Guidelines for Using Published Assessment Procedures

Authors

  • Julia Kennon Dunn

Keywords:

Assessment, Professional Practice, Reliability, Validity

Abstract

Client assessment has been a major issue in the provision of therapeutic recreation services for the past decade. During that period, a variety of assessments have been developed and utilized in therapeutic recreation programs. However, little information has been presented to provide guidelines for the appropriate selection and use of assessment procedures. This paper presents such guidelines. Guidelines are presented in the areas of assessment selection, use, administration and protection of client rights. Applying these guidelines when selecting assessment instrumentswill help assure professional practice in this area of service delivery.

Published

1989-04-01

Issue

Section

Regular Papers