Essentials of WISC-IV assessment / Dawn P. Flanagan, Alan S. Kaufman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flanagan, Dawn P.

Contributor:

Kaufman, Alan S., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

Physical Description:

x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

Summary:

A successor to the extremely popular "Essentials of WISC-III/WPPSI-R Assessment(0-471-34501-6), Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment" provides beginning and seasoned clinicians comprehensive guidelines to administering, scoring, and interpreting the latest revision of the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children. Featuring the popular "Essentials" format of call-out boxes, Test Yourself questions and step-by-step instructions, this handy resource also includes strengths and weaknesses of the instrument, practical clinical applications, and illustrative case reports. This detailed guide to using this immensely popular measure of intelligence is a must-have for anyone involved in the psychological testing of children.

Contents:

2 How to Administer the WISC-IV 45

3 How to Score the WISC-IV 96

4 How to Interpret the WISC-IV 121

5 Strengths and Weaknesses of the WISC-IV 171

6 Clinical Applications: A Review of Special Group Studies with the WISC-IV and Assessment of Low-Incidence Populations 183

7 Clinical Applications: Assessment of Gifted, Learning Disabled, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations 216

8 Illustrative Case Reports 255

Appendix A Definitions of CHC Abilities 295

Appendix B CHC Abilities Measured by Major Intelligence Tests 306

Appendix C WISC-IV Subtest g-Loadings, by Age Group and Overall Sample 308

Appendix D Psychometric, Theoretical, and Qualitative Characteristics of the WISC-IV 310

Appendix E WISC-IV Interpretive Worksheet 322

Appendix F General Ability Index (GAI) Conversion Table 331

Appendix G Summary of Analyses of WISC-IV Indexes 335

Appendix H Norms Tables for Clinical Clusters 336.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-357) and index.

ISBN:

0471476919

OCLC:

55502825

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