Pupil assessment
When educational psychologists assess children and young people's needs, they try to gain as much information as possible by:
- talking to the pupil
- observing the pupil in class, at play and with other children/young people
- working with the pupil in the classroom
- looking at the pupil's work
- talking to the pupil's teachers and other adults who work with them
- talking to the parents and other people who have responsibility for caring for them
- carrying out tests to understand the pupil's thinking skills
- carrying out tests that help check the pupil's ability in reading, writing and number work
- requesting the pupil to do some drawings and/or a play activity
- discussing the pupil with other professionals who have worked either with them or the family
- discussing the pupil's school based plan