WPP: Work Personality Profile and Computer Report
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Ages: 16+
Testing Time: 5-10 minutes
Administration: Individual
The Work Personality Profile and Computer Report (WPP) is a standardized observer-rating instrument used to generate information that assists in identifying and obtaining a job that correlates with an individual’s interests and strengths. The assessment uses standardized judgments about work behaviors as a basis for producing information that is specifically relevant to the goals of vocational rehabilitation. Although the WPP is appropriate for a variety of populations, it has been most commonly used with adolescents and adults who have significant disabilities.
The WPP includes two forms: the Professional Form and the Self-Report Form, both of which have 58 items designed to assess work behaviors that are pertinent to achieving and maintaining employment. The Professional Form is completed by someone (e.g., teacher, vocational coordinator, vocational evaluator, rehabilitation specialist) who has observed the individual sufficiently enough to respond to statements about his or her job-related behavior. The individual then completes the Self-Report Form, when doing so is appropriate or possible.
After the forms are completed, they are scored with the WPP Computer Report based on 11 rationally derived work behavior scales as well as 5 factor scales. The computer program compares the individual’s work behaviors with those of either a normative group or groups which have been specified by the professional then producing a percentile rank for each of the 16 specified scales. The program also will compare the reports of the professional with those of the individual and subsequently compares the individuals overall work behaviors with the work behavior requirements of a specific job. The program then matches the individual to 18 different entry-level positions based on the WPP assessment.
Complete WPP Kit Includes: Examiner’s Manual, Pad of 50 Professional Forms, Pad of 50 Self-Report Forms, and the Computer Report Software all in a sturdy storage box. (© 2008)