Changes made to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Third Edition by Psychologists working in Child Services

Karen McKenzie; George Murray; Helen Rae

Changes made to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Third Edition by Psychologists working in Child Services

Karen McKenzie, George Murray, Helen Rae

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Psychologists were found to amend the way they used the WISC-III, by either regularly missing out sub-tests or not following the standardised manual instructions. The majority felt these changes would impact on the test scores of the individual child.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-28
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Psychology Forum
Volume	178
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2007

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Changes made to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Third Edition by Psychologists working in Child Services

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