1. Greetings from Ripples!
We are pleased to announce Pearson’s Psychological assessment workshop in
Hyderabad. The details are as follows:
Name of the Test: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth
Edition(India)
Date: The workshop on WISC-IVINDIA is conducted over a day and a half.
1st (Saturday) & 2nd (Sunday) December 2012.
Timings: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm (1/ December /12)
9.00 am to 1.00 pm (2/ December /12)
Learning Outcomes:
The participants will learn how to administer, score and interpret WISC-IV India
Certificate of participation from Pearson
Participant’s Eligibility Criteria:
Participation Qualification Criteria
M. Phil , PhD
Psychology
Eligible -
(Fully Trained /
Qualified)
Special
Training will be provided, but Interpretation
Consideration M.Sc/ MA
to be done under supervision
Psychology
Fee: 3120/- (Three Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty Rupees) Pay either in
cash or D.D in favour of Afshan Jabeen, payable at Hyderabad
(Includes lunch on 1st December 2012, does not include Assessment Kit)
Facilitator: Ms. Chhaya Sinha ( M.Phil in Clinical Psychology)
Venue: Noble School, P & T colony, Rethi Bowli, Hyderabad-28, A.P
Last Date of Registration: 27th November 2012

2. To register call: 9160030175
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth Edition (India)
Description:
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children® - Fourth Edition (India) (WISC-IVINDIA) builds on contemporary
approaches in cognitive psychology and intellectual assessment, to give you an up to date, culturally appropriate and relevant
tool to support your clinical judgment and guide your intervention. It is a gold standard test used globally and across India for
assessing children's intellectual ability. It comes with India norms. Use the WISC-IVINDIA to obtain a valid and comprehensive
profile of a child's cognitive strengths and weaknesses, in the Indian context in order to ensure appropriate intervention.
WISC-IVINDIA combines the benefits of the most recent version of the WISC and has been adapted to be more relevant for
India. Key features include:
Culture appropriate items
Norms for children in India
Increased developmental appropriateness
Increased emphasis on composite scores
Increased attention to Working Memory and Processing Speed
More user-friendly administration and scoring
Reflects current theory and practice of cognitive assessment of children
New Subtests of the WISC-IV reflect current clinical knowledge and practice
Matrix Reasoning - measures fluid reasoning
Picture Concepts - measures fluid reasoning, perceptual organization, and categorization
Letter-Number Sequencing - measures working memory
Word Reasoning - measures reasoning with verbal material
Cancellation - measures processing speed using random and structured animal target forms
India Norms include:
Scaled scores by age
Composite scores and Full Scale IQ
Process Scores
Composite Scores:
It has four composite scores and the Full Scale IQ.This system incorporates current theory and offers a better
understanding of a child’s information processing abilities that will in turn help intervention
Applications:
To obtain a comprehensive assessment of general cognitive functioning
As part of an assessment to identify learning difficulties, giftedness and cognitive strengths and weaknesses
To guide treatment planning in clinical and educational settings
For research purposes
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