Writing to clients and referring professionals about psychological assessment results : a handbook of style and grammar / Janet B. Allyn ; forewords by Stephen E. Finn and Constance T. Fischer.
"This book represents a natural evolution from the author's work with editing assessment reports and is specifically structured to meet the writing and communicating needs of the psychologist assessor. A combination of reference book and tutorial, Writing to Clients elucidates the qualitie...
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Building Blocks of the Report. Attitude, Tone, Style, and Voice
- ch. 1 Attitude: The Writer's View
- What Is Attitude in Writing?
- Attitude Toward Your Own Writing
- Attitude Toward Your Subject and Audience
- What Influences Attitude?
- Attitude and Your Reader
- ch. 2 Tone: Words and More
- Formality in Tone
- Formality and Contractions
- Word Choice
- Accuracy and Clarity
- Clarity Versus Variety
- Denotation and Connotation
- Selecting Material and Subtext
- Juxtaposition and Finn's Levels 1, 2, 3
- ch. 3 Style: Content Plus Structure
- Beginning, Middle, and End
- Communication Qualities: Clarity and Accuracy
- Communication Qualities: Specificity
- Concrete Versus Abstract Terms
- Abstraction and Hayakawa's Ladder
- Communication Qualities: Sensitivity, Compassion, Respect for Your Subject and Reader
- Jettison Unnecessary Jargon
- Clear Away Clutter
- Energize Text
- Dynamic Versus Linking Verbs
- "Smothered" Verbs
- Active Versus Passive Structure
- ch. 4 Voice: What Is It and How Do I Find It?
- Active Versus Passive Voice in Sentence Structure
- Using Active and Passive Voice
- Narrative Voice/Point of View
- Third Person
- First Person and Second Person
- Stylistic Voice
- Narrative Stance
- Neutral Voice and Objectivity in Writing
- pt. II Mortar to Fortify the Building Blocks: Grammar and Editing
- ch. 5 Big Picture, Small Details: Format, Write, Edit, Proof
- Formatting
- Choosing Font: Style and Size
- Ordering Sections and Content
- Possible Formats
- Using an Outline
- Alternative Approach to Outlining
- Writing
- Evaluating and Editing
- Proofing
- ch. 6 Content that Communicates: Sentences and Paragraphs
- Sentence: What Is It and How Is It Structured?
- Initial Decisions
- Sentence Structure
- Basic Sentence
- Sentence Order
- Varying Your Sentences
- Paragraph: How Do Sentences Build Into Paragraphs?
- Building the Paragraph
- Standard Phrases for Reports
- Parallel Structure
- Fillers, Redundancies, and Unnecessary Phrases
- Assessing Readability
- Readability Tools: Various Formulas
- ch. 7 Reaching Agreement: Subject-Verb, Pronoun, and Gender
- Verb Tenses
- "Mood" in Grammar
- Verb Pairs: Which to Use?
- Used To Versus Use To
- Can Versus May
- Fewer Versus Less
- Lay Versus Lie
- Raise Versus Rise
- Set Versus Sit
- Subject
- Verb Agreement
- Intervening Words
- Compound Subjects
- Collective Nouns
- Additional Subject-Verb Agreement Challenges
- Pronouns
- Selecting Pronouns
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Gender Neutrality in Pronouns
- Pronoun as Subject or Object
- Prepositions
- ch. 8 Modifying the Main Idea: Adjectives and Adverbs
- Adjectives
- Articles = Adjectives
- Using Adjectives of Quantity
- Compound Adjectives
- Placing Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Splitting Verbs With Adverbs
- Adjectives, Adverbs, and Linking Verbs
- Degrees of Comparison in Adjectives and Adverbs
- Avoiding Ambiguity and Awkwardness
- Separating Related Words
- Misplacing Modifiers
- Constructing Awkward Adverbs
- Adding Too Many Adjectives or Adverbs
- Modifying Absolutes
- Using Hopefully and However
- To + Base Verb: To Split or Not to Split
- ch. 9 Precision: Right Word, Right Spelling
- Spelling in the Body of a Word
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Spelling Plural Nouns
- Numbers: Digits or Words?
- Spelling Words That Sound Alike
- Effect Versus Affect
- Other Words Easily Confused
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Capital Letters
- When Not to Capitalize
- Spelling Variations and Modern Usage
- ch. 10 Guiding the Reader: Punctuate and Connect for Clarity
- Independent and Dependent Clauses
- Connecting for Clarity
- Punctuation Marks: How and Why We Use Them
- Periods and Semicolons
- Commas
- Recognizing Fragments and Run-on Sentences
- Colons
- Hyphens and Dashes
- Apostrophes
- Quotation Marks
- Ellipsis
- Connecting Words Revisited: Special Challenges
- Although, Though, While
- Since
- Like Versus Such as
- That Versus Which
- Beginning a Sentence With a Conjunction
- pt. III Beyond the Report: Extending Clear and Effective Communication
- ch. 11 Continuing the Therapeutic Goals: Writing Letters and Stories
- Letter to the Individual Assessed: An Overview
- Tone in Letters Written as Feedback
- Can a Letter of Written Feedback Be "Therapeutic"?
- Clinician's Approach: Assessing Personal Warmth in Letters to the Person Assessed
- Metaphor: A Bridge Between Fact and Truth
- Conceptual Metaphor: Everyday Life
- Metaphor and the Brain
- Therapeutic Stories
- Children's Stories: Fables
- Adult and Adolescent Stories: Allegories
- Narrative and Dialogue
- ch. 12 Richness, Texture, Safety, and Risk: Communicating Verbally
- Written Versus Spoken Communication
- Richness and Texture in Communication
- "Voice" in Speech
- Pacing and Pauses
- Loudness and Pitch
- Interruptions and Overlap
- Report-Talk Versus Rapport-Talk
- Nonverbal Cues
- Active Listening
- Communicating When Fear Equals Risk.