Psychoeducational Assessment and Report Writing, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015

This textbook provides in-depth instruction for conducting psychoeducational assessments of children in grades K-12 and conveying results through detailed, well-written reports. It takes readers step by step through the assessment process ? collecting data, writing reports, and communicating conclusions ? for students with conditions spanning the range of IDEA classifications such as autism, learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, and conditions covered by Section 504. The book offers not only a broad understanding of assessment and communication skills, but also of the ethical, legal, cultural, and professional considerations that come with psychoeducational evaluation. And its sample reports model clear, well-organized results accessible to parents and caregivers as well as teachers and colleagues.

Key areas of coverage include:
? Assessment basics: the testing environment and protocols, interviewing, and observation.
? Report writing section by section, from reason for referral to summary and recommendations.
? Guidelines for oral reporting, with case examples.
? Special issues in psychoeducational assessment and report writing.
? Sample psychoeducational reports using this framework.

Psychoeducational Assessment and Report Writing is an essential text for graduate students, researchers, professors, and professionals in child and school psychology; assessment, testing, and evaluation; social work; and psychological methods/evaluation.                     

Section I.  Overview of Psychoeducational Assessment, Report Writing, and Oral Reporting.- Chapter 1. Purpose of Psychoeducational Assessment, Report Writing, and Oral Reporting.- Chapter 2. Interviewing Parents, Teachers, and Other School Personnel.- Chapter 3. Observing the Child.- Section II:  Psychoeducational Report Writing.- Chapter 4. General Guidelines on Report Writing.- Chapter 5. Identifying information and Referral Question.- Chapter 6. Assessment Methods and Background Information.- Chapter 7. Assessment Results.- Chapter 8. Conceptualization and Classification and Diagnostic  Impressions.- Chapter 9. Summary and Recommendations.- Section III: Sample Psychoeducational Reports.- Chapter 10. Learning Disabilities.- Chapter 11. Autism.- Chapter 12. Emotional Disturbance.- Chapter 13. Intellectual Disability.- Chapter 14. Other Health Impaired Disabilities.- Chapter 15. Miscellaneous Reports: Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment, and English as a Second Language.- Section IV: Miscellaneous Topics in Psychoeducational Assessment and Report Writing.- Chapter 16. Due Process Hearing and the Independent Educational Evaluation.- Chapter 17. Suggested Guidelines for Oral Reporting. 

Stefan C. Dombrowski, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of Rider University’s Graduate Program in School Psychology. He is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist who has maintained a psychoeducational and clinical evaluation practice for more than 15 years. Dr. Dombrowski has written four books and more than 50 articles/book chapters. He is the 2011 recipient of the Dominick Iorio Distinguished Research Award at Rider University. Dr. Dombrowski has advanced training in the clinical and psychoeducational assessment of children and adolescents. He holds a Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Georgia and a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child psychology from the University of California, Davis Medical Center.