Essentials of WPPSI™-IV Assessment Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to expertly administer, score, and interpret the WPPSI™-IV Anyone who assesses young children is familiar with the challenges of obtaining accurate and adequate test data. In Essentials of WPPSI™-IV Assessment, the research directors who developed the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence™-Fourth Edition offer an insider’s perspective on its conceptualization, development, administration, and scoring. The authors’ flexible interpretive approach describes performance in both normative and intrapersonal contexts and enables interpretive case formulations from multiple theoretical and clinical perspectives. Designed to help busy practitioners and school psychologists quickly acquire the expertise they need to make optimal use of the WPPSI™-IV, each concise chapter features end-of-chapter test questions and Rapid Reference, Caution, and Don’t Forget boxes that are hallmark features of the Essentials series. The authors also include new “Behind the Scenes” boxes that provide unprecedented insight into the test development process. The website provides helpful tools to enhance WPPSI™-IV administration and report writing, interpretive tables, and normative data for a number of index scores not available within the published test. The website also includes the WPPSI™-IV Interpretive Assistant 1.0, a scoring software that calculates norms for the additional index scores and walks the practitioner through the authors’ interpretive approach. Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series: Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment, Second Edition Essentials of WIAT®-III and KTEA-II Assessment Essentials of Processing Assessment, Second Edition Essentials of ADHD Assessment for Children and Adolescents Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition Visit us on the Web at: www.wiley.com/psychology
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Exploit the full potential of the WPPSI-IV with analysis from multiple perspectives Essentials of WPPSI-IV Assessment is a comprehensive guide to administering, scoring, and interpreting the latest edition of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, which represents a major revision of the prior edition.
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Series Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii One Overview 1 Two WPPSI-IV Administration 45Susan Engi Raiford, Diane L. Coalson, and Erik Gallemore Three WPPSI-IV Scoring 105Susan Engi Raiford, Diane L. Coalson, and Kathleen M. Rollins Four WPPSI-IV Score Analysis and Interpretation 147 Five Strengths and Weaknesses of the WPPSI-IV 189Ron Dumont and John O. Willis Six WPPSI-IV Score Differences Across Demographic Groups 215Susan Engi Raiford, Diane L. Coalson, and Mark D. Engi Seven WPPSI-IV Clinical Applications 237Susan Engi Raiford, Diane L. Coalson, and Stephanie A. Tong Eight Illustrative Case Reports 269 About the CD-ROM 307 Author Index 311 Subject Index 317
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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to expertly administer, score, and interpret the WPPSI™-IV Anyone who assesses young children is familiar with the challenges of obtaining accurate and adequate test data. In Essentials of WPPSI™-IV Assessment, the research directors who developed the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence™-Fourth Edition offer an insider’s perspective on its conceptualization, development, administration, and scoring. The authors’ flexible interpretive approach describes performance in both normative and intrapersonal contexts and enables interpretive case formulations from multiple theoretical and clinical perspectives. Designed to help busy practitioners and school psychologists quickly acquire the expertise they need to make optimal use of the WPPSI™-IV, each concise chapter features end-of-chapter test questions and Rapid Reference, Caution, and Don’t Forget boxes that are hallmark features of the Essentials series. The authors also include new “Behind the Scenes” boxes that provide unprecedented insight into the test development process. The website provides helpful tools to enhance WPPSI™-IV administration and report writing, interpretive tables, and normative data for a number of index scores not available within the published test. The website also includes the WPPSI™-IV Interpretive Assistant 1.0, a scoring software that calculates norms for the additional index scores and walks the practitioner through the authors’ interpretive approach. Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series: Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment, Second Edition Essentials of WIAT®-III and KTEA-II Assessment Essentials of Processing Assessment, Second Edition Essentials of ADHD Assessment for Children and Adolescents Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition Visit us on the Web at: www.wiley.com/psychology
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Series Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 WPPSI?IV Administration Susan Engi Raiford, Diane L. Coalson, and Erik Gallemore Chapter 3 WPPSI?IV Scoring Susan Engi Raiford, Diane L. Coalson, and Kathleen M. Rollins Chapter 4 WPPSI?IV Score Analysis and Interpretation Chapter 5 Strengths and Weaknesses of the WPPSI?IV Ron Dumont and John O. Willis Chapter 6 WPPSI?IV Score Differences Across Demographic Groups Susan Engi Raiford, Diane L. Coalson, and Mark D. Engi Chapter 7 WPPSI?IV Clinical Applications Susan Engi Raiford, Diane L. Coalson, and Stephanie A. Tong Chapter 8 Illustrative Case Reports About the CD-ROM
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781118380628
Publisert
2014-07-01
Utgiver
Vendor
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
213 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Biographical note

SUSAN ENGI RAIFORD, PhD, and DIANE L. COALSON, PhD, are the research directors for the WPPSI-IV, as well as numerous other Wechsler Intelligence Scales that have been published over the past decade. As research directors, they are responsible for conceptualizing, designing, and implementing all aspects of scale development, including writing the published manuals.