Essentials of Processing Assessment (E-Book) von Milton J. Dehn

Series Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

About the Companion Website xvii

One Introduction and Overview 1

Two Psychological Processes and Achievement 27

Three The Neuropsychology of Psychological Processes 69

Four Planning, Organizing, and Conducting a Processing Assessment 89

Five Analyzing and Interpreting Test Results 127

Six Identifying PSW and SLD with the PPA and MPA 157

Seven Using the CPPS to Screen Psychological Processes 169

Eight Recommended Batteries and Scales 189

Nine Assessing Memory 229

Ten Evidence-Based Interventions for Processing Deficits 267

Eleven Illustrative Case Study 309

References 343

Annotated Bibliography 355

About the Author 357

Index 359

Note: All appendices are available online

Appendix A Selective Testing Tables for Processing and Achievement Testing

Appendix B Selective Testing Table for Memory Testing

Appendix C Parent Interview Items for Processing Assessment

Appendix D Teacher Interview Items for Processing

Appendix E Behaviors Indicative of Specific Processing Weaknesses

Appendix F Classroom Behaviors Indicative of Working Memory Problems

Appendix G Classroom Behaviors Indicative of Long-Term Memory Problems

Appendix H Psychological Processing Assessment Planner

Appendix I PSW Analysis Worksheet (Hand Computation)

Appendix J PSW Analysis Worksheet (Excel)

Appendix K Memory Assessment Planner

Appendix L PSW Analysis Worksheet for Memory (Hand Computation)

Appendix M PSW Analysis Worksheet for Memory (Excel)

Appendix N T-Score to Standard Score Conversion Table

Appendix O Scaled Score to Standard Score Conversion Table

Appendix P Long-Term Memory Interview Items

Appendix Q Self-Monitoring Sheets: Paying Attention and Staying on Task

A critical handbook for practitioners and clinicians engaged in processing assessments

In the newly revised third edition ofEssentials of Processing Assessment, a team of distinguished practitioners delivers an expert framework for planning, conducting, and interpreting an assessment of psychological processes. Emphasizing a pattern-of-strengths-and-weaknesses (PSW) perspective, the book offers an overview of evidence-based interventions for various psychological processes.

In the book, readers will review cognitive processing theories, apply a PSW model for specific learning disability (SLD) identifications, review the relationships between psychological processes and specific kinds of achievement, and detailed information on how to assess 14 different processes covered in the model.

Readers will also find:

• Step-by-step guidelines and worksheets that walk readers through the analysis and interpretation of test results
• Strategies for identifying students with specific learning disabilities
• Information about major cognitive and memory scales, as well as scales designed for processing assessment

An essential handbook for psychologists and other practitioners and clinicians engaged in processing assessments of children and adults,Essentials of Processing Assessment, 3rd Edition will earn a place in the libraries of anyone seeking to make more accurate diagnoses and identify more effective treatments.

MILTON J. DEHN, EdD, is the co-founder and Program Director of Schoolhouse Tutoring, an agency that provides assessment, tutoring, and instructional support for students of all ages and abilities. Formerly a practicing school psychologist, an associate professor, and a director of a graduate training program in school psychology, Dr. Dehn is the creator of the Childrens Psychological Processes Scale (CPSS), an online teacher-rating scale designed to identify children with psychological processing deficits. He is the author of several books, includingWorking Memory and Academic Learning: Assessment and Intervention, Long-Term Memory Problems in Children and Adolescents, and Helping Students Remember: Exercises and Strategies to Strengthen Memory.