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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784544503321

Autore

Weiss Lawrence G

Titolo

WISC-IV [[electronic resource] ] : advanced clinical interpretation / / Lawrence G. Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, MA, : Academic Press/Elsevier, c2006

ISBN

1-280-70756-9

9786610707560

0-08-046611-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 p.)

Collana

Practical resources for the mental health professional

Disciplina

155.4/1393

Soggetti

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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