Research Catalog

Title

Essentials of WAIS-III assessment / Alan S. Kaufman and Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger.

Author

Kaufman, Alan S., 1944-

Publication

New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1999.

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Additional Authors

Lichtenberger, Elizabeth O.

Description

viii, 260 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Like all the volumes in the new Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health practitioners quickly acquire the 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 to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered." "The initial chapters of Essentials of WAIS-III Assessment provide step-by-step guidance on test administration, scoring, and interpretation. In the chapters following, the authors provide their expert assessment of the test's relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on its clinical applications, exciting new research data on aging and IO, and several illuminating case reports."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Essentials of psychological assessment series

Uniform Title

Essentials of psychological assessment series.

Alternative Title

• Essentials of WAIS-3 assessment
• Essentials of WAIS-three assessment

Subject

• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
• Intelligence tests
• Wechsler Scales
• Adult
• Intelligence Tests

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Overview -- How to administer the WAIS-III -- How to score the WAIS-III -- How to interpret the WAIS-III -- Strengths and weaknesses of the WAIS-III -- Clinical applications of the WAIS-III -- Illustrative case reports -- Appendix -- References -- Annotated bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

0471282952 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98030739^

OCLC

39849296

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library