Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WISC® -IV

The WISC® -IV is one of the premier cognitive assessment instruments for children. Coauthored by Alan Kaufman, who worked closely with David Wechsler on the WISC® -R, Essentials of WISC® -IV Assessment provides beginning and seasoned clinicians comprehensive step-by-step guidelines to administering, scoring, and interpreting the latest revision of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children® .

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

The best source of information on the new edition of the WISC® , Essentials of WISC® -IV Assessment provides students and practitioners with an unparalleled resource for learning and application, including expert assessment of the test’ s relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on its clinical applications, and illuminating case reports.

In this guide to the popular cognitive assessment tool, Flanagan (psychology, St. John's U.), Kaufman (psychology, Yale U. School of Medicine) and contributors describe its use with children ages six to 16, including instructions on administering, scoring, and interpreting it. They discuss steps to take in administering the test to children who are learning or physically disabled and/or gifted, as well as to culturally/linguistically diverse populations. Appendices include data to use in assessment.
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The WISC-IV is the top intelligence assessment instrument for children in the US, providing essential information into a child s cognitive functioning. Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment with CD-ROM, Second Edition presents professionals with step-by-step instruction on scoring and interpreting this test. Thoroughly updated, the new edition is now packaged with a CD-ROM for interpreting and scoring the WISC-IV. In addition, each chapter has been fully revised. Anyone involved in the psychological testing of children, specifically school psychologists and clinical psychologists, will benefit from this popular measure of intelligence.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WISC®-IV

The WISC®-IV is one of the premier cognitive assessment instruments for children. Coauthored by Alan Kaufman, who worked closely with David Wechsler on the WISC®-R, Essentials of WISC®-IV Assessment provides beginning and seasoned clinicians comprehensive step-by-step guidelines to administering, scoring, and interpreting the latest revision of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children®.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as testquestions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

The best source of information on the new edition of the WISC®, Essentials of WISC®-IV Assessment provides students and practitioners with an unparalleled resource for learning and application, including expert assessment of the test’s relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on its clinical applications, and illuminating case reports.

Dawn P. Flanagan, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York, and the author of several books, including Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment (with Ortiz) and Essentials of WJ III® Cognitive Abilities Assessment (with Schrank, Woodcock, and Mascolo). The theory upon which the WISC®-IV is interpreted in this book–CHC theory–was first introduced in Dr. Flanagan’s book on the Wechsler Scales, published in 2000 (with McGrew and Ortiz).

Alan S. Kaufman, PhD, is a Professor at Yale University School of Medicine and is a series editor for the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series. He has written numerous books on the Wechsler Scales and intelligence testing, and is the author of several widely used assessment instruments.

Series Preface.

One: Introduction and Overview.

Two: How to Administer the WISC-IV.

Three: How to Score the WISC-IV.

Four: How to Interpret the WISC-IV.

Five: Strengths and Weaknesses of the WISC-IV.

Six: Clinical Applications: A Review of Special Group Studies with the WISC IV and Assessment of Low-Incidence Populations.

Seven: Clinical Applications: Assessment of Gifted, Learning Disabled, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations.

Eight: WISC-IV Integrated.

Nine: Illustrative Case Reports.

Appendix A: Definitions of CHC Abilities and Processes.

Appendix B: CHC Abilities and Processes Measured by Major Intelligence Tests.

Appendix C: WISC-IV Subtest g-Loadings, by Age Group and Overall Sample.

Appendix D: Psychometric, Theoretical, and Qualitative Characteristics of the WISC-IV.

Appendix E: WISC-IV Interpretive Worksheet.

Appendix F1: General Ability Index (GAI) Conversion Table: U.S. and Canadian Norms.

Appendix F2: Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI) Conversion Table.

Appendix G: Summary of Analyses of WISC-IV Indexes.

Appendix H: Norms Tables for Clinical Clusters.

Appendix I: Linking WISC-IV Assessment Results to Educational Strategies and Instructional Supports.

References.

Annotated Bibliography.

Index.

Acknowledgments.

Authors.

Contributors.