is a psychological projective

personality or cognitive test used to evaluate and adolescents for variety of purposes:
 Measures nonverbal intelligence  Screens for emotional or behavioral

disorders

First known as Goodenough Draw-A-Man in 1926 by Florence Goodenough in her book Measurement of Intelligence by Drawings In 1963 Dr. Dale B. Harris revised and extended the test into Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test in his book, Children's Drawings as Measures of Intellectual Maturity

Draw 3 individual (Man, Woman and themselves) drawings on separate pieces of paper 2. A child must draw a whole person 3. Free Drawing, there is no right or wrong 4. The test has no time limit Advantage: Non-threatening to children
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Evaluate Intelligence uses

Draw-a-Person: QSS (Quantitative Scoring System)
 This system analyzes 14 different aspects of the

drawings (such as specific body parts and clothing) for various criteria, including presence or absence, detail, and proportion.  In all, there are 64 scoring items for each drawing.  A separate standard score is recorded for each drawing, and a total score for all three.

Assess Emotional Problems Draw-a-Person: SPED (Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbance)
 This system is composed of two types of

criteria.
first type, eight dimensions of each drawing are evaluated against norms for the child's age group. second type, 47 different items are considered for each drawing.

Assist professionals in inferring children's cognitive developmental levels with little or no influence of other factors such as language barriers or special needs

Thank You for Listening By ALPHA SHARON G. QUINTO