Testing Observations and Recommendations Bank (2026)

A bank of paste-ready behavioral observations and recommendations for child assessment reports, with validity statements and tactful-wording guidance.

What is inside

• Before-session and during-session observation checklists, plus a one-page session log you tick as you go
• A narrative bank of paste-ready observation sentences for every behavior area
• Ready-made observation paragraphs for eleven presentations, each with swap-in lines
• Validity and representativeness statements, from strong to limited
• Recommendation banks organized four ways: by cognitive profile, by functional need, by clinical picture, and by adaptive domain
• Adaptive recommendations for building communication, daily living, socialization and motor skills
• A strengths-based and tactful-wording guide, with reframes that keep reports warm and fair
• A same-day parent feedback structure for the feedback meeting
• Further-evaluation, referral and review language, plus assembled examples you can model

Who it is for

• School and clinical psychologists writing child cognitive and adaptive reports under time pressure
• Trainees who want a faster, kinder first draft
• Supervisors who want a consistent standard for observation and recommendation language
• It pairs naturally with the WISC and the Vineland but works alongside any child assessment battery.

Why it exists

If the two slowest parts of a child assessment report are the behavioral observations and the recommendations, this bank is built for you. It hands you the phrasing for both, so the writing that usually drains an afternoon comes together in minutes. You score and interpret from your own template and manual. This gives you the language for the parts that take the most time and energy.

It is built to be assembled, not read end to end. Skim the relevant bank, take the few lines that match the child in front of you, change a word so they sound like your own voice, and move on. The observation section covers eleven common presentations, from the anxious child to the fast, confident one, so you are not rewriting the same paragraph for every new profile.

Format

• Editable Microsoft Word (.docx) and PDF, 30 pages
• Works on Mac, Windows, iPad, GoodNotes, Notability
• Lifetime access, unlimited prints

Please read before buying

This bank supports the observation and recommendation sections of a report. It does not diagnose and does not replace your clinical judgment, the test manual or your local report standards. The clinical-picture section offers supports to consider, not diagnoses. It reproduces no test items, norm tables or publisher forms. All language is original and written to be adapted to the child in front of you.

Digital download. No physical product ships. Reach out by email if anything does not work or if you have questions.

Walkthrough video: a look inside before you buy.