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    Psycho-Educational Assessments of Children and Adolescents: Practical Suggestions for Teachers, Parents and Students
    Psycho-Educational Assessments of Children and Adolescents: Practical Suggestions for Teachers, Parents and Students
    Psycho-Educational Assessments of Children and Adolescents: Practical Suggestions for Teachers, Parents and Students
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    Psycho-Educational Assessments of Children and Adolescents: Practical Suggestions for Teachers, Parents and Students

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    This book is intended to help school administrators, teachers, counsellors, support staff, parents, and other professionals to read and understand psychoeducational reports and to work as a team to help alleviate the students difficulties. Furthermore, this book is aimed as sensitizing the school personnel to the elements of a quality psychoeducational assessment to make them informed consumers who are able to understand good quality report so as to apply the information contained in the report effectively in the schools.
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    Release dateJul 31, 2017
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    Psycho-Educational Assessments of Children and Adolescents: Practical Suggestions for Teachers, Parents and Students
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    Joseph Nii Abekar Mensah

    Dr Joseph Nii Abekar Mensah was born and raised in Accra, Ghana. He received his basic education at Saint Mary’s Parish School and Accra Bishop’s Boys’ School, Accra, Ghana. Dr.Mensah then attended Odorgonno Secondary School in Accra, Ghana Upon completion of his secondary school education, Dr. Mensah was sent by his late father Nii Larbi Mensah II to London, England, where he studied Applied Biology with specialization in Pharmacology at Barking Regional College of Technology, Dagenham, Essex, England. He later worked as a Research Technologist at London Hospital Medical College, University College Hospital Medical School and Union International, London, England. Dr. Mensah later immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada, where he was a Research Technologist at the Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University. Dr. Mensah later earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Education and Psychology at Saint Mary’s, Dalhousie and Mount Saint Vincent Universities; and at Columbia Pacific University. He had served as a Part-time lecturer in education at Dalhousie University; as an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Santa Barbara and Columbia Pacific University; and has worked extensively as Psycho- educational Consultant. Dr. Mensah is the author of a number of books, including, STRESS MANGEMENT AND YOUR HEALTH and TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF GADANGMES OF GHANA: DESCENDANTS OF AUTHENTIC BIBLICAL HEBREW ISRAELITES.

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      Psycho-Educational Assessments of Children and Adolescents - Joseph Nii Abekar Mensah

      © 2017 Joseph Nii Abekar Mensah, PhD. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 06/22/2017

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-9731-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-9729-7 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-9730-3 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2017909782

      Print information available on the last page.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      DEDICATION

      This book Is Dedicated to the following:

      EBENEZER NII SEMPEH MENSAH, Dip. Bus,Admin.

      &

      My Parents: Nii Larbi Mensah II & Mary Naa Adoley Ayikailey Addo.

      My Children and Grandchildren

      All my extended family members

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      I acknowledge and thank the Almighty God for His abundant blessings upon me and my family. Words are too weak to express my gratitude to my parents, late Nii Larbi Mensah II (Sempe Mensa We Atofo Mantse), and Mary Naa Adoley-Ayikailey Addo for their love and for being wonderful parents to me and my siblings.

      The love and care shown by my paternal and my maternal grandparents are noteworthy, and for their positive influences on my life. I will like to thank also my elder sister, Esther Naa Tettehley Amarteifio; my brother, Joseph Nii Abeka Mensah Jr, as well as all members of my extended family, too numerous to mention individually, for being so kind and loving to me.

      Special word of thanks and appreciation to all my children and grandchildren for their love, especially Ebenezer Nii Sempeh, for all the help and care he always gives me.

      My beloved children are late Joseph Nii Sempeh Mensah, Gamal Nii Sempeh Mensah, Mrs. Farah Naa Nyarkua Newmarch, Ebenezer Nii Sempeh Mensah and Shelly L.Mensah.

      My loving grandchildren are: Barbara Naa Tettehley Mensah, Jeffery Nii Abekar Mensah, Kevin Nii Tetteh Mensah, Tate Nii Adotey Newmarch, Paighton Naa Akaibi Newmarch; Shaelyn Naa Adoley-Ayikailey Newmarch.

      Joseph Nii Abekar Mensah, and Joseph Nii Abeka Mensah, Jr. Samantha Ama Mensah and Tyrrell Mensah.

      Finally, a word of thanks to the following, whose kindness and friendship will forever linger in my mind: Mr. Kweku and Nancy Edugyan and family, Dr. Ishmael Bruce, late Mr & Mrs Joseph Hagen and family, late Dr. Ishmael Okraku, and Lynette L.Mensah.

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Dr. Joseph Nii Abekar Mensah was born in Accra, Ghana to Nii Larbi Mensah II, Sempe Mensa We Atofo Mantse, and Mary Naa Adoley-Ayikailey Addo. He received his basic education at Saint Mary’s Parish School and Accra Bishop’s Boys School. Dr.Mensah then attended Odorgonno Secondary School,Accra. Upon completion of his secondary education, Dr. Mensah was sent by his late father to London, England where he read for the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level. He then attended Barking Regional College of Technology, where he received education in Applied Biology with specialization in Pharmacology.

      Following completion of his studies, Dr. Mensah worked as a Research Technologist at London Hospital Medical College, Department of Pharmacology supervised by Dr. C,R.B Joyce; and also as a Research Assistant in endocrinology at the University College Hospital Medical School under Dr. E.J. Ross. Subsequently, Dr. Mensah was employed as a Research Assistant at Union International, London, where he was involved in bioassay of insulin.

      Dr,Mensah later immigrated to Canada in October 1968, having been appointed as a Research Technologist. He worked under Dr. Charles R.Dean, conducting bio-assay of neuro-secretory substances at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

      While in Halifax, Dr. Mensah earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Bachelor of a Bachelor of Education degree from Saint Mary’s University. He is also a graduate of Dalhousie University, Halifax with Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Graduate Diploma in Public Administration, and a Master of Arts degree in Education. Dr. Mensah also earned a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology and Measurements from Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax

      Dr. Mensah is a graduate of Columbia Pacific University, Mill Valley, California, with Master of Science degree in Counselling Psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psycho-gerontology.

      He has held numerous academic and professional positions. He was a part-time lecturer of education at Dalhousie University, the Nova Scotia Teacher’s College, Truro. Dr. Mensah also served as an Adjunct Professor of the University of Santa Barbara and the Columbia Pacific University,

      Dr. Mensah has authored a number of books and articles, including, GHANA: HISTORY AND TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS OF A PROUD PEOPLE (Exposition Press, 1981); GADANGMES OF GHANA: HEBRW ISRAELITES ORIGINS AND TADITIONAL CUSTOMS (Aurora Press, 2008); STRESS MANAGRMENT AND YOUR HEALTH (Strategic Book Publishing, 2013); TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF GADANGMES OF GHANA: DESCENDANTS OF AUTHENTIC BIBLICAL HEBREW ISRAELITES (Strategic Book Publishing, 2013)

      Dr. Mensah holds professional teaching certifications in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and Alberta, as well as provincial teacher certifications in the Provinces of Ontario and British Columbia

      He had been a member of the formerly Psychologists Association of Alberta; the American Psychological Association; the Society for the Psychological study of Social Issues; and the International Council of Psychologists

      Dr. Mensah holds Fellow and Diplomate certification with the American Board of Medical Psychotherapists; and a Diplomate certification with the International Academy of Behaviour Medicine, Counselling and Psychotherapy.

      PREFACE

      This book is written to address concerns of parents, teachers, and students, prior to and after psycho-educational assessments. Parents become very anxious when they receive school’s requests for assessment of their child or children. Their anxiety is compounded during and after case conferences, when some parents feel they do not understand what the psychologist is trying to say

      Also, I have heard some teachers complain that the test results and accompanying recommendations are too technical; and that they do not comprehend the testing procedures. It is hoped that this book will be easily to read and understood by teachers, parents and students; and addresses most of the concerns of teachers and parents regarding psycho-educational assessments.

      Chapter One focuses on the referral question, the assessment procedures, the test results, the interpretations of the test results, and the psychologist recommendations

      In Chapter Two, the author addresses Behaviour Disorders in schools and some strategies for combating behaviour disorders in the classroom. Chapter Three focuses on more advanced strategies for dealing with behaviour problems in school.

      Chapter Four is concerned about how to deal with youths at-risk in the classroom, and some effective strategies, while Chapter Five focuses on Special Education in schools and issues concerning Special Education.

      In Chapter Six, the author dwells on Learning and Developmental Disorders, while in Chapter Seven deals with the issue of minorities in the education system, as well as Development of Community Support System for schools

      INTRODUCTION

      Many books have been written about education and psychological assessments by great scholars and Clinicians yet, I have not come across books that make the psycho-educational process easily understood by educational personnel in the schools and parents..

      This book is intended to help school administrators, teachers, counsellors, support staff, parents and other professionals to read and understand psycho-educational reports, and to work as a team to help alleviate the student’s difficulties. Furthermore, this book is aimed as sensitizing the school personnel to the elements of a quality psycho-educational assessment; to make them informed consumers who are able to understand good quality report so as to apply the information contained in the report effectively in the schools.

      In general, psycho-educational assessment provides estimates of the student’s intellectual or cognitive abilities as well as the client’s current performance in the three basic areas of school adjustments namely, Reading, Spelling and Arithmetic. In addition, psycho-educational assessment results in recommendations that may be relevant in educational planning for the student. Assessment data generally include background information obtained from parents and guardian of the student, teachers and school support staff; educational history and records and data from intelligence tests and educational achievement. It may also include data from rating tests of attention disorder evaluation scale, emotional and behaviour problem scales as well as tests of adaptive behaviour.

      Psycho-educational assessment is primarily designed to respond to some of the following questions: Does the student have average or better intelligence to benefit from academic work; and what can we learn from the client’s test scores to indicate his/her strengths and weaknesses? Is he or she mentally challenged? Does he/she have attention deficit-hyperactive problem? Does the client have emotional/behaviour problems? Is the client learning disabled? Does the assessment data suggest possible neurological and/or neuropsychological difficulties? Is hearing or visual difficulties suggested by the data? What would be the appropriate educational planning for the student in the light of background data and information gathered from the assessment data?

      Even though learning, and not behavioural/emotional problems, is the focus of the psycho-educational assessment, emotional/behavioural and medical issues may need to be attended to in psycho-educational evaluation. Referrals to medical or other professionals may be made if necessary.

      The format of psycho-educational reports may vary. Most reports include certain basic components. Psycho-educational implies applying psychological theories and techniques in a school setting. Thus, a psycho-educational report is a type of psychological report that focuses on assessment and interpretation of educationally related psychological and educational and psychological tests. These include tests of intelligence, receptive and expressive language,

      achievement tests, tests of auditory and visual perception; tests of attention deficit-hyperactive behaviour as well as tests of emotional/behaviour problems, etc. Personality and psychopathology tests may also be administer

      CONTENTS

      Dedication

      Acknowledgements

      About The Author

      Preface

      Introduction

      CHAPTER 1

      Preparing The Child For Testing

      Referral Question:

      Background Information

      Assessment Procedure

      General

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