Test Review: Advanced Clinical Solutions for WAIS-IV and WMS-IV

Autor/inn/en	Chu, Yiting; Lai, Mark H. C.; Xu, Yining; Zhou, Yuanyuan
Titel	Test Review: Advanced Clinical Solutions for WAIS-IV and WMS-IV
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 30 (2012) 5, S. 520-524Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282912442868
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Intelligence Tests; Memory; Cognitive Tests; Social Cognition; Scores; Test Norms; Testing; Scoring; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Wechsler Memory Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Gedächtnis; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Soziale Kognition; Testnorm; Testdurchführung; Testen; Bewertung; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität
Abstract	The authors review the "Advanced Clinical Solutions for WAIS-IV and WMS-IV". The "Advanced Clinical Solutions (ACS) for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition" (WAIS-IV; Wechsler, 2008) and the "Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition" (WMS-IV; Wechsler, 2009) was published by Pearson in 2009. It is a clinical tool for extending the assessment of individuals' cognitive functioning. Generally, the ACS provides supplemental information for the results of the WAIS-IV and WMS-IV; it includes six components that are relatively independent, namely, additional scores, effort measures, demographically adjusted norms, reliable change scores, test of premorbid functioning, and social cognition subtests. These new elements were specially designed for forensic evaluations, readministrations, and neuropsychological evaluations. The age range for the ACS varies for different elements, but for most tests it is 16 to 90, as consistent with the WAIS-IV and WMS-IV. A technician or graduate assistant with appropriate graduate-level training can administer and score the tests under supervision, but as stressed in the Administration and Scoring Manual results should only be interpreted by professionals with extensive training in assessment. In addition, to use the ACS for assessing neuropsychological functioning, examiners must have adequate background in neuropsychological assessment. The components of the ACS for WAIS-IV and WMS-IV are described. (ERIC).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10