WAIS-IV, WMS-IV, and ACS: Advanced Clinical Interpretation

This book provides users of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV) with information on applying the WAIS-IV, including additional indexes and information regarding use in special populations for advanced clinical use and interpretation. The book offers sophisticated users of the WAIS-IV and Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-IV) guidelines on how to enhance the clinical applicability of these tests.

The first section of the book provides an overview of the WAIS-IV, WMS-IV, and new Advanced Clinical Solutions for Use with the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV (ACS). In this section, examiners will learn:

Normal versus atypical score variabilityLow-score prevalence in healthy adults versus clinical populationsAssessing whether poor performance reflects a decline in function or is the result of suboptimal effort

New social cognition measures found in the ACS are also presented. The second part focuses on applying the topics in the first section to specific clinical conditions, including recommended protocols for specific clientele (e.g. using demographically adjusted norms when evaluating individuals with brain injury). Common clinical conditions are discussed, including Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, traumatic brain injury, and more. Each chapter provides case examples applying all three test batteries and using report examples as they are obtained from the scoring assistant. Finally, the use of the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV and the ACS in forensic settings is presented.

Coverage of administration and scoring of WAIS-IV, WMS-IV and ACSInformation contained on the use of WAIS-IV with special populationsCase studies in each chapterWritten by the creators of WAIS-IV, WMS-IV and ACS

Chapter 1 - Overview of the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV/ACS

Lisa Whipple Drozdick, James A. Holdnack, Lawrence G. Weiss, and Xiaobin Zhou

Chapter 2 - Understanding and Using Multivariate Base Rates with the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV

Brian L. Brooks, Grant L. Iverson and James A. Holdnack

Chapter 3 - Understanding Index and Subtest Scatter in Healthy Adults

Howard Oakes, David Lovejoy, Sarah Tartar and James A. Holdnack

Chapter 4 - Demographic Adjustments to WAIS-IV/WMS-IV Norms

James A. Holdnack and Lawrence G. Weiss

Chapter 5 - Predicting Premorbid Ability for WAIS-IV, WMS-IV and WASI-II

James A. Holdnack, Mike R. Schoenberg, Rael T. Lange and Grant L. Iverson

Chapter 6 - Serial Assessment with WAIS-IV and WMS-IV

James A. Holdnack, Lisa Whipple Drozdick, Grant L. Iverson and Gordon J. Chelune

Chapter 7 - Assessing Performance Validity with the ACS

James A. Holdnack, Scott Millis, Glenn J. Larrabee and Grant L. Iverson

Chapter 8 - Assessing Social Cognition Using the ACS for WAIS-IV and WMS-IV

Yana Suchy and James A. Holdnack

Chapter 9 - Assessing Cognition in Older Adults with the WAIS-IV, WMS-IV, and ACS

Lisa Whipple Drozdick, James A. Holdnack, Timothy Salthouse and C. Munro Cullum

Chapter 10 - Using the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV/ACS Following Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Grant L. Iverson, James A. Holdnack and Rael T. Lange

Chapter 11 - Assessing Individual’s with Psychiatric and Developmental Disorders

Gerald Goldstein, Howard Oakes, David Lovejoy and James A. Holdnack