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LEARNING AND PRODUCING DIFFICULTIES
REVISITED
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND ACADEMIC
PRODUCTION IN THE UPPER GRADES
CONNECTING COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT OF
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS WITH ACADEMIC
PRODUCTION
SUMMARY

Chapter Seven: Assessment of Executive Functions


Using Behavior Rating Scales
INTRODUCTION
RATING SCALES AND WHAT THEY MEASURE
USING THE BRIEF INVENTORIES AS FORMAL
MEASURES OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
INTERPRETATION OF THE BRIEF NORM-REFERENCED
SCORES
BRIEF GLOBAL COMPOSITE LEVEL INTERPRETATION
BRIEF INDEX LEVEL INTERPRETATION
BRIEF SCALE-LEVEL INTERPRETATION
BRIEF SCALE-LEVEL INTERPRETATION INVOLVING
MULTIPLE RATERS
LIMITATIONS OF SCALE-LEVEL INTERPRETATION OF
THE BRIEF VERSIONS
USING OTHER RATING SCALES AS IMPLICIT FORMAL
MEASURES OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
USING THE BRIEF INVENTORIES AS INFORMAL
MEASURES OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
ITEM RESPONSE PROFILES WITHIN SCALES
ITEM CLUSTER INTERPRETATION WITHIN BRIEF
SCALES
ITEM CLUSTER INTERPRETATION ACROSS ALL BRIEF
SCALES
USING OTHER RATING SCALES AS IMPLICIT
INFORMAL MEASURES OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
SUMMARY

Chapter Eight: Reporting Executive Functions


Assessment Results
INTRODUCTION
STRUCTURING REPORTS
ANNOTATED CASE EXAMPLE
PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL EVALUATION REPORT
GEORGE MCCLOSKEY, PHD
CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
REASON FOR REFERRAL/PURPOSE OF REPORT
ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
RECORDS REVIEW AND HISTORY
INFORMATION FROM THE PARENTS
INFORMATION FROM SCHOOL STAFF
CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS
ASSESSMENT SESSION BEHAVIOR OBSERVATIONS
SUMMARY OF COGNITIVE ABILITIES AND
ACADEMIC SKILL DEVELOPMENT REASONING
ABILITIES
REASONING WITH ORALLY PRESENTED VERBAL
INFORMATION
REASONING WITH NONVERBAL VISUAL MATERIAL
LANGUAGE ABILITIES
RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE ABILITY
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE ABILITY
BASIC LANGUAGE PROCESSES; FLUENCY AND
SPEED
MEMORY CAPACITIES APPLIED WITH AUDITORILY
PRESENTED VERBAL INFORMATION
INITIAL REGISTRATION OF VERBAL INFORMATION
(IMMEDIATE MEMORY) AND HOLDING AND
MANIPULATING VERBAL INFORMATION (WORKING
MEMORY)
RETRIEVAL OF VERBAL INFORMATION FROM LONG-
TERM STORAGE
VISUAL PROCESSING
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS EVALUATION DURING
ASSESSMENT SESSIONS
EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF BASIC ATTENTION AND
EFFORT DURING ASSESSMENT SESSIONS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION OF THE USE OF REASONING
ABILITIES DURING ASSESSMENT SESSIONS
EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF VERBAL FLUENCY
EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF
VISUOSPATIAL/VISUOMOTOR PROCESSING
INFORMATION FROM PARENT AND TEACHER
BEHAVIOR RATINGS
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING
ACADEMIC FUNCTIONING
READING SKILLS
WORD RECOGNITION
DECODING SKILLS
READING SPEED AND READING FLUENCY
PARAGRAPH READING COMPREHENSION
WRITTEN EXPRESSION SKILLS
GRAPHOMOTOR PRODUCTION (LETTER WRITING)
SENTENCE WRITING FLUENCY
SPELLING REAL WORDS FROM DICTATION
MATH SKILLS
MATH FLUENCY
SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT
CONCLUSIONS
ADDENDUM TO THE INITIAL REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR ALAN
(RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL
INTERVENTIONS) AND WHO CAN DO WHAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE FOR ALAN?
SUMMARY

References

About the Authors

Index

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