WISC-IV : advanced clinical interpretation / Lawrence G. Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Lawrence G.

Series:

Practical resources for the mental health professional

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (443 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-4 advanced clinical interpretation

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-four advanced clinical interpretation

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Academic Press/Elsevier, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For both experienced psychologists and graduate students, this book moves quickly through the essentials of WISC-IV interpretation and onto an insightful analysis of the major cognitive domains assessed by WISC-IV. It is the intention of the editors to raise the standard of practice from a simplistic 'test-label-place' model to a clinical model of assessing to understand and intervene. In the first chapter, the reader is presented with a comprehensive array of societal and home environment factors for which there is empirical evidence indicating their impact on the development of children's co

Contents:

WISC-IV interpretation in societal context

The essentials and beyond

Advanced interpretative issues with the WISC-IV full scale IQ and general ability index scores

Advanced clinical interpretation of the WISC-IV index scores

Essentials of WISC-IV integrated interpretation

WISC-IV integrated: beyond the essentials

Advanced WISC-IV and WISC-IV integrated interpretation in context with other measures

Report writing: a child-centered approach.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-70756-9

9786610707560

0-08-046611-7

OCLC:

252060678