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Material presented in many testing textbooks is appropriately broad and comprehensive, but the effect for students new to testing is difficulty in then translating the extensive information into the practical skills of administering, scoring, and interpreting tests to help inform the treatment process. Few resources exist to help students and mental health clinicians with the daunting task of learning how to synthesize test data from numerous instruments into a meaningful treatment plan and strategy for a client. This book was written to address that need. It provides readers with clear and detailed step-by-step procedures for using the WAIS-III, MMPI 2, MMPI A, Kuder Occupational Interest Survey, and the Strong Interest Inventory. It features case examples and practice opportunities in test usage, detailed discussion of approaches to client feedback and report writing, and a review of ethical and legal considerations in using tests in clinical settings. It takes readers through a systematic explanation of how to understand and integrate data from multiple sources to maximize the information gleaned from the tests. It also emphasizes using test data to maximize helpfulness to the client and how to interpret test data to clients in language that is understandable.
The WAIS-III: Guidelines for Administration and Interpretation
The WAIS-III: Guidelines for Administration and Interpretation
This chapter covers the pragmatic aspects of using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Third Revision (WAIS-III) in clinical practice, with emphasis on how to integrate the data into counseling goals. We begin with a description and explanation of the psychometric features of the WAIS-III. This explanation is geared toward conceptual understanding of the instrument, including cognitive domains being assessed and technical aspects of the WAIS-III—namely, mean, standard deviation, and standard error of measurement. The goal is to give readers some general information that can quickly be referenced and is not intended to replace the more detailed explanations offered in a comprehensive assessment text.
We then go on to present a strategy for interpreting test ...
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