Psychological Processes Significantly Related With Types of Academic Learning

Milton J. Dehn, Ed.D., 2016

Schoolhouse Educational Services, LLC

Basic Reading Skills / Reading Fluency / Reading
Comprehension / Mathematics
Calculation / Mathematics
Problem Solving / Written Language / Oral Expression / Listening Comprehension
Attention / Attention
Auditory Processing / Auditory Processing / Auditory Processing / Auditory Processing
Executive Functions / Executive
Functions / Executive
Functions / Executive
Functions / Executive Functions / Executive Functions
Fine Motor
Fluid Reasoning / Fluid Reasoning / Fluid Reasoning
Oral Language / Oral Language / Oral Language / Oral Language / Oral Language / Oral Language
Phonological Processing / Phonological Processing / Phonological Processing / Phonological Processing / Phonological Processing
Processing Speed / Processing Speed / Processing Speed / Processing Speed / Processing Speed / Processing Speed / Processing Speed
Verbal Long-Term Recall / Verbal Long-Term Recall / Verbal Long-Term Recall / Verbal Long-Term Recall / Verbal Long-Term Recall / Verbal Long-Term Recall / Verbal Long-Term Recall
Verbal Working Memory / Verbal Working Memory / Verbal Working Memory / Verbal Working Memory / Verbal Working Memory / Verbal Working Memory / Verbal Working Memory
Visual-Spatial Long-Term Recall / Visual-Spatial Long-Term Recall / Visual-Spatial Long-Term Recall / Visual-Spatial Long-Term Recall / Visual-Spatial Long-Term Recall
Visual-Spatial Processing
Visual-Spatial Working Memory / Visual-Spatial Working Memory / Visual-Spatial Working Memory

Dehn’s Recommended PSW-SLD Criteria

____ One or more statistically significant intra-individual psychological/cognitive processing weaknesses

____ At least one psychological/cognitive processing strength that is one of the following:

____ A statistically significant intra-individual strength

____ A normative strength (above average score; 110/115 or above)

____ A score within the average range (85-114/90-109)

____ The psychological/cognitive processing weakness subtest scores are unitary.

____ The deficient area of achievement has a below average score (lower than 85).

____ The deficient area of achievement subtest scores are unitary.

____ The deficient area of achievement is also a statistically significant intra-individual weakness. Exceptions can be made when:

____ There are two or more areas of deficient achievement

(scores lower than 85), but not all areas of achievement are deficient

____ At least one achievement strength that is one of the following:

____ A statistically significant intra-individual strength

____ A normative strength (above average score; 110/115 or above)

____ A score within the average range (85-114/90-109)

____ There is consistency between the deficient area of achievement and at least one related psychological/cognitive processing weakness. Consistency means that there is no statistically significant difference between the achievement and related processing scores.

____ This criterion also is met when a related processing score is significantly lower than the deficient area of achievement.

Processing Analysis Worksheet---Completed Example

Student’s Name:______Date-of-Birth: ______Gender: Male Age: 6 Grade: 1 Dates of Testing: ______

Psychological Process / Scale / Composite or Subtest / Composite
or Subtest
Score / Process Score / Mean or IQ
Predictor / Discrepancy / Normative
S or W / Intra-
Individual
S or W / Deficit or Asset
Attention / CPPS / Attention / (64) 79 / 79 / 95 (IQ) / -16
Auditory Processing / WJ III COG / AUDITORY PROCESSING / 106 / 106 / 95 / +11
Executive
Functions / BRIEF / METACOG.
INDEX (Parent) / (64) 79 / 79 / 95 / -16
Fine Motor / CPPS / Fine Motor / (53) 95 / 95 / 95 / 0
Fluid Reasoning / WISC-IV / Matrix Reasoning
Picture Concepts / (10) 100
(12) 110 / 105 / 95 / +10
Long-Term Recall / WJ III COG / Rapid Pic. Naming
Retrieval Fluency / 75
90 / 83 / 95 / -12
Oral Language / CPPS / Oral Language / (64) 79 / 79 / 95 / -16
Phonological Processing / WJ III COG / PHONEMIC AWARENESS / 108 / 108 / 95 / +13
Processing Speed / WISC-IV / PROCESSING SPEED / 96 / 96 / 95 / +1
Visual-Spatial Processing / WISC-IV / Block Design
Pic. Completion / (13) 115
(11) 105 / 110 / 95 / +15
Working Memory / WISC-IV / WORKING MEMORY / 85 / 85 / 95 / -10

Pairs

Process / Confidence Interval / Process / Confidence Interval / Significant? / Relationship
Working Memory / 77-93 / Executive Functions / 73-85
Working Memory / 77-93 / Oral Language / 70-88
Attention / 71-87 / Executive Functions / 73-85
Working Memory / 77-93 / Phonological Processing / 98-118