Synopses & Reviews
WISC-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation provides comprehensive information on using and interpreting the WISC-IV for clinical assessment and diagnosis. With chapters authored by recognized experts in intelligence research, test development, and assessment, this will be a valuable resource to anyone using the WISC-IV in practice. This information is available nowhere else and is a unique opportunity to understand the WISC-IV from the perspective of those who know it best. Most relevant to practitioners is the applied focus and interpretation of the WISC-IV in psychological and psychoeducational assessment.
Divided into two sections, Section I discusses general advances in the assessment of children's intelligence, and how the WISC-IV differs from the WISC-III. Also discussed are the clinical considerations of this test, including the meaning of the FSIQ and four Index scores and how the WISC-IV relates to other assessment measures, including the WISC-IV Integrated. Section II discusses the use of WISC-IV with exceptional children, including those with learning disabilities, giftedness, mental retardation, hearing impairment, ADHD, neuropsychological injury, and/or cultural and ethnic differences.
* Written by leading experts
* Provides a comprehensive description of the WISC-IV from research to clinical practice
* Discusses WISC-IV use with exceptional children including LD, AD/HD, Gifted, Mental Retardation, Language Disabilities, Hearing Impaired, Head/Brain Injury, and Cultural and Ethnically Different Children
* Outlines integrated models of assessment of assessment that include the WISC-IV
* Provides case studies illustrating WISC-IV clinical use
* Contains additional validity data on WISC-IV not available elsewhere
* Practical and directly relevant to practitioners who use the WISC-IV
Review
"I don't think there is any other book to compare with it on this topic."
-DOODY REVIEW
"...those who are ready to take the next step in the understanding of the test's complexity and potential uses will expand their knowledge a great deal after reading the Prifitera et al. volume."
-PsycCRITIQUES
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"I don't think there is any other book to compare with it on this topic."
-DOODY REVIEW
Synopsis
f WISC-IV with exceptional children, including those with learning disabilities, giftedness, mental retardation, hearing impairment, ADHD, neuropsychological injury, and/or cultural and ethnic differences.
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nical considerations of this test, including the meaning of the FSIQ and four Index scores and how the WISC-IV relates to other assessment measures, including the WISC-IV Integrated. Section II discusses the use of WISC-IV with exceptional children, including those with learning disabilities, giftedness, mental retardation, hearing impairment, ADHD, neuropsychological injury, and/or cultural and ethnic differences.
Synopsis
giftedness, mental retardation, hearing impairment, ADHD, neuropsychological injury, and/or cultural and ethnic differences.
Synopsis
WISC-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation provides comprehensive information on using and interpreting the WISC-IV for clinical assessment and diagnosis. With chapters authored by recognized experts in intelligence research, test development, and assessment, this will be a valuable resource to anyone using the WISC-IV in practice. This information is available nowhere else and is a unique opportunity to understand the WISC-IV from the perspective of those who know it best. Most relevant to practitioners is the applied focus and interpretation of the WISC-IV in psychological and psychoeducational assessment.
Divided into two sections, Section I discusses general advances in the assessment of children's intelligence, and how the WISC-IV differs from the WISC-III. Also discussed are the clinical considerations of this test, including the meaning of the FSIQ and four Index scores and how the WISC-IV relates to other assessment measures, including the WISC-IV Integrated. Section II discusses the use of WISC-IV with exceptional children, including those with learning disabilities, giftedness, mental retardation, hearing impairment, ADHD, neuropsychological injury, and/or cultural and ethnic differences.
About the Author
Dr. Saklofske is a Professor in the Division of Applied Psychology at the University of Calgary. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan and Swinburne University, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Saklofske has published more than 150 journal articles and book chapters on intelligence, personality, individual differences and psychological assessment. As well, he has written or edited books on the Wechsler intelligence scales, personality and intelligence, exceptional children, and educational psychology. He is the Editor of the
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment and the
Canadian Journal of School Psychology and Associate Editor of
Personality and Individual Differences.
Pearson Assessment, San Antonio, TX, USA
Table of Contents
A. Prifitera, D.H. Saklofske, L.G. Weiss, and E. Rolfhus, The WISC-IV in the Clinical Assessment Context.
D.H. Saklofske, A. Prifitera, L.G. Weiss, and E. Rolfhus, Clinical Interpretation of the WISC-IV Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) and the General Ability Index (GAI).
L.G. Weiss, D.H. Saklofske, A. Prifitera, and E. Rolfhus, Interpreting the WISC-IV Index Scores.
G. McCloskey and A. Maerlender, The WISC-IV Integrated.
V.W. Berninger, A. Dunn, and T. Alper, Integrated Multi-Level Model for Branching Assessment, Instructional Assessment, and Profile Assessment.
V.W. Berninger and L. O'Donnell, Assessment of Learning Disabilities.
V.L. Schwean and D.H. Saklofske, Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with the WISC-IV.
S.S. Sparrow, S.I. Pfeiffer, and T.M. Newman, Assessment of Children Who are Gifted with the WISC-IV.
J. Spruill, T. Oakland, and P. Harrison, Assessment of Mental Retardation.
E.H. Wiig, The WISC-IV and Language Disabilities.
J.P. Braden, Using the WISC-IV with Children Who are Hard-of-Hearing or Deaf.
J.G. Harris and A.M. Llorente, Cultural Considerations in the use of the WISC-IV.
K.O. Yeates and J. Donders, The WISC-IV and Neuropsychological Assessment.
T. Oakland, J. Glutting and M.W. Watkins, Assessment of Test Behaviors with the WISC-IV.