The usefulness for psychoeducational evaluation of preassessment screening for sensory-motor and perceptual encoding deficits

Abstract

Information-processing theory and research suggest that a careful examination of the input levels of processing is an essential prerequisite to the accurate assessment of higher levels of cognition. This paper describes a preassessment screening procedure to evaluate sensory-motor and perceptual encoding processes of children referred for psychoeducational assessment. In addition, an investigation of the diagnostic utility of the screening procedure is presented. Assessment procedures and outcomes for 18 children screened for encoding deficits were compared with those of a comparison group of 23 children whose psychoeducational evaluation at the same clinic did not include the screening procedure. Results demonstrate the potential usefulness of preassessment screening for encoding deficits to inform and supplement traditional psychometric measures of intellectual functioning.

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