Table 1.

Estimated Labor Costs for PSW Adoption

High Estimate	District Cost	Low Estimate	District Cost
DD/C training registration costs ($600 × 31 school psychologists)	$18,600.00	N/A
DD/C training hours (21 hours × $45 × 31 school psychologists)	$29,295.00	Onsite training	$26,320.00
Cost to administer assessments (3.5 hours/ evaluation)	$17,010.00	Cost to administer assessments (45 minutes)	$3,645.00
Time to organize assessments and develop report (1 hour/evaluation)	$4,860.00	Time to organize assessments and develop report (1 hour/evaluation)	$4,860.00
Total labor/training costs	$69,765.00	Total labor/training costs	$35,545.00

Note. Calculations based upon an hourly labor rate of $45 and 31 school psychologists conducting 108 evaluations. PSW = patterns of strengths and weaknesses; DD/C = dual discrepancy/consistency.