Book Review: Prifitera, A., Saklofske, D., & Weiss, L. (Eds.). (2005). WISC-IV: Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist—Practitioner Perspectives. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2005, 432 pages (ISBN 0-12-564931-2, US$59.95 Hardcover)

Abstract

If you have an active clinical practice that incorporates the use of psychological assessment tools, such as the WISC-IV, then adding this volume to your reference library is highly recommended. From an academic perspective, the Advanced Clinical Interpretation can provide a much needed supplement to existing textbooks and reference materials in graduate-level courses on assessment. In addition, researchers may benefit from the book's thorough investigation of this recent addition to the Wechsler family of psychometric instruments, the WISC-IV.

Book Review: Prifitera, A., Saklofske, D. H., & Weiss, L. G. (Eds.). (2008). WISC-IV Clinical Assessment and Intervention (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA: Academic Press

“…The first of these books, WISC-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives (Prifitera, Saklofske, & Weiss, 2005), published in 2005, closely followed the introduction of the WISC-IV in 2003. In our review (Mallin, Phelps, & Robinson-epp, 2008) of that initial book, we praised it for a fine job of presenting an evaluation process that incorporates the "concepts of evidence-based decision making and strength-based approaches within an ecological approach" (p. 142). In part because of its proximity to the introduction of the new version of the WISC, the book relied to a significant degree on research based on older versions of the Wechsler tests.…”