Essentials of Processing Assessment, 3rd Edition: Essentials of Psychological Assessment

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 Children's Psychological Processes Scale (CPSS), an online teacher-rating scale designed to identify children with psychological processing deficits. He is the author of several books, including Working 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.

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