Essentials of Processing Assessment, 3rd Edition

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 xiiiAcknowledgments xvAbout the Companion Website xviiOne Introduction and Overview 1Two Psychological Processes and Achievement 27Three The Neuropsychology of Psychological Processes 69Four Planning, Organizing, and Conducting a Processing Assessment 89Five Analyzing and Interpreting Test Results 127Six Identifying PSW and SLD with the PPA and MPA 157Seven Using the CPPS to Screen Psychological Processes 169Eight Recommended Batteries and Scales 189Nine Assessing Memory 229Ten Evidence-Based Interventions for Processing Deficits 267Eleven Illustrative Case Study 309References 343Annotated Bibliography 355About the Author 357Index 359Note: All appendices are available onlineAppendix A Selective Testing Tables for Processing and Achievement TestingAppendix B Selective Testing Table for Memory TestingAppendix C Parent Interview Items for Processing AssessmentAppendix D Teacher Interview Items for ProcessingAppendix E Behaviors Indicative of Specific Processing WeaknessesAppendix F Classroom Behaviors Indicative of Working Memory ProblemsAppendix G Classroom Behaviors Indicative of Long-Term Memory ProblemsAppendix H Psychological Processing Assessment PlannerAppendix I PSW Analysis Worksheet (Hand Computation)Appendix J PSW Analysis Worksheet (Excel)Appendix K Memory Assessment PlannerAppendix L PSW Analysis Worksheet for Memory (Hand Computation)Appendix M PSW Analysis Worksheet for Memory (Excel)Appendix N T-Score to Standard Score Conversion TableAppendix O Scaled Score to Standard Score Conversion TableAppendix P Long-Term Memory Interview ItemsAppendix Q Self-Monitoring Sheets: Paying Attention and Staying on Task