1. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 13 Report Writing Part I

2. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-2 My Website: Links Tips to Report Writing General formatting tips and techniques Report Writing Guide What needs to be in report and how it is to be presented Psychometric summary examples Copies of my tables that I put at the end of my report: psychometric summary

3. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-3 TIPS TO REPORT WRITING Links from my Website

4. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-4 Tips to Report Writing Make sure that you are familiar with basic grammar, spelling, capitalization, and word-usage rules. If you are not familiar with these, a great resource is: Strunk and White’s book, Elements of Style http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style- Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style- Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X

5. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-5 Tips to Report Writing Professionalism is the name of the game. In all things, be consistent Use the most basic terms. Tests: Tests have specific names and acronyms. Do not make up your own. Double check if needed.

6. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-6 REPORT WRITING GUIDE Links from my Website

7. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-7 General Information Most on about a 6 th grade reading level. http://www.ehow.com/how_4930400_read ability-of-word-document-word.html http://www.ehow.com/how_4930400_read ability-of-word-document-word.html The Psychometric Summary section is for professionals to interpret Information should be limited to that which is clinically significant. Never forget your audience/ employer.

8. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-8 Parts to a Report: Old Info Header: Where is the report coming from? Client info: Who is the report about? Reason for Referral: Why did they come? Background Info: What happened before they got to your office? Previous Test Data: What did someone else find out?

9. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-9 Parts to a Report: New Info Assessment Measures and Procedures: What did you do? Test Behavior and Observations: What did you see? Analysis and Interpretation of the Results: What did you find out? Summary: Wrap it up? Psychometric Summary: Specific score Signature Line: Your name and Credentials

10. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-10 Parts of a Report: Clinical Diagnostic Statements: Schools: Suggestions of possible IDEA dx Other: DSM-IV 5 Axis Dx Recommendations and Suggestions: Research Based Need to be feasible for your client

11. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-11 PSYCHOMETRIC SUMMARY EXAMPLES Links from my Website

12. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-12 Psychometric Summary Tables Each table in YOUR psychometric summary at the end of your report needs to be formatted the same way. As my example tables have different types of formats then you will need to make alterations to the table to make them work.

13. Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals, 7e Drummond/Jones © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 12-13 Making Tables If you are unfamiliar with making tables, then the following link will make it easy to learn. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word- help/tables-i-create-and-format-basic- tables-RZ001200716.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word- help/tables-i-create-and-format-basic- tables-RZ001200716.aspx