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I first saw Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports mentioned in one of the School Psychologist Facebook groups I am in. Over the summer, I did a lot of overhaul and organization, and one of my “to do” items was working on what I call my “monster template” for my reports. I decided to order this book, and wanted to share my review with you all!
Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports is an “easy” Summer read for School Psychologists. I felt like the authors had certainly been there-in our School Psychologist shoes, and knew the ins and outs of writing psychoeducational reports. The authors provide a number of explicit, easy to implement tips for our report writing. I found myself post-it noting several pages to remind me of things I already knew (for example, checking for the use of appropriate tenses), to new tidbits I could use (readability statistics when considering who I am writing for).
What I liked about it:
- Concrete, easy to implement suggestions and strategies
- Easy to read
- Authors know the ins and outs of report writing
- It served as a good reminder of who I am writing reports for
What I didn’t love:
- Some of the suggestions and tips might not fit with your district standards or requirements
- There were a bunch of examples provided, but all followed a format that I couldn’t use in any of the districts I’ve worked in. I would have loved to see some more variety.
Overall, I would definitely recommend Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports School Psychologists, Special Education teachers writing reports, etc. . I reference mine over and over!
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