Administering and Interpreting the WISC-V
Audience:
Current Registered Psychologists, Registered Provisional Psychologists, and Masters level
Clinical Psychology/Applied Psychology/Counseling students.
Prerequisites:
Masters level introductory course in formal assessment.
Part I: Introduction to WISC-V Administration
- Date/time: April 5th and 6th, September 6th and 7th, 2025 - from 9am to 4:30pm
- Cost: : $700 + GST
- Discount (non-cumulative):
- 10% discount for Masters level or PhD students
- 10% discount for applications submitted and paid by July 15th, 2025
- Attention: This course serves as a pre-requisite for the next course, which is “WISC-V Interpretation and Report Writing”
- This course is available exclusively in person. As a result, to ensure attendees receive hands-on practice and personalized feedback, the maximum number of participants will be limited to 10.
Part II: WISC-V Interpretation and Report Writing
- Date/time: April 26th and 27th, September 27th and 28th, 2025 - from 9am to 4:30pm
- Cost: : $700 + GST
- Discount (non-cumulative):
- 10% discount for Masters level or PhD students
- 10% discount for applications submitted and paid by August 5th, 2025
- Attention: This course is designed as a follow-up to the “Introduction to WISC-V Administration” course
- This course is available exclusively in person. As a result, to ensure attendees receive hands-on practice and personalized feedback, the maximum number of participants will be limited to 10.
Location:
Rocky Mountain Psychological Services – 110-11 Ave SW, Suite 212
Empower your practice by mastering the WISC-V – a vital tool for Psychologists seeking a nuanced understanding of cognitive functioning in individuals. Our course not only equips you with the technical skills to administer the test accurately but also provides insights into interpreting results, enabling you to offer tailored interventions and support.
Objectives:
This course has limited enrolment and is conducted in-person to ensure that all participants have the opportunity for hands-on learning and feedback.
Part I: Introduction to WISC-V Administration
- What is cognitive testing – what does it help us to understand about an individual? What are the limitations of cognitive testing?
- Background history of the WISC-V, theoretical underpinnings
- Explanation of FSIQ, Index Scores, Ancillary Scores, and subtests – what do these scores reflect, what do they measure?
- Hands-on practice administration of the WISC-V
- Feedback on administration of the WISC-V regarding building rapport, managing materials, managing queries, adhering to standardized instructions, and scoring.
Part II: WISC-V Interpretation and Report Writing
- Review of how to score the WISC-V subtests
- Interpreting the FSIQ, Index scores, Ancillary scores, and individual subtests
- Understanding and interpreting score discrepancies – when discrepancies are meaningful and how to make sense of them
- Making the results come alive – application of results to real world implications
- When more testing is called for and ideas of what more testing might look like
- Practice writing up results and receive feedback.