Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports
by Michael Hass, Jeanne Anne Carriere
Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Why Is Another Book on Report Writing Needed?
- Chapter 2: What Makes a Report Legally Defensible?
- Understand the Difference Between What Legally Must Be Included in Your Reports and What Must Be True About Your Assessment
- What Must Be True About Your Evaluations (and Therefore Reflected in Your Reports) According to Federal Legal Mandate?
- The Evaluation Should Be Comprehensive
- The Evaluator Should Use a Variety of Assessment Tools or Approaches That Gather Functional and Relevant Data
- The Evaluation Should Be Fair
- The Evaluator Should Be Competent
- The Procedures Used Should Be Valid and Reliable
- Chapter 3: How Do I Make My Reports More Useful to Consumers?
- Write Your Report with the Audience in Mind
- Useful Reports Clearly Answer the Referral Questions
- Useful Reports Focus on Strengths as Well as Needs
- Useful Reports Provide Concrete and Feasible Recommendations for Educational Planning
- Useful Reports Are Clear and Understandable
- Readability Impacts the Usefulness of Your Reports
- Increase Readability by Reducing Professional Jargon
- Increase the Readability of Psychoeducational Reports by Cutting Words and Using Active Voice
- Increase the Readability of Psychoeducational Reports by Considering the Length, Including Amount and Quality of Information
- Increase the Readability of Your Report by Using a Report Structure That Integrates Data and Highlights Relevant Evaluation Findings
- Referral-Based Reports Synthesize Fundamental Research Findings with Best Practice
- Chapter 4: Step-by-Step, How Do I Write Useful and Legally Defensible Reports?
- How Do I Clearly Communicate the Purpose of the Evaluation?
- How Do I Develop Well-Formed Evaluation Questions?
- How Do I Write Present Levels of Functioning Questions?
- How Do I Write Diagnostic or Disability Questions?
- How Do I Write Solution-Based, or “What Do We Do About This” Questions?
- The Background Information Provides Developmental and Educational Perspective to Your Report
- Assessment Data from Multiple Sources Is Integrated into Themes
- How Do I Write Useful Recommendations?
- Chapter 5: How Do I Solve Practical Problems Along the Way to Question-Driven Report Writing?
- Remind Me: Why Is Another Book on Report Writing Needed?
- Why Should I Change My Report Writing Model?
- What Should Be My First Steps Toward Transitioning to This Report Style?
- My School District or Agency Already Has a Template That We Are Required to Use; How Can I Work Within These Constraints?
- This Style of Report Writing Seems Time Consuming and I Am Already Swamped with Work! Is This True?
- Do Referral-Based Reports Vary, Depending on the Characteristics of the Child?
- Do Triennial Reevaluations Differ from Other Reports?
- How Do Charts and Tables Fit into a Questions-Based Thematic Report?
- Do I Need to Use a Specific Format When Writing?
- Last Words
- Appendix I–Checklist for a Useful and Legally Defensible Report
- Appendix II–What Do These Reports Look Like?
- Appendix III–Interview protocol
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- End User License Agreement
WRITING USEFUL, ACCESSIBLE, AND LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL REPORTS
MICHAEL R. HASS
JEANNE ANNE M. CARRIERE
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