Description
Get the measure and the results you can completely trust.
Get the measure and the results you can completely trust.
Author:
David Wechsler
Age Range:16 years to 84 years 11 months
Administration:Individual – 75 minutes
RTI Tiers:RTI Level 3
Completion Time:60-90 minutes for core subtests
Scores/Interpretation:FSIQ, Index scores, subtest level scaled scores
Report Options:Score Report, Client Report and Interpretive Report
Publication Date:2008
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale® – Fourth Edition is adapted and standardized for India, to give you the most comprehensive and advanced measure of cognitive ability in adolescents and adults, in response to the shifting demographic and clinical landscape in India. WAIS-IVINDIA celebrates the tradition pioneered by David Wechsler, which is solidly grounded in the scientist-practitioner model, integrating both nomethetic and idiographic perspectives. WAIS-IVINDIA provides subtest and composite scores that represent intellectual functioning in specific cognitive domains, as well as composite scores that represents general intellectual ability (i.e., Full Scale IQ).
WAIS-IVINDIA is the updated version of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Third Edition (WAIS-III)
Key Features include:
Cultural Appropriateness
- Culturally appropriate test items
Increased Developmental Appropriateness
- More efficient administration time
- Added teaching items to ensure understanding of task
- Reduced vocabulary-level for verbatim instructions
- Reduced emphasis on motor demands and timed performance
- Enlarged visual stimuli
Improved Psychometric Properties
- India norms with enhanced clinical utility
- Norms available for older adults
- Reflects current theory and practice of cognitive assessment in adults
- Improved floors and ceilings
- Expanded FSIQ range
- Improved subtest and composite reliability
- Reduced item bias
Updated Structural Foundations
- Transition from dual IQ to Index Score structure
- Fewer subtests required to yield FSIQ and 4 Index Scores (VCI, PRI, WMI, & PSI)
- New measure of fluid intelligence (Visual Puzzles)
- Enhanced measures of working memory (Revised Arithmetic and Digit Span to emphasize Working Memory)
- Improved measure of processing speed to reduce fine motor demands
Enhanced User-friendliness
- Reduced testing time
- Revised instructions for clarity and consistency
- Redesigned Record Form
- Increased portability
- Expanded sample responses
India Norms:
- Subtest Scaled Scores by Age
- Composite Scores
- Full Scale IQ
- Process Scores
Applications of the WAIS-IVINDIA:
- As a psycho educational tool to obtain a comprehensive assessment of general cognitive functioning
- As part of an assessment battery to identify learning difficulties and giftedness
- To provide invaluable information for clinical and neuropsychological evaluation
- To identify cognitive strengths and weaknesses in a variety of neurological conditions
- To guide treatment planning and placement decisions
- To provide reliable and valid data in academic and educational settings
- To provide reliable and valid data for research purpose
COMPLETE KIT ISBN : 9789380862842
Includes administration and scoring manual, technical and interpretive manual, stimulus book, 25 record forms, 25 response booklets, block design cubes, symbol search & coding scoring key in a bag.
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Measuring adult intelligence from a multi-dimensional perspective. It is one of the most widely used cognitive assessments in adolescent and adult intelligence testing.
Inside the session – Administration, scoring & interpretation
Key Learning – Understanding Intelligence levels of adults
Duration – 8 hours
Who can attend – Masters students of Psychology & Licensed Clinical Psychologists
