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 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