Essentialsof WISC-IV Assessment

Dawn P. Flanagan

Alan S. Kaufman

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Essentialsof WISC-IV Assessment

Dawn P. Flanagan

Alan S. Kaufman

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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For my little Megan,

The Sunshine in your smile warms my heartYou fill each day with joy

And my life with precious loveYou are an angel

You are a blessing from above

Love,Mommy

For Nadeen,

Mon coeur douvre ta voix My heart at your dear voiceComme souvrent les fleurs, Does unfold and rejoiceAux baisers de laurore! Like a flower when dawn is smiling!Mais, mon bien ai m You can my weeping stay.Pom mieux secher mes pleurs My sadness charm awayAvec ta voix parle encore! With your tones so beguiling!Ainsi quon voit des bles As when a field of grainLes pis enduler Like the waves on the main,Sous la brise lgre, In the breeze is swaying, bounding,Ainsi frmit mon coeur. So all my heart is swayed.

Samson et Dalila, Act II, Scene IIICamille Saint-Sans ( libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire)

With love always,Alan

Essentials of Psychological Assessment SeriesSeries Editors, Alan S. Kaufman and Nadeen L. Kaufman

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

Essentials of CAS Assessmentby Jack A. Naglieri

Essentials of Forensic Psychological Assessmentby Marc J. Ackerman

Essentials of Bayley Scales of Infant DevelopmentIIAssessmentby Maureen M. Black and Kathleen Matula

Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessmentby Naomi Quenk

Essentials of WISC-III and WPPSI-R Assessmentby Alan S. Kaufman and Elizabeth O.Lichtenberger

Essentials of Rorschach Assessmentby Tara Rose, Nancy Kaser-Boyd, and Michael P.Maloney

Essentials of Career Interest Assessmentby Jeffrey P. Prince and Lisa J. Heiser

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessmentby Dawn P. Flanagan and Samuel O. Ortiz

Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and OtherKaufman Measuresby Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, DebraBroadbooks, and Alan S. Kaufman

Essentials of Nonverbal Assessmentby Steve McCallum, Bruce Bracken, and JohnWasserman

Essentials of MMPI-2 Assessmentby David S. Nichols

Essentials of NEPSY Assessment by Sally L. Kemp, Ursula Kirk, and MaritKorkman

Essentials of Individual Achievement Assessmentby Douglas K. Smith

Essentials of TAT and Other Storytelling TechniquesAssessmentby Hedwig Teglasi

Essentials of WJ III Tests of Achievement Assessmentby Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling, andRichard W. Woodcock

Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessmentby Fredrick A. Schrank, Dawn P. Flanagan,Richard W. Woodcock, and Jennifer T. Mascolo

Essentials of WMS -III Assessmentby Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, Alan S. Kaufman,and Zona C. Lai

Essentials of MMPI-A Assessmentby Robert P. Archer and Radhika Krishnamurthy

Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessmentby Nancy Hebben and William Milberg

Essentials of Behavioral Assessmentby Michael C. Ramsay, Cecil R. Reynolds, and R. W. Kamphaus

Essentials of Millon Inventories Assessment, SecondEditionby Stephen N. Strack

Essentials of PAI Assessmentby Leslie C. Morey

Essentials of 16 PF Assessmentby Heather E. P. Cattell and James M. Schuerger

Essentials of WPPSI -III Assessmentby Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger and Alan S.Kaufman

Essentials of Assessment Report Writingby Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, Nancy Mather,Nadeen L. Kaufman, and Alan S. Kaufman

Essentials of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB5)Assessmentby Gale H. Roid and R. Andrew Barram

Essentials of WISC -IV AssessmentDawn P. Flanagan and Alan S. Kaufman

CONTENTS

vii

Series Preface ix

One Introduction and Overview 1

Two How to Administer the WISC-IV 45

Three How to Score the WISC-IV 96

Four How to Interpret the WISC-IV 121

Five Strengths and Weaknesses of the WISC-IV 171

Six Clinical Applications: A Review of Special GroupStudies with the WISC-IV and Assessment of Low-Incidence Populations 183

Seven Clinical Applications: Assessment of Gifted, Learning Disabled, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations 216

Eight Illustrative Case Reports 255

Appendix A Definitions of CHC Abilities 295

Appendix B CHC Abilities Measured by Major Intelligence Tests 306

Appendix C WISC-IV Subtest g-Loadings, by Age Group and Overall Sample 308

Appendix D Psychometric, Theoretical, and QualitativeCharacteristics of the WISC-IV 310

Appendix E WISC-IV Interpretive Worksheet 322

Appendix F General Ability Index (GAI) Conversion Table 331

Appendix G Summary of Analyses of WISC-IV Indexes 335

Appendix H Norms Tables for Clinical Clusters 336

References 345

Annotated Bibliography 356

Index 358

Acknowledgments 373

Authors 374

Contributors 374

viii CONTENTS

SERIES PREFACE

In the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, we have attempted to providethe reader with books that will deliver key practical information in the most ef-ficient and accessible style. The series features instruments in a variety of do-mains, such as cognition, personality, education, and neuropsychology. For theexperienced clinician, books in the series will offer a concise yet thorough wayto master utilization of the continuously evolving supply of new and revised in-struments, as well as a convenient method for keeping up-to-date on the tried-and-true measures. The novice will find here a prioritized assembly of all theinformation and techniques that must be at ones fingertips to begin the compli-cated process of individual psychological diagnosis.

Wherever feasible, visual shortcuts to highlight key points are utilized along-side systematic, step-by-step guidelines. Chapters are focused and succinct. Top-ics are targeted for an easy understanding of the essentials of administration,scoring, interpretation, and clinical application. Theory and research are contin-ually woven into the fabric of each book but always to enhance clinical inference,never to sidetrack or overwhelm. We have long been advocates of what has beencalled intelligent testingthe notion that a profile of test scores is meaninglessunless it is brought to life by the clinical observations and astute detective workof knowledgeable examin