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WISC-IV Advanced Clinical Interpretation (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional) by Lawrence G. Weiss; Donald H. Saklofske; Aurelio Prifitera; James A. Holdnack is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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For both experienced psychologists and graduate students, WISC-IV Advanced Clinical Interpretation 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 cognitive abilities, and ultimately their scores on intelligence tests. Subsequent chapters address issues related to the assessment of cognitive abilities that compose'g', with special emphasis on the clinical correlates of working memory and processing speed from both neuropsychological and cognitive information processing perspectives. Each new chapter builds on material presented in previous chapters and progresses the reader purposefully through deeper levels of understanding of WISC-IV and cognitive assessment in general. Two chapters explicate the processing a

Author

Lawrence G. Weiss; Donald H. Saklofske; Aurelio Prifitera; James A. Holdnack

Publisher

Academic Press/Elsevier; Academic Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780120887637

Subjects

Psychology, Education