{"product_id":"writing-useful-accessible-and-legally-defensible-psychoeducational-reports-paperback","title":"Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Hass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeanne Anne Carriere\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Brent Duncan, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Psychology, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRACTICAL GUIDANCE ON WRITING USEFUL, ACCESSIBLE, AND LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL REPORTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom clearly identifying reasons for referral to making recommendations based on assessment results, \u003ci\u003eWriting Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeal for graduate students in school psychology, school psychologists, and other professionals in related fields who work with children in a school setting, \u003ci\u003eWriting Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides specific suggestions for increasing the usefulness and accessibility of reports including readability, positive phrasing, and vocabulary\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates how to develop well-formed questions and how to choose assessment tools to answer referral questions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews the legal mandates of report writing and discusses what must be included\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how to accurately document and integrate data from record review, interviews, observations, and tests\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how the use of the referral-based consultative assessment and report writing model can promote more active involvement in collaboration, prevention, and intervention\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures numerous real-world cases, helpful checklists, examples of question-driven referral reports, and a model interview protocol\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL R. HASS, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Counseling and School Psychology and Coordinator of the School Psychology program at Chapman University. He has over twenty-five years of experience as a school psychologist in public schools and as a psychotherapist and educational psychologist in private practice. He is a consultant with the Los Angeles County Department of Education Greater Avenues for Independence Program for unemployed adults with learning disabilities and Faculty-In-Residence with The Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Dr. Hass has published articles in numerous professional journals and is the current editor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary School Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEANNE ANNE CARRIERE, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e has been a School Psychologist in a large urban school district for over 20 years. She is currently the Director of the Chapman Ability Project, a collaborative program designed to advance the expertise of educators, service providers, community members, and parents working and living with children with neurodevelopmental disorders. As a Clinical Associate Professor at Chapman University, she teaches, supervises, and mentors field-work students. She is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eTrainers' Forum\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContemporary School Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 11 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44289854242918,"sku":"9781118205655","price":57.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Qm4zTHkxUFZFK2Zsb05kek5KMGtRQT09.webp?v=1766773602","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/writing-useful-accessible-and-legally-defensible-psychoeducational-reports-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}