Psychology
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with Alan S.
Kaufman
Essentials of WISC-IV
Assessment
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hoboken, NJ
2004, 374 pages
A successor to the extremely popular Essentials of
WISCIII/WPPSI-R Assessment, 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.
“In this guide to the popular cognitive assessment tool,
Flanagan (psychology, St. John’s University), Kaufman (psychology,
Yale University School of Medicine) and contributors describe its
use with children ages six to 16, including instructions on
administering, scoring and interpreting it. They discuss steps to
take in administering the test to children who are learning or
physically disabled and/or gifted, as well as to
culturally/linguistically diverse populations.”
— Book News, Inc.