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What is psychoeducational assessment? Psychoeducational assessment provides estimates
of the client’s intellectual,or cognitive, abilities and educational achievement levels. It also yields recommendations
relevant for educational planning. Sources of assessment data include background information, educational history, and records
and data from tests of intelligence and educational achievement and, at times, ratings tests of attention, behavior/emotions,
and adaptive behavior. Psychoeducational assessment is designed to answer these questions: Does the client have a learning
disability(ies)? Mental retardation? Attentional problems? What are the client’s academic and cognitive abilities, strengths,
and weaknesses? What are appropriate educational recommendations?Accommodations? While learning, not emotional problems,is
the focus of psychoeducational assessment, behavior/emotional and medical issues may need to be addressed in psychoeducational
assessment. Compiling, integrating, and analyzing all assessment data yield educational and other relevant recommendations.
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