High-Impact Assessment Reports for Children and Adolescents A Consumer-Responsive Approach

Assessment provides rich opportunities for understanding the needs of children and adolescents, yet reports are often hard for parents, teachers, and other consumers to comprehend and utilize. This book provides step-by-step guidelines for creating psychoeducational and psychological reports that communicate findings clearly, promote collaboration, and maximize impact. Effective practices for written and oral reporting are presented, including what assessment data to emphasize, how to organize reports and convey test results, and how to craft useful recommendations. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes sample reports, training exercises, and reproducible templates, rubrics, and forms. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.

Robert Lichtenstein, PhD, NCSP, established the school psychology programs at the University of Delaware and William James College (formerly the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology). He has served as a school psychologist in three different states; as supervisor of school psychological services for the New Haven Public Schools; as director of training at the Medical–Educational Evaluation Center at North Shore Children’s Hospital in Salem, Massachusetts; and as the school psychology consultant for the Connecticut State Department of Education. He is a recipient of the Presidential Award from the National Association of School Psychologists and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association.

Bruce Ecker, PhD, is Associate Professor and Director of the child clinical concentration (Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience) in the Department of Clinical Psychology at William James College (formerly the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology). He has worked in the Minneapolis, Boston, and Framingham, Massachusetts, public schools as well as at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. With degrees in both clinical and educational psychology, Dr. Ecker has assessed and treated hundreds of children, adolescents, and their families, many of whom have experienced psychosocial trauma, chronic psychiatric illness, and developmental and medical difficulties. He is a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from William James College and held the College's Mintz Chair in Professional Psychology from 2014 to 2016.

1. Assessment Reports That Work for Consumers
2. Understanding Current Practice
3. Assessment Fundamentals
4. The Consumer-Responsive Approach
5. Consumer-Responsive Report Writing
6. Straight Talk: Oral Communication of Findings
7. Variations on a Theme: Reports for Special Purposes
8. Making It Happen: Implications and Impact
Appendix A. Readability Measures
Appendix B. Test Administration and Scoring Rubric
Appendix C. Psychological Assessment Follow-Up Procedures
Appendix D. Sample Assessment Reports and Parent Feedback Letter
Appendix E. Background Information Outline and Case Example
Appendix F. Data Summary Template
Appendix G. Report-Writing Rubric
Appendix H. Feedback Conference Simulation
References
Index