The purpose of a Psycho-Educational assessment is to uncover information as to why a child might be struggling at school. In order to gather this information, specific aspects are assessed.
Psychological aspects include:
- language skills
- memory
- intelligence
- verbal and visual learning
- attention / concentration
- eye – hand co-ordination for paper – and – pencil tasks
- planning ability
- reflective / impulsive response style
Academic skills include:
- reading (phonetic skills, sight vocabulary, reading comprehension)
- spelling
- writing
- mathematics (basic numerical operations, mathematical reasoning)
- academic fluency (speed of reading, writing, calculating)
- listening comprehension
- oral expressive skills
Psycho-Educational assessments also include an emotional assessment aspect, in order to provide an in-depth overview of a child and its general functioning within specific environments.
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