The most recent editions of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Memory Scale published in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Near the end of 2009, a new product called The Advanced Clinical Solutions for Use with the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV (ACS) published. The new product expands the construct coverage of the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV and provides additional procedures that improve the clinical utility of those instruments. This book provides WAIS-IV users with information on applying the WAIS-IV, including additional indexes and information regarding the use in special populations for advanced clinical use and interpretation. The book offers sophisticated users of the WAIS-IV and 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 ACS. In this section, the examiner will understand:

* when variability in WAIS-IV and WMS-IV scores is considered normal versus atypical
* how many low scores are typical for healthy adults versus clinical populations
* how to determine if an examinee performance represents a decline in functioning from a previous level
* how to assess if results are due to suboptimal effort.
This topic is discussed in the context of using demographically adjusted normative data, estimating premorbid intelligence and using reliable change scores and contrast scores. Finally, the new social cognition measures found in the ACS are presented. The second part of the book focuses on applying the topics in the first section to specific clinical conditions. This will include recommended protocols for specific clientele (e.g. using demographically adjusted norms when evaluated individuals with brain injury). Common clinical conditions will be discussed, including Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, traumatic brain injury, temporal lobe epilepsy, attention deficit disorder, autism, Asperge

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