Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to
confidently administer, score, and interpret the
WAIS®-IV

Coauthored by Alan S. Kaufman, who was mentored by David
Wechsler—the creator of the Wechsler scales—Essentials
of WAIS®-IV Assessment, Second Edition is
thoroughly revised and updated to provide beginning and seasoned
clinicians with comprehensive step-by-step guidelines for effective
use of the WAIS®-IV. This invaluable guide provides clinicians
with a brand new interpretive process, overhauling its system of
profile interpretation to be equally powerful across the
entire WAIS®-IV age range.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological
Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental
health professionals quickly acquire the basic knowledge and skills
they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment
instrument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes
highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive
illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you
gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

The new edition explores timely topics including gender and
ethnic differences, as well as the role of the Flynn Effect in
capital punishment court cases. Along with an accompanying CD-ROM
containing scoring tables and case report material, the Second
Edition includes information and advice on how to administer
Q-interactive™—the new digital version of the
test—for administration of the WAIS®-IV via
iPad®.

Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological
Assessment series:

Essentials of Assessment Report Writing

Essentials of WISC®-IV Assessment, Second Edition

Essentials of WMS®-IV Assessment

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition

Essentials of WJ III™ Tests of Achievement Assessment

Essentials of WJ III™ Cognitive Abilities Assessment,
Second Edition

Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment, Second Edition