Psychoeducational Assessment Edilberto I. Dizon, Ed.D.

Psychoeducational Assessment is a systematic process of data-gathering about a child utilizing varied tools and strategies for decision making pertaining to the child’s interventions.

Suspected children with special needs are assessed to enable us to: Identify his exceptionality Determine appropriate placement Design a curricular program Improve services Pursue research undertakings

Principles of Psychoeducational Assessment

Early identification facilitates early intervention Principles 1. Early identification facilitates early intervention

Multifactored model of assessment Principles Principles 2. Multifactored model of assessment

Concept of variability Principles 3. Concept of variability

scientific approximation Principles 4. Assessment as a scientific approximation

Concept of symptomology in relation to psychoeducational assessment Principles 5. Concept of symptomology in relation to psychoeducational assessment

Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary concepts Principles 6. Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary concepts

Criterion-referenced and Norm-referenced measures Principles 7. Criterion-referenced and Norm-referenced measures

Appropriateness and validity of tools Principles 8. Appropriateness and validity of tools

Focus on processes more than just the outcomes Principles 9. Focus on processes more than just the outcomes

Confidential and developmental assessment Principles 10. Confidential and developmental assessment

Tools & Strategies Interview Observations

(forms, records, inventories, checklists, and scales) Tools & Strategies F R I C S (forms, records, inventories, checklists, and scales)

Tools & Strategies Teacher-made Tests Standardized Tests

Informal Skills Survey Tools & Strategies Reports Portfolio Assessment Informal Skills Survey