Article archive / March 1, 2010
Originally published: . Volume 1, No. 7. Source pages: 1, 3.
The LPC Board recently posted a position statement on its website, adopted in November, titled “Position Statement on Appraisal Activities: Clarification of the Distinction between Appraisals and Psychological Tests.”
The announcement indicated, “The purpose of this position statement is to clarify the distinction between ‘Appraisals,’ which LPC’s Privileged for Appraisals are allowed to perform as within the scope of practice, and ‘Psychological Testing,’ which all LPCs, including Privileged LPCs, are not allowed to perform because these tests are outside LPC scope of practice.”
The paper cited “La. Rev. Stat. Ann.§37:1103(10)(e),” and the definition of ‘appraisal’ as “the use or administration of tests of language, education and achievement tests, adaptive behavioral tests, and symptoms screening checklists or instruments, as well as tests of abilities, interests, and aptitudes for the purpose of counseling persons in coping with or adapting to, changing life situations that are due to problems in living.”
Also included were areas considered psychological testing, and therefore restricted. These were cited as intellectual, personality and Neuropsychology. The statement also listed some psychological tests as examples of instruments not covered under “appraisals.”
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