Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale | Fifth Edition

Audience:
This session is designed for clinicians who are familiar with the ACS WAIS-5 and WMS-5 performance validity measures and want to learn about the updates, as well as for clinicians interested in adding performance validity testing to their assessments.

Course description:
This course provides an overview of the updates to the new edition of the WAIS-5^® and WMS^®-5 Advanced Clinical Solution (ACS) performance validity measures as well as the details for their administration, scoring, and interpretation, in the context of sample case studies.

Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the updates to the recent version of the WAIS-5 and WMS-5 ACS Performance Validity Tests.
• Define performance validity and symptom validity and explain how each relates to the distinct responsibilities of the examiner and the examinee in a cognitive evaluation.
• Describe response bias and its conscious and unconscious forms and explain how insufficient effort or attention compromises the interpretability of test scores.
• Identify the embedded performance validity measures within the WAIS-5 and WMS-5, including the Word Choice Test, Reliable Digit Span, and the WMS-5 embedded recognition results.
• Administer and score the WAIS-5/WMS-5 validity measures correctly, applying the appropriate scores and scoring procedures for each indicator.
• Apply the interpretation guidelines to case material, integrating multiple validity indicators to reach a defensible conclusion about whether a profile can be interpreted.