The Individual Intellectual Assessment Endorsement (IIA) is a program designed to meet the Kentucky Department of Educations requirements and the Kentucky Administrative Requirements (704 KAR 20:330. Endorsement for Individual Intellectual Assessment.). The endorsement for the individual intellectual assessment shall be valid for administering individual assessments at all grade levels in the schools of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This program prepares individuals to administer, score and interpret individual intellectual assessment instruments, with the primary focus on the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children (WISC IV). It also provides training in certain types of academic achievement measures (Wechsler Individual Achievement Test- WIAT II) and a limited number of focused assessment instruments such as behavior rating scales, self report measures and clinical assessment tools that would be part of a counseling evaluation or academic assessment. These assessments are used in the school to make recommendations to Academic Release Committees, Section 504 Committees and other committees or individuals interested in developing and promoting academic and behavioral plans to improve student’s school performance.

This program, as described earlier, is for Certified School Counselors and School Counselors to receive the endorsement to their School Guidance certificate.

The IIA has three pre-requisites which most students have completed in their Master’s program: EPY 816 Tests and Measurements, COU 848 Child and Adolescent Counseling, and COU 855 Diagnosis and Treatment in Counseling. The IIA series consists of three courses: COU 826 Assessment in Counseling, COU 826 Individual Intellectual Assessment, and COU 856 Assessment Practicum. Each course is a pre-requisite for the other and the series begins each Summer session with COU 826 Assessment in Counseling.