Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, Alan S. Kaufman

Essentials of Wais-IV Assessment

Herausgeber: Kaufman, Nadeen L

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Providing a clinically rich and innovative theory-based interpretive system, this book offers state-of-the-art interpretation of the most popular intelligence test for adults. In addition, the book is packaged with a 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-IV Assessment, Second Edition, the best and most authoritative resource of information on this test.

Updated with all of the new research, reviews, and interpretive guidelines:
Incorporates new research findings on the psychometric quality and clinical utility of the WAIS-IV
The interpretive system is greatly enhanced by offering the new five-factor CHC approach for ages 16-90 years
Includes important new insights about administering and scoring subtests
Includes new chapter on the latest WAIS-IV innovation--Q-interactive(TM)--that allows clinicians to administer WAIS-IV digitally
Includes information about interpretation across different cultural and linguistic groups
Provides important new coverage of the Flynn Effect

ABOUT THE CD-ROM
The updated CD-ROM contains scoring tables, case report material, worksheets, and a user-friendly software program that fully automates the interpretive system.

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Produktdetails

• Essentials of Psychological Assessment .
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781118271889
• ISBN-10: 1118271882
• Artikelnr.: 36080268

Autorenporträt

ELIZABETH O. LICHTENBERGER, PHD, is a licensed clinical psychologist residing in Carlsbad, California. She has coauthored several Essentials books, including Essentials of Assessment Report Writing (with Nancy Mather, Nadeen Kaufman, and Alan Kaufman). She and Alan Kaufman are coauthors of Assessing Adolescent and Adult Intelligence, now in its third edition. ALAN S. KAUFMAN, PHD, a leading expert on intelligence testing, is Clinical Professor of Psychology at the Child Study Center at the Yale University School of Medicine. His books, tests, and intelligent testing approach have had worldwide impact on clinical assessment. Dr. Kaufman's approach to test interpretation and his tests-such as KABC-II and KTEA-II, which he co-created with Nadeen Kaufman-reflect an integration of psychometric, theoretical, and clinical perspectives. Alan and Nadeen are the Series Editors of Wiley's Essentials of Psychological Assessment series.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Preface xi
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
One Introduction and Overview 1
Two How to Administer the WAIS-IV 53
Three How to Score the WAIS-IV 98
Four How to Interpret the WAIS-IV: Conceptual and Clinical Foundations 119
Five How to Interpret the WAIS-IV: Step-by-Step 150
Six Clinical Applications I: A Neuropsychological Approach to
Interpretation of the WAIS-IV and the Use of the WAIS-IV in Learning
Disability Assessments 216
George McCloskey, Emily S. Hartz, and Katherine Scipioni
Seven Clinical Applications II: Age and Intelligence Across the Adult Life
Span 254
Eight Clinical Applications III: WAIS-IV Use With Special Groups, Practice
Effects, and Gender Differences 299
Nine Strengths and Weaknesses of the WAIS-IV 332
Ron Dumont and John O. Willis
Ten Illustrative Case Reports 353
Eleven The Initial Digital Adaptation of the WAIS-IV 389
Tommie G. Cayton, Dustin Wahlstrom, and Mark H. Daniel
References 427
Annotated Bibliography 445
About the Authors 448
Author Index 449
Subject Index 455
About the CD-ROM 472