Background
William has spent over 30 years as a school psychologist. After retiring, he came back to the field because districts simply couldn't find enough qualified psychologists to fill the need. He is writing 50 to 60 evaluations per year in a district with 18 psychologists. He's seen it all, including a major due process case that went to federal district court, which he won. He knows what it takes to write a report that holds up under legal scrutiny.
Problem
After decades in the field, William had the expertise to write strong reports, but the process was still grueling. That federal case alone required 50 to 60 hours of report writing. Even routine evaluations meant hours of generating language from scratch, typing and retyping the same kinds of clinical narratives he'd written thousands of times before. He describes the work as burning his brain out. He'd tried other tools over the years, but nothing had meaningfully changed the work.
Solution
William found SageReport through the beta program and immediately connected with the clinical quality. What stood out wasn't just the speed but the defensibility of the output. He described finishing a complex report for a student who had experienced a stroke, had visual problems, and was dealing with mental health concerns. It was a long, complicated evaluation, and his reaction was immediate:
"It's so defensible. It's so well put together. And it's such a relief to not have to generate language over and over and over again like I did for over 30 years."
Beyond his own work, William sees SageReport as something that elevates the entire profession.
"It helps the experienced people not burn out. It helps the new people or the contract people produce good reports that would make the lawyers happy."
He's passionate about the idea that when report writing takes less time, psychologists can focus on what actually matters: talking to parents, observing kids, running IEP meetings, and building relationships.
"It's the relationship that really makes 95% of IEPs work. This gets you more time with them. That's the only way to do good school psych work."
Results
William is thrilled that he has experienced "an 80% reduction in report writing time and a 100% reduction in stress." With complicated cases after many years of repetitive work, he describes joy when:
"I press a button and pretty soon I'm looking brilliant and it all makes sense."
He's referring colleagues, offering to advocate on SageReport's behalf, and telling anyone who will listen.
"We can't go back."