West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 17 - Psychologists › Title 17 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WV BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Series 17-03 - Requirements for Licensure as a Psychologist and/or a School Psychologist › Section 17-3-21 - Psychological Assessment

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
21.1. In
				accordance with W. Va. Code §
									30-21-2(e)
				the practice of psychology includes psychological testing which includes the
				administration and interpretation of tests of intelligence, special abilities,
				aptitudes, interests, attitudes, personality characteristics, emotions, and
				motivation. The intent of this regulation is to provide a definition of
				psychological testing sufficient to allow this Board to regulate effectively
				this aspect of psychological practice. The ability to administer and interpret
				psychological testing requires formal academic training at the graduate level
				in statistics, test construction, sampling theory, tests and measurement,
				individual differences, and personality theory. In addition, the interpretation
				of psychological tests for diagnostic purposes requires formal academic
				training in the areas of abnormal psychology, psychopathology, mental health
				differential diagnosis, and in the case of neuropsychological assessment,
				training in neuropsychology. In addition to formal academic training at the
				graduate level, competent administration and interpretation of psychological
				tests also requires formal supervised practice experience.
21.2. "Psychological Testing" means the use
				of one or more standardized measurement instruments, devices, or procedures
				including the use of computerized psychological tests, to observe or record
				human behavior, and which require the application of appropriate normative data
				for interpretation or classification and includes the use of standardized
				instruments for the purpose of the diagnosis and treatment of mental and
				emotional disorders and disabilities, the evaluation or assessment of cognitive
				and intellectual abilities, personality and emotional states and traits, and
				neuropsychological functioning.
21.3. "Psychological Tests" means:
				individually administered tests for the evaluation of cognitive and
				intellectual abilities, examples of which are the current versions of The
				Wechsler Series; The Stanford-Binet; and The Kaufman Assessment Battery for
				Children.
21.3.a. Objective tests of
				personality, psychopathology, and emotional states and traits, which include
				but are not limited to: the current versions of The Minnesota Multiphasic
				Personality Inventory; The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory; The Millon
				Adolescent Clinical Inventory and Personality Assessment Inventory.
21.3.b. Projective techniques, which include
				but are not limited to: The Rorschach Ink Blots; Thematic Apperception Test;
				and The Holtzman Ink Blots.
21.3.c.
				Individual tests of neuropsychological functioning, which include but are not
				limited to: The Halstead-Reitan Battery (original and expanded); The
				Luria-Nebraska Battery (original and expanded); The Lezak Battery or Kaplan
				Battery; and the current version of the NEPSY.