Psychological case reporting at psychiatric staff conferences.

Holzberg, Jules D.; Alessi, Salvatore L.; Wexler, Murray

doi:10.1037/h0060108

Journal of Consulting Psychology

1951

DOI: 10.1037/h0060108

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Psychological case reporting at psychiatric staff conferences.

Jules D. Holzberg¹,

Salvatore L. Alessi²,

Murray Wexler³

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“…(3) Teachers would see the IEP friendly format of the recommendations as prescriptive and objectionable; (4) The inclusion of strengths would compromise funding applications. This type of "research to practice divergence" is well documented in the literature (Kratochwill, and Steele Shernoff, 2004) in general and is longstanding with regard to the organization and substance of psychology reports (Appelbaum, 1970;Forer, 1959;Foster, 1951;Holzberg, Alessi, & Wexler, 1951;Lodge, 1953;Sargent, 1951;Tallent, 1958). Harvey (2006) examined the persistence of report-writing concerns and concluded that one major focus needs to be on the training practices of graduate programs.…”

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A Modified Content Analysis of Existing School Psychology Reports

Mallin

Schellenberg²,

Smith

2012

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

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Discrepancies between our university's training program's report-writing guidelines and common practice in Manitoba could not be resolved by reference to the literature. To inform the discussion, we collected a sample of local real world school psychology reports and undertook a modified content analysis to operationally define and measure relevant variables. In this article we present our qualitative and quantitative findings on organization, readability, length, and the nature of recommendations in detail with implications to improve the extent to which school psychology reports incorporate an evidence basis and contribute to real, beneficial, and demonstrable change in circumstances for children and families. RésuméLa littérature ne permet pas de répondre aux divergences entre les lignes directrices de notre programme de formation de rédaction de rapport et la pratique courante. Par conséquent, dans le but d'éclairer cette discussion, nous avons recueilli un échantillon de rapports locaux de psychologie scolaire et avons entrepris une analyse de contenu modifiée afin de définir et mesurer les variables pertinentes. Dans cet article, nous présentons nos observations qualitatives et quantitatives quant à l'organisation, la clarté, la longueur et la nature des recommandations. Enfin, nous discutons des implications de ces résultats afin de proposer des outils visant l'amélioration des rapports employés en psychologie scolaire. Ceux-ci constituent un apport significatif pour un changement réel au bénéfice des enfants et de leurs familles.

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A Modified Content Analysis of Existing School Psychology Reports

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Smith

2012

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

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An approach to the improvement of clinical psychological reports

Tallent

1956

J. Clin. Psychol.

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Sources of ambiguity in psychological reports

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Albaugh

1956

J. Clin. Psychol.

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PROBLEMThe psychological test report occupies a unique position among the services of psychologists in a clinical setting, and perhaps because it involves the use of professional skills not held in common with other disciplines, it is often used as the chief measure of the psychologist's contribution t o the psychiatric team. In spite of this prominent role in the total diagnostic study of the patient, relatively little research has appeared which bears on the adequacy of psychological reporting per se. The research to date has been largely concerned with the nature and form of psychological reports@# *), the use t o which they are put by other professional workers ( I , 2 , 3 ) , or with somewhat impressionistic evaluations of psychological reports by various professional disciplines (4). No published research has dealt directly with the basic problem of communication, the effective transmission of ideas through the psychological test report.The purpose of the present study was t o investigate the degree and manner in which psychological reports communicate to the reader the findings and impressions of the report writer and t o pinpoint problem areas so that specific recommendations could be made toward improved communication. The need for such a study was recognized as a result of problems arising in the training of psychology interns, many of whom experienced considerable difficulty in learning to write reports free from major ambiguities. It was recognized from the outset that ambiguity is not an inherent quality of psychological reports; rather it is the product of a particular report and a given reader. For this reason it was decided t o compare the report-reading behavior of a number of professional groups ordinarily having access t o psychological reports: staff psychologists, psychology trainees, psychiatrists, social workers, graduate nurses, and student nurses. PROCEDURE Four psychological test reports (from the psychology department file of recently-completed cases) were selected for evaluation. Each was the end-product of the usual intensive supervisor-trainee conference aimed at a thorough understanding of the patient tested and a t the clear communication of this understanding by written report. Each of the reports had been written by a different trainee under a different staff supervisor. The trainees' clinical experience ranged from one to three years. The four reports were felt t o be a representative, although not random, sample of psychological reports at this station.' 'Two Veterans Administration Area Chiefs judged the reports aa quite typical of those written in their areaa and of "good" quality.

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A Modified Content Analysis of Existing School Psychology Reports

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Sources of ambiguity in psychological reports

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