1. PART I Report Writing

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. LINKS FROM MY WEBSITE TIPS TO REPORT WRITING

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. 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. LINKS FROM MY WEBSITE REPORT WRITING GUIDE

7. General Information Most on about a 6 th grade reading level.  http://www.ehow.com/how_4930400_readability-of-word- document-word.html http://www.ehow.com/how_4930400_readability-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. 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. 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. 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. LINKS FROM MY WEBSITE PSYCHOMETRIC SUMMARY EXAMPLES

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. 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