Drozdick / Holdnack / Hilsabeck Essentials of WMS-IV Assessment

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-470-94643-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Essentials of Psychological Assessment

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need toconfidentlyadminister, score, and interpret the WMS®-IV
Complete coverage of administration, scoring,interpretation, andreporting
Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls
Conveniently formatted for rapid reference
The most recent revision of one of the most popular memoryassessment instruments, the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition(WMS®-IV) is a widely used measure of memory functioning,which is particularly useful in the assessment of individuals withdementia, traumatic brain injury, and substance abuse problems,among others. Professionals need an authoritative source onadministration, scoring, and interpretation in order to use thistest properly. Written by the test developers for the WMS®-IV,Essentials of WMS®-IV Assessment is that source.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of PsychologicalAssessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental healthprofessionals, and those in training, quickly acquire the knowledgeand skills they need to make optimal use of major psychologicalassessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerouscallout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, andextensive illustrative material, as well as test questions thathelp you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the informationcovered.
Integrating WMS®-IV data with the WAIS®-IV and othermeasures of cognitive ability and memory for adults, Essentials ofWMS®-IV Assessment now includes four new subtests and arevised index structure. The authors also offer expert assessmentof the test's relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice onits clinical applications, and several illuminating casestudies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drozdick, Lisa W.

Holdnack, James A.

Hilsabeck, Robin C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
One Overview 1
Two How to Administer the WMS-IV 25
Three How to Score the WMS-IV 65
Four Interpretation 83
Five Strengths and Weaknesses of the WMS-IV 159
Six Using WMS-IV with WAIS-IV 169
Seven Clinical Applications of the WMS-IV 193
Eight Illustrative Case Reports 217
References 243
Appendix 253
Annotated Bibliography 263
About the Authors 265
Author Index 267
Subject Index 271

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Whipple Drozdick, PhD, is a research director at Pearson.She has worked on the development of several tests, including theWAIS®-IV, WMS®-IV, NEPSY®-II, and WISC®-IV. Shehas presented and published several articles in the areas ofassessment and geropsychology.
James A. Holdnack, PhD, is a senior research director forPearson. As manager of the neuropsychology team, he has developedneuropsychological tests including WMS®-IV, Advanced ClinicalSolutions for the Wechsler Scales, NEPSY®-II and D-KEFS. Hehas published book chapters and research articles on the WechslerScales.
Robin C. Hilsabeck, PhD, ABPP-CN, is Director of PostdoctoralTraining in Clinical Neuropsychology at South Texas Veterans HealthCare System and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Universityof Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She has publishedseveral research articles in the areas of psychometrics andneuropsychological assessment, including some on the WechslerScales