Basic Psychological Processes are ways to describe how a student takes in information from his or her environment and works with that information to complete required school tasks and learn new skills.  Weaknesses in the areas described below may impact how a student acquires academic skills in core academic areas.

• Acquisition of Information: the ability to gain information through the senses (vision, hearing, touch)

• Organization: the ability to put information or materials together to independently complete a task (structuring information, categorization, sequencing)

• Planning and Sequencing: the ability to pre-plan and process information in a specific order or sequence (self-direction, coordinating, managing problem-solving skills)

• Working Memory (Verbal/Visual/Spatial): the ability to store information temporarily while attending to another task

• Visual Processing: the ability to perceive, analyze, and synthesize patterns among visual information

• Auditory Processing: the ability to perceive, analyze, and synthesize patterns among auditory information

• Processing Speed: the ability to perform automatic thinking tasks while maintaining focused attention

• Expression (Verbal/Nonverbal): the ability to express ideas based on acquired knowledge (communicating information)

• Transfer of Information (Manipulation): the ability to express and manipulate acquired knowledge, concepts, and ideas and apply them to new or unfamiliar tasks

• Motor Control for Written Tasks: the ability to quickly and accurately perform paper and pencil tasks (drawing, copying, completion of written assignments)