Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS)

I. Origins of the Theory .................................................................................. 1 Three functional Units Described ..................................................................... 2 Functional Units: Influences and Issues ........................................................ 3 Three Functional Units and PASS Theory .......................................................... 5 II. Operationalization and Application of the Theory ......................................... 7 III. Empirical Support for the Theory ............................................................... 8 1. Validity .................................................................................................... 8 2. Diagnosis ................................................................................................. 9 PASS Profiles ............................................................................................. 9 ADHD ..................................................................................................... 12 Reading disability ..................................................................................... 13 3. Prescription ............................................................................................ 15 4. Comparability ......................................................................................... 15 Attention tests and Teacher's rating of attention .......................................... 16 5. Replicability/standardizability .................................................................... 17 VII. References ........................................................................................... 19