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Psychology Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WNV™ WNVsTsMentials of WNV ™ Assessment provides practitioners with the practical, step-by-step advice needed to administer, score, and interpret the Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability E(WNV™), a nonverbal assessment of general ability used to assess a wide variety of indi- viduals. The test is especially well suited for those who are not proficient in English, such as young children, recent immigrants, English language learners, and the deaf and hard of hearing. Like al the volumes in the Esentials of Psychological Asesment series, this bok is designed Essentials to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. TM Essentials of WNV ™ Assessment is the best source of information on the test, providing you with vilaulmuainbaleti nagd vcicaese o rne pitos rctsli,n eicxaple artp apslisceastisomnse.n At outf htohreit atetisvte’s a rnedla tinivsei gshtrtefunl gctohsve arnagde w ies apkrnesesnetse,d a fnodr of WNV the assessment of examinees from diverse social, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds. You will learn the fundamentals of administration and interpretation, as well as advanced tips for applica- tion of the WNV™. Assessment KIMBERLY A. BRUNNERT, PHD, is a Senior Research Scientist in Educational Assessment at Pearson, where she has worked with Jack Naglieri on the development of the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Individual Administration; Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Second Edition; and the Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability. Complete coverage of administration, scoring, JACK A. NAGLIERI, PHD, is Professor of Psychology at George Mason University, Senior interpretation, and reporting Research Scientist at the Devereux Foundation, a Fellow of APA Division 16—School Psychology, and recipient of that division’s Senior Scientist Award. In addition, he has published a number of research papers, books, and tests. Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls STEVEN T. HARDY-BRAZ, PSYS, NCSP, is a past president of the North Carolina School Psychology Association. He has worked with residential schools for deaf students, the U.S. Department of the Defense, and public school systems. In addition to providing state, regional, and national training in assessment and diagnosis, especialy in evaluations with students with Conveniently formatted for rapid reference learning disabilities, he consulted on the development of the WNV™. Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series: Essentials of Assessment Report Writing Essentials of Stanford-Binet Intellegence Scales (SB5) Assessment Essentials of WISC®-IV Assessment Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition Essentials of Processing Assessment Essentials of WJ I™ Tests of Achievement Assessment Essentials of DAS-I® Assessment Kimberly A. Brunnert Essentials of WJ III™ Cognitive Abilities Assessment Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions Visit us on the Web at: www.wiley.com/psychology Jack A. Naglieri Steven T. Hardy-Braz Alan S. Kaufman & Nadeen L. Kaufman, Series Editors Brunnert TM Naglieri Essentials of WNV Assessment Hardy-Braz FM_1 10/09/2008 3 FM_1 10/14/2008 1 FM_1 10/14/2008 2 FM_1 10/09/2008 3 Essentials of TM WNV Assessment FM_1 10/08/2008 4 Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series Series Editors, Alan S. Kaufman and Nadeen L. Kaufman 1 Essentials ofWAIS -III Assessment Essentials ofNeuropsychologicalAssessment byAlan S. Kaufman and Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger by Nancy Hebben andWilliam Milberg Essentials of CASAssessment Essentials of BehavioralAssessment byJack A. Naglieri by Michael C. Ramsay, Cecil R. Reynolds, Essentials of Forensic PsychologicalAssessment and R.W. Kamphaus by MarcJ. Ackerman Essentials ofMillon InventoriesAssessment, SecondEdition Essentials of Bayley Scales of InfantDevelopment^II by Stephen N. Strack 1 Assessment Essentials of PAI Assessment by Maureen M. Black and Kathleen Matula by Leslie C. Morey 1 1 Essentials ofMyers-BriggsType Indicator Assessment Essentials of16 PF Assessment by Naomi Quenk by Heather E.-P. Cattell andJames M. Schuerger 1 1 TM Essentials ofWISC-III andWPPSI-R Assessment Essentials ofWPPSI -III Assessment byAlan S. Kaufman and Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger by Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger and Alan S. Kaufman 1 Essentials of Rorschach Assessment Essentials ofAssessment ReportWriting byTara Rose, Nancy Kaser-Boyd, and Michael P. by Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, Nancy Mather, Maloney Nadeen L. Kaufman, and Alan S. Kaufman Essentials of Career InterestAssessment Essentials of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales byJeffrey P. Prince and LisaJ. Heiser (SB5)Assessment Essentials of Cross-BatteryAssessment by Gale H. Roid and R. Andrew Barram 1 by Dawn P. Flanagan and Samuel O. Ortiz Essentials ofWISC-IV Assessment Essentials of CognitiveAssessment with KAITandOther by Dawn P. Flanagan and Alan S. Kaufman Kaufman Measures Essentials of KABC-IIAssessment by Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, Debra Broadbooks, byAlan S. Kaufman, Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, and Alan S. Kaufman Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, and Nadeen L. Kaufman Essentials ofNonverbalAssessment Essentials of ProcessingAssessment by Steve McCallum, Bruce Bracken, andJohn by MiltonJ. Dehn Wasserman Essentials ofWIAT1-IIand KTEA-IIAssessment TM Essentials ofMMPI-2 Assessment by Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger and Donna R. Smith by David S. Nichols Essentials ofAssessment with Brief IntelligenceTests 1 Essentials ofNEPSY Assessment by Susan R. Homack and Cecil R. Reynolds by Sally L. Kemp, Ursula Kirk, and Marit Korkman Essentials of SchoolNeuropsychologicalAssessment Essentials of IndividualAchievementAssessment by Daniel C. Miller by Douglas K. Smith Essentials ofMillonTM InventoriesAssessment,Third Essentials of TATandOther StorytellingTechniques Edition Assessment by Stephen Strack by HedwigTeglasi Essentials of CreativityAssessment 1 Essentials ofWJ III Tests ofAchievement byJames C. Kaufman, Jonathan A. Plucker, and Assessment John Baer byNancyMather, BarbaraJ.Wendling, and RichardW. Essentials ofDAS-II1Assessment Woodcock by Ron Dumont, John O.Willis, and Colin D. Elliott Essentials ofWJ III1CognitiveAbilitiesAssessment Essentials ofWNVTMAssessment by FredrickA. Schrank,DawnP. Flanagan, RichardW. by KimberlyJ. Brunnert, Jack A. Naglieri, and Woodcock, andJenniferT. Mascolo StevenT. Hardy-Braz 1 Essentials ofWMS -III Assessment Essentials ofWRAML2 andTOMAL-2Assessment by Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, Alan S. Kaufman, and byWayne Adams and Cecil R. Reynolds Zona C. Lai Essentials of Evidence-BasedAcademic Interventions TM Essentials ofMMPI-A Assessment by BarbaraJ.Wendling and Nancy Mather by Robert P. Archer and Radhika Krishnamurthy FM_1 10/09/2008 5 Essentials TM of WNV Assessment Kimberly A. Brunnert Jack A. Naglieri Steven T. Hardy-Braz John Wiley & Sons, Inc. FM_1 10/08/2008 6 Copyright # 2009 byJohnWiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. 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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Brunnert, KimberlyA. Essentials of WNVassessment/by KimberlyA. Brunnert, Jack A. Naglieri, StevenT. Hardy-Braz. p. cm. ^ (Essentials psychological assessment series) Includes bibliographical references (p. 195) and index. ISBN 978-0-470-28467-4 (pbk.) 1.Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability. I. Naglieri, Jack A. II. Hardy-Braz, StevenT. III.Title. BF432.5.W423B78 2009 153.93^dc22 2008026310 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 FM_1 10/08/2008 7 Thank you tomy family, whose supportand encouragementmade this possible. öKimberlyA. Brunnert I dedicate this work to all those likemy grandparents whose contribution and integration into American society is influenced by limited education and English-language skills and for whoma nonverbal test ofability nowsuggests amorepromising future. öJackA.Naglieri To the numerousDeafand deaf/blind individuals in different countries who havetaughtand shared withme your wonderful sign languages, histories, and cultures, and to the families who seek appropriatepsychological assessments. öStevenT.Hardy-Braz FM_1 10/08/2008 8

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