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Professional Resource Center
FSDA™ The Function Skill Development Assessment™ (FSDA™) is a 40-item on-line survey that helps people assess their current mental skill level for how they take in information and make decisions (function skill development). After taking the FSDA™, people will finally see how well they currently use each of the eight psychological functions that constitute the foundation of psychological type theory as described by C.G. Jung and Isabel Myers. The FSDA™ includes a personalized report that includes valuable information on Type Development theory. Type Development has been loosely defined as a process of becoming conscious of our mental processes. The FSDA™ report refines that definition so it is now a “measurable” process, and the report reviews both the underlying theory and the unique assessment methodology developed by Margaret and Gary Hartzler. The FSDA™ report provides a one page review for each function, and includes snapshots of the eight Jungian functions/processes in terms of five associated mental skills, each of which can be developed. This groundbreaking new approach provides a methodology for understanding our own mental skills (function skill development). A page is provided for the perceiving processes and another for the decision-making processes. A self-assessment is provided on each page to give clients a chance to reconfirm the FSDA™ results during the feedback process. Some further developmental choices are also provided. Business Applications Knowing more about function skill development will help your clients:
Training The FSDA™ is a self-assessment tool that can be used by anyone interested in personal growth. It can also be used by psychological type professionals for workshops, consulting, and coaching work. When used professionally, the Breckenridge Institute® recommends that FSDA™ users have a degree in psychology or counseling and have had psychometric coursework; or have been trained to use the MBTI® Instrument, Majors PTI™, Golden™ Personality Type Profiler, the BTI™ (Enneagram), or other instruments where coursework includes training in psychometrics and test interpretation. Developed by Gary and Margaret Hartzler Gary Hartzler started his work in psychological type as a manager and organization development consultant in 1976. He was on the founding board of directors for the Association for Psychological Type as the vice president for management and organization development. He was a member of the Myers’ J-team, the research team that first defined the subscales and facets of type. Gary has authored or coauthored six books and many articles on the use of type and type development. Margaret Hartzler began her work on psychological type in 1977 while doing research involving type for her master’s degree and PhD. With her husband, Gary Hartzler, and Kathy Myers, she formed an organization in 1983 that developed and offered the first publicly advertised professional MBTI® Qualifying Program. Since then, she has facilitated more qualifying programs around the world than any other person. She has 17 years of experience designing and delivering a variety of training programs using type and has authored or coauthored seven books about how to use type theory. Gary and Margaret Hartzler are coauthors of Facets of Type: Activities for Developing the Type Preferences and Functions of Type: Activities for Developing the Eight Jungian Functions. For more information, or to sign up for your free VAR account to administer the FSDA™ please contact the Breckenridge Institute® at info@breckenridgeinstitute.com.
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