Assessment feedback through individualized fables
Tharinger, D. J., Finn, S.
E., Wilkinson, A., DeHay, T., Parton, V. T., Bailey, K. E., & Tran, A.
(2008). Providing
psychological assessment feedback to children through individualized fables. Professional Psychology: Research
and Practice, 39(6),
610.
A wonderful paper.
Discussing the results of a psychological assessment
directly with young children can be a daunting and often unsuccessful process.
Direct feedback can be emotionally overwhelming for many children. Individualized fables can be a useful and
powerful method for providing assessment feedback to children. The authors provide assessors with a framework from which to
develop fables. The
fable allows the child to feel that he or she has been heard and understood
through the assessment and presents the child and the family with new ways of
viewing their situation as well as possible next steps to be taken Further, the process of writing the fable and
presenting it to the child can be incredibly rewarding. Students and other
professionals trying this method for the first time have reported that they
have never understood the results of a psychological assessment as well as when
they tried to summarize it in a meaningful fable. Writing a successful fable
requires assessors to “get in the shoes” of a child and family.
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