This is the tenth tip written by the
assessment team at the Jerusalem
municipality educational psychology services.
The members of the team are:
Rita Baumgarten, Hanna Brimer, Nadine Caplan , Eynat Cohen Rahman , Etti
Daniel Simon , Uri Dar , Michelle Lisses Topaz, Betty Netzer, Ruth Oman
Shaked , Adina Sacknovitz , Smadar Sapir Yogev, Anan Srour and
Dahlia Zayit.
The
five sentence method:
Before
writing, ask yourselves: What do I
really want to say? What is my main message?
Phrase your picture of the child in "five
sentences": one sentence referring to the referral question and the
child's background, three sentences describing your explanation of the child's
difficulties (the answer you found to the referral question) and one sentence
referring to the child's strengths and coping strategies.
Now begin writing the report. The "five sentences" can be the
report's backbone. This is the kernel of
the arguments that you're trying to elaborate
in the report. The "five sentences"
can appear in bold at the beginning of the "results" section of the
report and also in the "summary" section. While writing, ask yourselves: "Are the five sentences manifest throughout the report?
After you've finished writing, re-read the
report and ask yourselves: "Will a person reading the report be able to
phrase five similar sentences about this child?" If you answer in the affirmative, you've been
able to get your message through.
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