Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment

Dawn P. Flanagan, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, and the author of several books, including Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment (with Ortiz) and Essentials of WJ III(r) Cognitive Abilities Assessment (with Schrank, Woodcock, and Mascolo). The theory upon which the WISC(r)-IV is interpreted in this book-CHC theory-was first introduced in Dr. Flanagan's book on the Wechsler Scales, published in 2000 (with McGrew and Ortiz). Alan S. Kaufman, PhD, is a Professor at Yale University School of Medicine and is a series editor for the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series. He has written numerous books on the Wechsler Scales and intelligence testing, and is the author of several widely used assessment instruments.

Series Preface. One: Introduction and Overview. Two: How to Administer the WISC-IV. Three: How to Score the WISC-IV. Four: How to Interpret the WISC-IV. Five: Strengths and Weaknesses of the WISC-IV. Six: Clinical Applications: A Review of Special Group Studies with the WISC-IV and Assessment of Low-Incidence Populations. Seven: Clinical Applications: Assessment of Gifted, Learning Disabled, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations. Eight: Illustrative Case Reports. Appendix A: Definitions of CHC Abilities. Appendix B: CHC Abilities Measured by Major Intelligence Tests. Appendix C: WISC-IV Subtest g-Loadings, by Age Group and Overall Sample. Appendix D: Psychometric, Theoretical, and Qualitative Characteristics of the WISC-IV. Appendix E: WISC-IV Interpretive Worksheet. Appendix F: General Ability Index (GAI) Conversion Table. Appendix G: Summary of Analyses of WISC-IV Indexes. Appendix H: Norms Tables for Clinical Clusters. References. Annotated Bibliography. Index. Acknowledgments. Authors. Contributors.