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Author Hass, Michael R

Title Writing useful, accessible, and legally defensible psychoeducational reports / Michael R. Hass, Ph. D., Jeanne Anne M. Carriere, Ph. D
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Published Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014
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Contents Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible: Psychoeducational Reports; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Why Is Another Book on Report Writing Needed?; Report Writing Is Important; Assessment and Report Writing Consumes a Lot of Our Time and Is a Fundamental Task for School Psychologists; Reports Should Clearly Communicate Information to Consumers That Makes a Difference in the Lives of the Children Involved; Chapter 2: What Makes a Report Legally Defensible?
Understand the Difference Between What Legally Must Be Included in Your Reports and What Must Be True About Your AssessmentWhat Must Be True About Your Evaluations (and Therefore Reflected in Your Reports) According to Federal Legal Mandate?; The Evaluation Should Be Comprehensive; The Evaluator Should Use a Variety of Assessment Tools or Approaches That Gather Functional and Relevant Data; The Evaluation Should Be Fair; The Evaluator Should Be Competent; The Procedures Used Should Be Valid and Reliable; Chapter 3: How Do I Make My Reports More Useful to Consumers?
Write Your Report with the Audience in MindUseful Reports Clearly Answer the Referral Questions; Useful Reports Focus on Strengths as Well as Needs; Useful Reports Provide Concrete and Feasible Recommendations for Educational Planning; Useful Reports Are Clear and Understandable; Readability Impacts the Usefulness of Your Reports; Increase Readability by Reducing Professional Jargon; Increase the Readability of Psychoeducational Reports by Cutting Words and Using Active Voice
Increase the Readability of Psychoeducational Reports by Considering the Length, Including Amount and Quality of InformationIncrease the Readability of Your Report by Using a Report Structure That Integrates Data and Highlights Relevant Evaluation Findings; Referral-Based Reports Synthesize Fundamental Research Findings with Best Practice; Chapter 4: Step-by-Step, How Do I Write Useful and Legally Defensible Reports; How Do I Clearly Communicate the Purpose of the Evaluation?; How Do I Develop Well-Formed Evaluation Questions?; How Do I Write Present Levels of Functioning Questions?
How Do I Write Diagnostic or Disability Questions?How Do I Write Solution-Based, or "What Do We Do About This" Questions?; The Background Information Provides Developmental and Educational Perspective to Your Report; Assessment Data from Multiple Sources Is Integrated into Themes; How Do I Write Useful Recommendations?; Chapter 5: How Do I Solve Practical Problems Along the Way to Question-Driven Report Writing?; Remind Me: Why Is Another Book on Report Writing Needed?; Why Should I Change My Report Writing Model?; What Should Be My First Steps Toward Transitioning to This Report Style?
Summary "This important new resource offers practical guidance on writing psychoeducational reports that directly respond to referral concerns. The authors provide recommendations and assessment information in a format easily understood by parents, teachers, and other educational and mental health professionals. Filled with numerous practice exercises, sample reports, helpful checklists, and end of chapter questions, this invaluable guide provides an approach to writing reports that will help school psychologists better meet the needs of the individualized education program (IEP) team, teachers, parents, and others working with the child"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Individualized education programs.
Report writing.
Children with disabilities -- Education -- Evaluation
PSYCHOLOGY -- Assessment, Testing & Measurement.
Children with disabilities -- Education -- Evaluation
Individualized education programs
Report writing
Form Electronic book
Author Carriere, Jeanne Anne M
LC no. 2014000673
ISBN 9781118852392
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