Wait no longer! Here's our next installment of Tests on the Go!

This week, we take a closer look at the WISC-IV and the WAIS-III and IV:

WISC IV (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV) (2003)
Category: Achievement
Population: Ages 6-0 to 16-11.
Parts (in a cloth suitcase): 1 stimulus book + 1 administration and scoring manual + 1 technical and interpretive manual + 1 coding concept scoring key + 1 symbol search scoring key + 1 cancellation concept template + 1 set of 9 design blocks
Forms: Record form; Response booklet 1, 2

Designed to assess 'the cognitive ability of children'; provides four index scores that reflect different abilities, important in the expression of intelligent behavior in the classroom and beyond. There are 15 subtests in total (10 core, 5 supplemental). Traditional Verbal and Performance IQs are not calculated, although the test yields Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) and four Index scores: Full Scale IQ, Verbal, Perceptual, Working Memory, and Processing Speed .


WISC IV Integrated (2004)
Category: Achievement
Purpose: 'Designed to assess the cognitive ability and problem-solving process of children.'
Population: Ages 6-0 to 16-11.
Parts (in a cloth suitcase): 1 stimulus book 2 + 1 stimulus book 3 + 1 administration and scoring manual + 1 technical and interpretive manual + 1 scoring key (A and B) + 1 examiner slide scale + 1 block design process approach grid overlay (2) + 1 spatial span board + 1 Wechsler expanded block design set (12)
Forms: Record form; Response booklet 3

The WISC-IV Integrated is a merger of the WISC-IV and the revised and renormed WISC-III PI. It uses the same 10 core and 5 supplemental subtests as the WISC-IV and it yields the same higher level scores: Full Scale IQ, Verbal, Perceptual, Working Memory, and Processing Speed. What the WISC-IV Integrated add is: 16 process subtests and qualitative and quantitative observations and error scores, to provide more measures of cognitive processes.


WAIS III (1997)
Category: Intelligence and General Aptitude
Population: Ages 16-89
Parts: 1 administration and scoring manual + 1 stimulus booklet + 1 technical manual + 1 block design subtest + 1 object assembly subtest + 1 picture arrangement subtest + 1 digital symbol scoring template + 1 symbol search scoring template
Forms, etc.: Record form; Response booklet 1, 2

The three foci of the WAIS-III are to help assess psychoeducational disability, neuropsychiatric and organic dysfunction, and giftedness. The WAIS-III consists of 14 subtests that yield two sets of summary scores. The WAIS-III is paired with the revised and embellished Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III). The two tests share a subtest and a technical manual. The pairing of these two tests is useful, given the necessity to examine memory for geriatric, forensic, and neuropsychiatric purposes.


WAIS IV (2008)
Category: Intelligence and General Aptitude
Population: Ages 16-89
Parts (in a cloth suitcase): 1 administration and scoring manual + 1 technical and interpretive manual + 1 stimulus book 1 + 1 stimulus book 2 + 1 Wechsler standard block set + 1 cancellation scoring template + 1 coding scoring template + 1 symbol searching scoring key
Purpose: Designed to assess the intellectual ability of adults.

The WAIS-IV retains 12 subtests from the WAIS-III, the Object Assembly and Picture Arrangement subtests have been eliminated, and 3 new subtests were developed for this edition. Overall, these changes make the WAIS-IV less cumbersome regarding the amount of manipulatives. Finally, the WAIS-IV was designed to reduce the potential impact of age-related functional declines on test performance.

Hi all!

A new feature debuting at the Chicago campus library this week is called Tests on the Go! This weekly information post will provide everyone with some quick info about a featured test or two that we have here at the Chicago School library. On it, you’ll learn the general purpose of a given test, and well as have a list of the forms and protocols that are included with the tests we house in the Library.
This week’s featured tests are the ever-popular MMPI-2 and MMPI-A, as well as the Bayley.



Here is your Tests on the Go for the week of April 5:


MMPI-2
Full name:
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (1989)

Category:
Personality
Purpose:
The MMPI is “the most widely used inventory for assessing psychopathology.” The MMPI-2 is the first revision of the test since it was first published in 1943. It is “'designed to assess a number of the major patterns of personality and emotional disorders.” Its primary focus is to assess adults.

Documentation:
MMPI-2 Manual
Softcover test booklet
Answer sheet (bubble sheet)

Profile Forms (to hand out):
TRIN/VRIN
Validity and clinical
Content component
Harris-Lingoes
Content
Supplementary/PSY-5
Restructured Clinical
Scales/Answer Keys (in the box):
(to be used only in Library)
TRIN/VRIN
Validity and clinical
Content component
Harris-Lingoes
Content
Supplementary/PSY-5
Restructured Clinical


MMPI-A
Full name:
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (1992)

Category:
Personality
Purpose:
The MMPI-A is a revision of the MMPI-2 to be used with adolescents, ages 14-18, “although bright, mature 12- and 13-year-olds can also be tested.” 18-year-olds who have completed high school should be given the MMPI-2.”

Documentation:
Softcover test booklet
Answer sheet (bubble sheet)—handscoring
Answer sheet (bubble sheet)—computer scoring

Profile Forms (to hand out):
TRIN/VRIN
Basic
Harris-Lingoes/Si
Content/Supplementary
Scales/Answer Keys (in the box):
(to be used only in Library)
MMPI-2 Manual
TRIN/VRIN
Basic
Harris-Lingoes/Si
Content/Supplementary


Bayley-2
Full name:
Bayley scales of infant development 2nd ed. (1993)

Category:
Developmental
Purpose:
“The Bayley-III is designed to provide a basis for the evaluation of a child’s development between 1 month and 43 months of age. Its primary purposes are to identify children with developmental delays and to provide information for intervention planning.”

Documentation:
In suitcase:
Manual, stimulus booklet, manipulatives (we currently don’t have a detailed list of what’s in the suitcase)

Forms:
Mental scale record
Motor scale record
Behavior rating scale record



Bayley-3
Full name:
Bayley scales of infant and toddler development 3rd ed., Screening test (2006)

Category:
Developmental
Purpose:
The Bayley-III is an individually administered assessment targeting infants and toddlers aged 1 to 42 months. Its primary purposes are to identify children with developmental delays and to provide information for intervention planning It includes five scales assessing the areas of Cognitive, Language, Motor, Social-Emotional, and Adaptive Functioning. The Language scale includes Receptive and Expressive subtests, and the Motor scale has Fine and Gross Motor subtests. Children complete tasks to provide data about their Cognitive, Language, and Motor Development and primary caregivers provide questionnaire data about children's Social-Emotional and Adaptive Functioning.
Documentation:
Forms:
Mental scale record
Motor scale record
Behavior rating scale record
Social-emotional & adaptive behavioral questionnaire booklet
Caregiver report

Manipulatives in gigantic blue bin: Administration manual, technical manual, stimulus booklet Set 1: 1 clear box (4-sided), 1 bell, 3 spoons, 2 red crayons, 3 plastic cups, 1 squeeze duck, 1 red shoe lace, 1 bottle with lid, 1 plastic doll, 1 pink rattle, 1 ring with string -- Set 2: 1 blue stepping path, 2 washcloths, 4 red blocks with holes, 8 red blocks without holes, 16 plastic pegs, 5 round disks, blue block set (5 square, 4 round), 2 children’s books (Spot on the Farm & Picture book of photographs) -- Set 3: 1 red plastic bank, 3 red flat blocks, 1 blue drawstring bag, 1 small red ball, 1 red lacing card, 1 button sleeve, 2 pencils, 1 green car, 1 comb, 1 mirror, 1 bracelet, 6 Lego blocks, 6 memory cards, 3 puzzles ( ball, ice cream cone, dog) -- 1 yellow pegboard, 1 large blue ball, 1 plastic cup with handle, 1 puzzle board (pink and blue), set of seven ducks (1 weighted).

Writing papers and feeling a little lost using the Library’s databases? Have you used the Library’s resources before, but would like a refresher? Come to the Library for a workshop on searching some of our databases. Get all of your questions answered!

When: Thursday, March 4 5:00pm-6:00pm

Where: 612 (Library Conference Room)

Light snacks will be served. Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 3 to the Library email: library@thechicagoschool.edu

We’re looking forward to seeing you!

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Hi all! After some password problems, the Chicago Library blog is up and running again!

I hope all of you are having a great Spring Semester!

FYI, LexisNexis has a new and easier to use interface! Check it out here:

http://www.thechicagoschool.edu/content.cfm/online_databases

I will be offering a workshop on the new interface in the near future.

Cheers,

Joanna

Please join us for the following workshops:

Advanced Database Workshop on Jan. 26th from 11-12pm
Library Conference Room

LexisNexis workshop on Jan. 26th from 1-2pm
Library Conference Room

Space is limited, please RSVP to Joanna Primus at jprimus@thechicagoschool.edu

Hope to see you there!