Psychoeducational Assessment and Report Writing

Abstract

This book is designed to help graduate students in school and clinical child psychol- ogy acquire the needed knowledge and necessary skill set to evaluate students (K-12) and write effective psychoeducational assessment reports. Psychoeducational assessment reports, most of which are conducted by psychologists working in a school setting, are by far the most prevalent form of child psychological evaluation. The lack of availability of a training text on psychoeducational assessment and report writing makes this book a useful resource that fi lls a needed gap in the litera- ture. Existing texts are too broad, offering simultaneous guidance on clinical assess- ment, psychoeducational assessment, adult assessment, and preschool assessment. The contents of these sources are primarily geared toward students (or practitioners) who seek to work in a private practice, university clinic, or hospital setting and span all age ranges (infant through geriatric). None of the existing books provide suffi - cient coverage of the process of psychoeducational assessment and report writing particularly in relation to the IDEA/state special education classifi cations for which psychologists in the schools will become responsible: learning disabilities, emo- tional disturbance, autism, intellectual disabilities, and other health impairment.