?This book focuses on how to write a psychological report
that is first and foremost helpful to consumers, while also being
technically and legally defensible. Like the reports the authors
describe, the book is carefully organized, beautifully written, and
accessible to practitioners as well as graduate students. It is a
brilliant accomplishment that should be required reading for every
school psychologist.?

?Brent Duncan, PhD, Professor of Psychology,
Humboldt State University, Arcata CA

PRACTICAL GUIDANCE ON WRITING USEFUL, ACCESSIBLE, AND LEGALLY
DEFENSIBLE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL REPORTS

From clearly identifying reasons for referral to making
recommendations based on assessment results, Writing Useful,
Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports
offers practical guidance for creating reports that enhance the
understanding of children and their strengths and challenges in
order to better meet their educational and functional needs.

The authors offer step-by-step guidelines for developing an
assessment plan in a collaborative process with parents, teachers,
and other professionals, choosing appropriate assessment and data
collection tools, gathering relevant information, and providing
clear and feasible individualized recommendations that directly
respond to referral concerns in a format easily understood by
parents and teachers.

Ideal for graduate students in school psychology, school
psychologists, and other professionals in related fields who work
with children in a school setting, Writing Useful, Accessible,
and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports:

• Provides specific suggestions for increasing the usefulness and
  accessibility of reports including readability, positive phrasing,
  and vocabulary


• Illustrates how to develop well-formed questions and how to
  choose assessment tools to answer referral questions


• Reviews the legal mandates of report writing and discusses what
  must be included


• Demonstrates how to accurately document and integrate data from
  record review, interviews, observations, and tests


• Discusses how the use of the referral-based consultative
  assessment and report writing model can promote more active
  involvement in collaboration, prevention, and intervention


• Features numerous real-world cases, helpful checklists,
  examples of question-driven referral reports, and a model interview
  protocol