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David Wechsler

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<div>The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale&reg;, Fifth Edition (WAIS&reg;-5) is the most advanced psychometric measure of adult cognitive ability, based on recent research in the area of cognitive neuroscience and the theories and work of David Wechsler, PhD. It is an individually administered clinical instrument for assessing cognitive ability.&nbsp;<strong><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/telepractice/guidance-documents/telepractice-and-the-wais-5.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance on using this test in your telepractice</a></strong></div>
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale | Fifth Edition

The most comprehensive and advanced psychometric measure of cognitive ability in adults. 

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Wechsler Memory Scale | Fourth Edition

Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence | Fourth Edition

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children | Fifth Edition 

Includes Administration and Scoring Manual (Print), Technical and Interpretive Manual (Print), 3 Stimulus Books (Print), Record Forms Qty 25 (Print), Response Booklets Qty 25 (Print), Symbol Search Scoring Key (Print), Coding Scoring Template (Print), Running Digit Span Scoring Template (Print), Spatial Addition Response Grid (Print), Spatial Addition Set, Wechsler Standard Block Set, one #2 pencil, and a luggage tag, all in a box. Also includes 1 year unlimited scoring per user within an account

WAIS-5 Complete Kit (Print) and Q-global Scoring Subscription 1 Year (Digital)

Includes Administration and Scoring Manual (Print), Technical and Interpretive Manual (Print), 3 Stimulus Books (Print), Record Forms Qty 25 (Print), Response Booklets Qty 25 (Print), Symbol Search Scoring Key (Print), Coding Scoring Template (Print), Running Digit Span Scoring Template (Print), Spatial Addition Response Grid (Print), Spatial Addition Set, Wechsler Standard Block Set, one #2 pencil, and a luggage tag, all in a box and a soft-sided carrying bag. Also includes 1 year unlimited scoring per user within an account

WAIS-5 Complete Kit with Softcase (Print) and Q-global Scoring Subscription 1 Year (Digital)

Texas Tech University WAIS

Includes Administration and Scoring Manual (Print), Technical and Interpretive Manual (Print), 3 Stimulus Books (Print), Record Forms Qty 25 (Print), Response Booklets Qty 25 (Print), Symbol Search Scoring Key (Print), Coding Scoring Template (Print), Running Digit Span Scoring Template (Print), Spatial Addition Response Grid (Print), Spatial Addition Set, Wechsler Standard Block Set, one #2 pencil, and a luggage tag, all in a box and a soft-sided carrying bag.

WAIS-5 Complete Kit with Softcase (Print)

Includes Administration and Scoring Manual (Print), Technical and Interpretive Manual (Print), 3 Stimulus Books (Print), Record Forms Qty 25 (Print), Response Booklets Qty 25 (Print), Symbol Search Scoring Key (Print), Coding Scoring Template (Print), Running Digit Span Scoring Template (Print), Spatial Addition Response Grid (Print), Spatial Addition Set, Wechsler Standard Block Set, one #2 pencil, and a luggage tag, all in a box.

WAIS-5 Complete Kit (Print)

Includes unlimited scoring per user within an account

WAIS-5 Q-global Scoring Subscription 1 Year (Digital)

WAIS-5 Q-global Scoring Subscription 3 Year (Digital)

Includes Spatial addition chips and pouch. Spatial Addition Response grid sold separately.

Spatial Addition Set

Includes Block Design, Matrix Reasoning, Vocabulary, Figure Weights and Visual Puzzles

WAIS-5 Stimulus Book 1 (Print)

Includes Arithmetic, Symbol Span, Naming Speed Quantity, Set Relations

WAIS-5 Stimulus Book 2 (Print)

WAIS-5 Stimulus Book 3 (Print)

WAIS-5 Record Forms Qty 25 (Print)

WAIS-5 Response Booklets Qty 25 (Print)

WAIS-5 Coding Scoring Template

WAIS-5 Symbol Search Scoring Key

WAIS-5 Running Digit Scoring Template (Print)

WAIS-5 Administration and Scoring Manual (Print)

Once ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.

WAIS-5 Q-global Administration and Scoring Manual (Digital)

WAIS-5 Technical and Interpretive Manual (Print)

WAIS-5 Q-Global Technical and Interpretive Manual (Digital)

WAIS-5 Q-global Score Report Qty 1 (Digital)

Includes a standard set of 9 blocks in a storage box

Wechsler Red/White Kohs Block Set-9

Spatial Addition Response Grid (Print)

<p><a id="more" style="scroll-margin-top: 190px;"></a>Price includes up to 40 people per session. This three-hour interactive session introduces the fifth edition of the Wechsler&reg; Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-5), a cognitive assessment used with adolescents and adults.</p>

<p>After attending this session, participants will be able to:</p>

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	<li>Describe changes to the test structure and framework</li>
	<li>Practice administration of new subtests</li>
	<li>Differentiate primary, ancillary, and expanded index scores</li>
	<li>Discuss typical score profiles for special populations</li>
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<p>Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. A training consultant will contact you to coordinate your training. Training dates are scheduled no earlier than 5 weeks from order placement.</p>


WAIS-5 Overview Live Webinar 3 Hours

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			<p><strong>Audience</strong>: This session is targeted for individuals who are familiar with the WAIS-IV.</p>

			<p><strong>Course description</strong>: This three-hour interactive session introduces the fifth edition of the Wechsler&reg; Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-5), a cognitive assessment used with adolescents and adults. Updates to the WAIS-5 relative to its predecessor (WAIS-IV) will be reviewed with a focus on updated norms, new subtests, new indexes, the new five-factor structure, and other revisions. Hands-on practice with administration and scoring, specifically with new features, will be provided.</p>

			<p><strong>Learning Objectives</strong>: After attending this session, participants will be able to:</p>

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				<li>Describe changes to the test structure and framework</li>
				<li>Practice administration of new subtests&nbsp;</li>
				<li>Differentiate primary, ancillary, and expanded index scores&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
				<li>Discuss typical score profiles for special populations&nbsp;</li>
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Training details

<p>Join us for a dynamic 3-hour intermediate to advanced session designed for professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of the Wechsler&reg; Adult Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (WAIS-5). This interactive training introduces new score options available, as well as how to select appropriate ancillary index measures. Through practical case studies, you&#39;ll learn to interpret standardized scores, uncover individual strengths and weaknesses, and explore potential intervention strategies.</p>

<p>Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. A training consultant will contact you to coordinate your training. Training dates are scheduled no earlier than 5 weeks from order placement.</p>


WAIS-5 Interpretation, Instruction, & Intervention Implications Live Webinar 3 Hours

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			<p><strong>Audience:</strong> This session is ideal for clinicians who have prior experience with cognitive assessments and wish to stay current with the latest advancements in the WAIS-5.</p>

			<p><strong>Course description: </strong> Join us for a dynamic 3-hour intermediate to advanced session designed for professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of the Wechsler&reg; Adult Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (WAIS-5). This interactive training introduces new score options available, as well as how to select appropriate ancillary index measures. Through practical case studies, you&#39;ll learn to interpret standardized scores, uncover individual strengths and weaknesses, and explore potential intervention strategies.</p>

			<p>Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. A training consultant will contact you to coordinate your training. Training dates are scheduled no earlier than 5 weeks from order placement.</p>

			<p><strong>Learning Objectives: </strong>After attending this session, participants will be able to:</p>

			<ul>
				<li>Differentiate primary, ancillary, and expanded index scores</li>
				<li>Choose an appropriate ancillary or expanded index score based on client profiles</li>
				<li>Interpret WAIS-5 results to inform intervention planning</li>
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<p>Training dates for WAIS-5 must be scheduled after October 1, 2024.</p>

<p>This 3-hour interactive session introduces the fifth edition of the Wechsler&reg; Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-5), a cognitive assessment used with adolescents and adults. Updates to the WAIS-5 relative to its predecessor (WAIS-IV) will be reviewed with a focus on updated norms, new subtests, new indexes, the new five-factor structure, and other revisions. Hands-on practice with administration and scoring, specifically with new features, will be provided. Price includes up to 40 people per session.</p>

<p>Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. A training consultant will contact you to coordinate your training. Training dates are scheduled no earlier than 5 weeks from order placement.</p>


WAIS-5 Overview In Person 3 Hours

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			<p><strong>Audience</strong>: This session is targeted for individuals who are familiar with the WAIS-IV.</p>

			<p><strong>Course description</strong>: This three-hour interactive session introduces the fifth edition of the Wechsler&reg; Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-5), a cognitive assessment used with adolescents and adults. Updates to the WAIS-5 relative to its predecessor (WAIS-IV) will be reviewed with a focus on updated norms, new subtests, new indexes, the new five-factor structure, and other revisions. Hands-on practice with administration and scoring, specifically with new features, will be provided.</p>

			<p><strong>Learning Objectives</strong>: After attending this session, participants will be able to:</p>

			<ul>
				<li>Describe changes to the test structure and framework</li>
				<li>Practice administration of new subtests&nbsp;</li>
				<li>Differentiate primary, ancillary, and expanded index scores&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
				<li>Discuss typical score profiles for special populations&nbsp;</li>
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<p>Training dates for the WAIS-5 must be scheduled after October 1, 2024.</p>

<p>Price includes up to 40 people per session. This 1-hour Q&amp;A session supports participants who have attended a previous session or are familiar with the assessment. A Pearson expert will meet with participants to address follow-up questions and support specific assessment-related needs. To use the hour efficiently, participants may submit questions in advance. Q&amp;A sessions do not include handouts or slides.</p>

<p>Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. A training consultant will contact you to coordinate your training. Training dates are scheduled no earlier than 5 weeks from order placement.</p>


WAIS-5 Live Question and Answer Virtual One Hour

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			<p><strong>Audience</strong>: This 1-hour Q&amp;A session supports participants who have attended a previous session or are familiar with the assessment.</p>

			<p><strong>Course description</strong>:&nbsp;Price includes up to 40 people per session. A Pearson expert will meet with participants to address follow-up questions and support specific assessment-related needs. To use the hour efficiently, participants may submit questions in advance. Q&amp;A sessions do not include handouts or slides.</p>
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WAIS-5 Stimulus Book 1 (Digital)

Includes Arithmetic, Symbol Span, Naming Speed Quantity, Set Relations. Once ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.

WAIS-5 Stimulus Book 2 (Digital)

Includes Spatial Addition. Once ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.

WAIS-5 Stimulus Book 3 (Digital)

This item is to be used for demonstration purposes only by the examiner during an administration, not for examinee use.

WAIS-5 Q-global Response Booklet (Digital)

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<p><strong>Level A</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Level B</strong></p>

<p>This approval level enables you to buy our assessments requiring A or B qualification levels.</p>

<p><strong>Level C </strong></p>

<p>This approval level enables you to buy all our assessments.</p>

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale | Fifth Edition (WAIS-5) is the most comprehensive and advanced measure of cognitive ability in adults. It is an individually administered clinical instrument for assessing the intelligence of examinees ages 16–90. 

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			<h4 style="text-align:center">WAIS-5 Training</h4>

			<p style="text-align:center">WAIS-5 Training is now available.</p>

			<p style="text-align:center"><a class="button button--primary" href="/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Cognition-%26-Neuro/Wechsler-Adult-Intelligence-Scale-|-Fifth-Edition/p/P100071002.html?format=TRAINING">Order today</a></p>
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Overview

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			<h3>Overview</h3>

			<p>The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale&reg;, Fifth Edition (WAIS&reg;-5), the most comprehensive and reliable assessment of cognitive ability now features reduced administration time, updated norms, improved clinical utility, and improved user experience. The WAIS-5 is widely used in clinical, educational, correctional, and pharmaceutical research and in government settings.</p>

			<p>As an added benefit, WAIS-5 has been co-normed with WMS&reg;-5 to increase the precision of IQ and memory comparisons.</p>

			<h3>Features and benefits</h3>

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				<li>New later start points for those suspected of&nbsp;intellectual giftedness
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					<li>Decreased testing time</li>
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				<li>New index scores for examinees with expressive or motor problems
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					<li>Improved interpretive clarity</li>
					<li>Measure of ability not confounded by expressive language or motor problems</li>
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				<li>Separate visual spatial and fluid reasoning indexes
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					<li>Purer measure of both constructs</li>
					<li>Improved interpretive clarity</li>
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				</li>
				<li>Comprehensive measurement of working memory
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					<li>Auditory, visual, spatial, capacity, and focus of attention</li>
					<li>Task that mimics real-world rate of speech</li>
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				<li>New quantitative reasoning index
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					<li>Strong indicator of general intelligence and predictor of academic and career success</li>
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				<li>New crystallized and fluid expanded index scores
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					<li>Broader measures of the two cornerstones of intelligence</li>
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				<li>New subtests
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					<li>Running Digits</li>
					<li>Set Relations</li>
					<li>Naming Speed Quantity</li>
					<li>Spatial Addition</li>
					<li>Symbol Span</li>
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						<h4 style="text-align:center">WAIS-5 Stay in the Know</h4>

						<p style="text-align:center">The WAIS-5 will be published fall 2024. Sign up for further updates by filling out the &ldquo;Stay in the know&rdquo; form.</p>

						<p style="text-align:center"><a class="button button--primary" href="/forms/wais-5-stay-in-the-know.html" target="_blank">Stay In the Know</a></p>
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						<h4 style="text-align:center">Digital Options</h4>

						<h5 style="text-align:center">Get started!</h5>

						<p style="text-align:center">Order, request a free trial, or contact the sales team.</p>

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						<p style="text-align:center"><a class="text-primary-link" href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/q-interactive/qi-pricing.pdf" target="_blank">View Q-interactive pricing</a></p>
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			<h3>Materials</h3>

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				<li><a class="text-primary-link" href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/wais-5/wais-5-overview-brochure.pdf" target="_blank">WAIS-5 Overview Brochure</a></li>
				<li><a class="text-primary-link" href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/wais-5/wais-5-comparison-flyer.pdf" target="_blank">WAIS-5 Comparison Flyer</a></li>
				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/wais-5/wais-5-sample-score-report.pdf" target="_blank">WAIS-5 Sample Score Report</a></li>
				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/wais-5/q-interactive-wais-5.pdf" target="_blank">WAIS-5 Q-interactive Technical Report</a></li>
				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/wais-5/wais-5-ancillary-index-scores-flyer.pdf" target="_blank">WAIS-5 Ancillary Index Scores Flyer</a></li>
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			<h3>Videos</h3>

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				<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYmsgM7_Dds" target="_blank">WAIS-5 is Now Available</a></li>
				<li><a href="/professional-assessments/training/complimentary-training.html">Overview Video</a></li>
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			<h3>Blogs</h3>

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				<li><a class="text-primary-link" href="/professional-assessments/blog-webinars/blog/2024/04/whats-new-with-the-wais-5.html">What&rsquo;s new with the WAIS-5?</a></li>
				<li><a href="/professional-assessments/blog-webinars/blog/2024/07/introducing-wais5-on-qinteractive.html">Introducing WAIS-5 on Q-interactive!</a></li>
				<li><a href="/professional-assessments/blog-webinars/blog/2024/10/why-dr--susie-raiford-is-so-excited-about-wais-5--and-why-you-sh.html">The Excitement Surrounding the WAIS-5 and Its Importance for You</a></li>
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						<h4 style="text-align:center">WAIS-5 Training</h4>

						<p style="text-align:center">WAIS-5 Training is now available.</p>

						<p style="text-align:center"><a class="button button--primary" href="/store/usassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Cognition-%26-Neuro/Wechsler-Adult-Intelligence-Scale-|-Fifth-Edition/p/P100071002.html?format=TRAINING">Order today</a></p>
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