Essentials of Processing Assessment

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

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.