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Essentials of WAIS(r)-IV Assessment: * Complete coverage of administration, scoring,interpretation, and reporting* Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls* Conveniently formatted for rapid referenceQuickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WAIS(r)-IV Coauthored by Alan Kaufman, who was mentored by David Wechsler, the creator of the Wechsler scales, Essentials of WAIS(r)-IV Assessment provides beginning and seasoned clinicians with comprehensive step-by-step guidelines to administering, scoring, and interpreting this latest revision of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale(r). Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health practitioners quickly acquire the basic 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. Offering a clinically rich and innovative theory-based interpretive system, as well as a neuro-psychologically based interpretive approach articulated in detail by Dr. George McCloskey in an invited chapter, this book offers state-of-the-art interpretation of the most popular intelligence test for adults. In addition, the book is packaged with an accompanying CD-ROM containing scoring tables, case report material, worksheets, and a user-friendly software program that fully automates the interpretive system, making Essentials of WAIS(r)-IV Assessment the best and most authoritative resource of information on this test. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
| ISBN | 0471738468 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780471738466
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 508 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Published in | New York | | Imprint | John Wiley & Sons Inc | | Series ISSN | 50 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Essentials of Psychological Assessment | | Publication date | 11 Sep 2009 | | Previous ISBN | 9780471282952 | | Library of Congress | 2009015529 | | Height (mm) | 213 | | DEWEY | 153.93 | | Width (mm) | 137 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Spine width (mm) | 30 | | Pages | 432 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Preface: Dr. Wechsler Remembered | | | | 1 | | Introduction and Overview | | 1 | | 2 | | How to Administer the WAIS-IV | | 41 | | 3 | | How to Score the WAIS-IV | | 85 | | 4 | | How to Interpret the WAIS-IV: Conceptual and Clinical Foundations | | 106 | | 5 | | How to Interpret the WAIS-IV: Step-by-Step | | 146 | | 6 | | Clinical Applications I: A Neuropsychological Approach to Interpretation of the WAIS-IV and the Use of the WAIS-IV in Learning Disability Assessments | | 208 | | 7 | | Clinical Applications II: Age and Intelligence across the Adult Life Span | | 245 | | 8 | | Clinical Applications III: WAIS-IV Use with Special Groups and Practice Effects in Normal Samples | | 285 | | 9 | | Strengths and Weaknesses of the WAIS-IV | | 311 | | 10 | | Illustrative Case Reports | | 329 | | | | References | | 364 | | | | Annotated Bibliography | | 380 | | | | About the Authors | | 382 | | | | Index | | 383 | | | | About the CD-ROM | | 401 |
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