Essentials of Psychological Assessment: Essentials of WISC-V Assessment by Dawn P. Flanagan download book PDF, EPUB, DOC
9781118980873 English 1118980875 "Essentials of WISC""(R)""-V Assessment" provides a complete, step-by-step approach to administering, scoring, and interpreting the WISC-V. Each concise chapter is filled with practical tips that make assessment of cognitive functions with the WISC-V efficient and informative. Clinical applications chapters offer important and valuable information on the utility of the WISC-V in the assessment of disorders and disabilities, including specific learning disabilities and intellectual disability. Significant attention is also devoted to the use of the WISC-V in the evaluation of individuals who are gifted, deaf or hard of hearing, and who have English as a second language. The companion software includes an interpretation program for the WISC-V with a variety of features to assist the user in understanding test performance. Like all the volumes in the "Essentials of Psychological Assessment" series, each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, extensive illustrative material, and test questions that help gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Other key features include: User-friendly interpretive software provides practitioners with a time-saving tool for making psychometrically and theoretically defensible interpretations of WISC-V performance and illustrates how to link WISC-V assessment findings to interventions based on an individual's unique WISC-V pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Case studies and examples of WISC-V reports from psychometric/forensic-style reports to theme-based reports appropriate for parents and teachers. A systematic means of linking WISC-V assessment findings to evidence-based interventions, accommodations, curricular and instructional modifications, and compensatory strategies. A chapter on the use of the WISC-V in cross-battery assessment and the Digital Adaptation of the WISC-V (Q-Interactive). A chapter on the use of the WISC-V in neuropsychological assessment., Essentials of WISC -V Assessment provides a complete, step-by-step approach to administering, scoring, and interpreting the WISC-V. Each concise chapter is filled with practical tips that make assessment of cognitive functions with the WISC-V efficient and informative. Clinical applications chapters offer important and valuable information on the utility of the WISC-V in the assessment of disorders and disabilities, including specific learning disabilities and intellectual disability. Significant attention is also devoted to the use of the WISC-V in the evaluation of individuals who are gifted, deaf or hard of hearing, and who have English as a second language. The companion software includes an interpretation program for the WISC-V with a variety of features to assist the user in understanding test performance. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, extensive illustrative material, and test questions that help gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Other key features include: User-friendly interpretive software provides practitioners with a time-saving tool for making psychometrically and theoretically defensible interpretations of WISC-V performance and illustrates how to link WISC-V assessment findings to interventions based on an individual's unique WISC-V pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Case studies and examples of WISC-V reports from psychometric/forensic-style reports to theme-based reports appropriate for parents and teachers. A systematic means of linking WISC-V assessment findings to evidence-based interventions, accommodations, curricular and instructional modifications, and compensatory strategies. A chapter on the use of the WISC-V in cross-battery assessment and the Digital Adaptation of the WISC-V (Q-Interactive). A chapter on the use of the WISC-V in neuropsychological assessment., The comprehensive reference for informative WISC-V assessment Essentials of WISC-V Assessment provides step-by-step guidance for administering, scoring, and interpreting the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V). Packed with practical tips for more accurate assessment, this informative guide includes numerous case studies that illustrate a range of real-world issues. Special attention is devoted to the assessment of individuals who have significant learning difficulties, such as learning disabilities, and who speak English as a second language. The WISC-V is a valuable assessment tool, but it must be administered and scored appropriately to gain meaning from score interpretation. This book gives you an in-depth understanding of the WISC-V assessment and interpretive process to assist practitioners in: Conducting efficient and informative WISC-V assessments Utilizing WISC-V in cross-battery and neuropsychological assessment Applying WISC-V in the identification of specific learning disabilities Utilizing WISC-V in nondiscriminatory assessment of English language learners Writing theory-based WISC-V reports Linking WISC-V findings to interventions based on individual performance As the world's most widely-used intelligence test for children, the WISC-V is useful in diagnosing intellectual disabilities and specific learning disabilities, as well as in identifying giftedness. In this volume, sample reports demonstrate how WISC-V assessment results may be linked to interventions, accommodations, modifications, and compensatory strategies that facilitate positive outcomes for children. Essentials of WISC-V Assessment is the all-in-one practical resource for both students and practitioners. The book can be used on its own or with companion software (purchased separately) that provides a user-friendly tool for producing psychometrically and theoretically defensible interpretations of WISC-V performance, and may be used to develop interventions based on each child's strengths and weaknesses.
9781118980873 English 1118980875 "Essentials of WISC""(R)""-V Assessment" provides a complete, step-by-step approach to administering, scoring, and interpreting the WISC-V. Each concise chapter is filled with practical tips that make assessment of cognitive functions with the WISC-V efficient and informative. Clinical applications chapters offer important and valuable information on the utility of the WISC-V in the assessment of disorders and disabilities, including specific learning disabilities and intellectual disability. Significant attention is also devoted to the use of the WISC-V in the evaluation of individuals who are gifted, deaf or hard of hearing, and who have English as a second language. The companion software includes an interpretation program for the WISC-V with a variety of features to assist the user in understanding test performance. Like all the volumes in the "Essentials of Psychological Assessment" series, each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, extensive illustrative material, and test questions that help gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Other key features include: User-friendly interpretive software provides practitioners with a time-saving tool for making psychometrically and theoretically defensible interpretations of WISC-V performance and illustrates how to link WISC-V assessment findings to interventions based on an individual's unique WISC-V pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Case studies and examples of WISC-V reports from psychometric/forensic-style reports to theme-based reports appropriate for parents and teachers. A systematic means of linking WISC-V assessment findings to evidence-based interventions, accommodations, curricular and instructional modifications, and compensatory strategies. A chapter on the use of the WISC-V in cross-battery assessment and the Digital Adaptation of the WISC-V (Q-Interactive). A chapter on the use of the WISC-V in neuropsychological assessment., Essentials of WISC -V Assessment provides a complete, step-by-step approach to administering, scoring, and interpreting the WISC-V. Each concise chapter is filled with practical tips that make assessment of cognitive functions with the WISC-V efficient and informative. Clinical applications chapters offer important and valuable information on the utility of the WISC-V in the assessment of disorders and disabilities, including specific learning disabilities and intellectual disability. Significant attention is also devoted to the use of the WISC-V in the evaluation of individuals who are gifted, deaf or hard of hearing, and who have English as a second language. The companion software includes an interpretation program for the WISC-V with a variety of features to assist the user in understanding test performance. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, extensive illustrative material, and test questions that help gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Other key features include: User-friendly interpretive software provides practitioners with a time-saving tool for making psychometrically and theoretically defensible interpretations of WISC-V performance and illustrates how to link WISC-V assessment findings to interventions based on an individual's unique WISC-V pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Case studies and examples of WISC-V reports from psychometric/forensic-style reports to theme-based reports appropriate for parents and teachers. A systematic means of linking WISC-V assessment findings to evidence-based interventions, accommodations, curricular and instructional modifications, and compensatory strategies. A chapter on the use of the WISC-V in cross-battery assessment and the Digital Adaptation of the WISC-V (Q-Interactive). A chapter on the use of the WISC-V in neuropsychological assessment., The comprehensive reference for informative WISC-V assessment Essentials of WISC-V Assessment provides step-by-step guidance for administering, scoring, and interpreting the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V). Packed with practical tips for more accurate assessment, this informative guide includes numerous case studies that illustrate a range of real-world issues. Special attention is devoted to the assessment of individuals who have significant learning difficulties, such as learning disabilities, and who speak English as a second language. The WISC-V is a valuable assessment tool, but it must be administered and scored appropriately to gain meaning from score interpretation. This book gives you an in-depth understanding of the WISC-V assessment and interpretive process to assist practitioners in: Conducting efficient and informative WISC-V assessments Utilizing WISC-V in cross-battery and neuropsychological assessment Applying WISC-V in the identification of specific learning disabilities Utilizing WISC-V in nondiscriminatory assessment of English language learners Writing theory-based WISC-V reports Linking WISC-V findings to interventions based on individual performance As the world's most widely-used intelligence test for children, the WISC-V is useful in diagnosing intellectual disabilities and specific learning disabilities, as well as in identifying giftedness. In this volume, sample reports demonstrate how WISC-V assessment results may be linked to interventions, accommodations, modifications, and compensatory strategies that facilitate positive outcomes for children. Essentials of WISC-V Assessment is the all-in-one practical resource for both students and practitioners. The book can be used on its own or with companion software (purchased separately) that provides a user-friendly tool for producing psychometrically and theoretically defensible interpretations of WISC-V performance, and may be used to develop interventions based on each child's strengths and weaknesses.