Essentials of WISC-V Assessment: (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)

The comprehensive reference for informative WISC-V assessment Essentials of WISC-V Assessmentprovides 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.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments xi Series Preface xiii Foreword xv Susie Engi Raiford One Overview of the WISC-V 1 W. Joel Schneider, Dawn P. Flanagan, and Vincent C. Alfonso Two How to Administer the WISC-V 53 Three How to Score the WISC-V 133 Four How to Interpret the WISC-V 167 Five Strengths and Weaknesses of the WISC-V 279 Six A Neuropsychological Approach to Interpretation of the WISC-V 287 George McCloskey, Jamie Slonim, Robert Whitaker, Samantha Kaufman, and Naoko Nagoshi Seven Use of the WISC-V in the Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities 405 Eight Illustrative Case Report 511 Erin M. McDonough Nine Assessment of English Learners With the WISC-V 539 Samuel O. Ortiz, Kristan E. Melo, and Meghan A. Terzulli Ten WISC-V and Q-interactive 591 Carlea Dries, Ron Dumont, and Kathleen D. Viezel Epilogue Dorothea McCarthy Remembered 617 Alan S. Kaufman Appendices A–F can be accessed and downloaded from www.wiley.com/go/flanaganWISCV Appendix A A Brief Overview of the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory Appendix B Norms Tables for New WISC-V Clinical Composites Appendix C Case Reports Gail Cheramie, Jamie Chaffin, and Robert Lichtenstein Appendix D Form for Manifestations of Cognitive Weaknesses Appendix E Definition of Terms and Clarification of Concepts Used in the Dual Discrepancy/ Consistency Model of SLD and the Cross-Battery Assessment Software System (X-BASS) Appendix F Task Characteristics of WISC-V Subtests Marlene Sotelo-Dynega About the Authors 621 Contributors 622 Index 623