Description
There are SO many questions about psychological and neuropsychological report writing, from beginner and advanced clinicians alike.
For this course, Dr. Jeremy Sharp tackles two of those questions: Readability and what to include.
If you haven't checked the readability of your reports recently, chances are, they are WAY above the average person’s reading level. So, to help with this, in part one of this course, Dr. Sharp talks about passive tense, jargon, extra words, poor layout AND why these matter.
In the second half of this course, Dr. Sharp focuses on what kind of content to actually include in your reports.
“But that’s easy,” you might say. We just include the background, results, interpretation, summary, and recommendations, right?
Well, research would suggest that our referring providers read and value some parts of the report much more than others.
For part two, Dr. Sharp will use research to help you figure out which parts are most important, and how to arrange that information in your reports.
*Note: much of the content from part one is derived from Dr. Dean Beebe’s workshop on pediatric report-writing from the AACN 2019 conference.
Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, nurses.
This CE course is designated as beginner
Course Content: Clinical; Testing and Assessment
Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.
This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.
This course was recorded in May 2021.
Author Bio
ABOUT DR. JEREMY SHARP
Dr. Sharp is a licensed psychologist and the Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that he founded in 2009 and grew to include nine licensed clinicians, three clinicians in training, and a full administrative staff. He earned his undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting his Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, Dr. Sharp specializes in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.
As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, Dr. Sharp provides private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.
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Learning Objectives
Based on the content of this course, I can:
- Give an overview of readability, reading level, and literacy in the context of report writing
- Explain the inverted pyramid approach to report writing
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