Essentials of WAIS-IV Assessment

by Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, Alan S. Kaufman

Essentials of WAIS®-IV Assessment : Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WAIS®-IV Coauthored by Alan Kaufman, who was mentored by David Wechsler, the creator of the Wechsler scales, Essentials of WAIS®-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®. 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®-IV Assessment the best and most authoritative resource of information on this test. CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Genres: Psychology

432 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2009

Reviews

[Mark Rizk Farag · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful for the testing and scoring process of the WAIS. Described as an 'idiots guide' colloquially by some professionals, and as someone who certainly feels like an idiot when administering these tests I can corroborate this.

The interpretation section however was not great. Overly complicated, not fit for use in the UK and too keen to be trailblazing.

[Reading · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit wordy, to the point of ridiculousness, but overall very helpful in learning how to administer and interpret the WAIS

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Did not correspond all that well with the layout of the class; could be an effect of the class or the book, not sure which.

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good guide to the instrument and a handy reference for interpretation.

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better then other interpretations,