

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Number 18, do it again. Subtract 7 from the last answer you had and write that in
number 18. And finally, subtract 7 from that answer and write that in number 19.
Great.

Now the next one is in number 20. And what I’d like you to do is to spell the word
world backwards. Write that on your paper. OK. Remember those three words I
asked you to remember? Can you repeat now for me? Write down the three
words that you said in numbers 21, 22, and 23.

OK. In number 24, write down what this is. In number 25, write down what this is.
I’m going to say a phrase to you, and I’d like you to repeat the phrase back to me
exactly the way I say it, and then write it on your paper in number 26. Ready?
Here’s the phrase. No ifs, ands, or buts. Thanks. You’re doing great. We’re
almost done.

This one is I’d like you to pick up a piece of paper with your right hand, fold it in
half, and place it on the floor. When you’ve completed that, then I’d like you to
just put checkmarks that you did it the way it was required.

I’m going to give you a written command and ask you to read it and do what it
says. It may come across your screen. All right. Thank you for doing that.

The next one in number 31, I need you to write a complete sentence. It can be
about anything, as long as it’s a complete sentence. Just write that down on your
paper. And that’s in space number 31.

All right. The last one. There should be a figure come across your screen. And
what I’d like you to do is to take this figure and copy it. Just copy it and draw it
just like it is on the screen on your paper in space 32.

Thank you so much for your cooperation and for your help in completing this
assessment. We will get that score and get that information back to you. At this
point, I would exit as the assessor, and you will take your answer sheet. And to
the best of your ability– and I would do this sooner rather than later, I’d do this
right away– you can just score it, because you may not have remembered
exactly each stage.

So there are instructions about scoring this so that you can determine how your
brain is working. Sometimes with stress, with age, with mental illnesses, clients
may not do well on this test, or they may do very well. So it gives us an idea.

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