Yes, you do need to purchase assessment forms if you are going to use them in administration. In keeping with recognized professional and ethical principles of test use, and per domestic and international copyright law, professionally developed psychological test materials may not be reprinted, reproduced, or photocopied.

Click here to download a PDF of a standard letter of permission for use of WPS proprietary materials in a scholarly study (without adaptations or modifications). If your institution requires you to have a standard permission letter addressed specifically to you, please contact rights@wpspublish.com.

For information about the WPS Research Discount (for use of WPS-published materials in time-stamped, peer-reviewed scientific investigation), including an online application form, please click here. If your discount is approved, you will receive a special code that you will use to apply your particular discount arrangement on any given WPS order through the discount’s expiration date.  As a general reference, the WPS Research Discount is typically 20% off the cost of test kits and traditional print materials. It is offered on a pre-...

For information about the WPS Educational Discount against any given order, please click here. When your discount is approved, you will receive a quote, good for 60 days and including all applicable discounts, that you can use to complete your order directly through WPS Customer Service (as will be detailed on your quote). Read More...

The WPS Independent Trainer Discount is designed for independent trainers (e.g. an author-trained professional, independent of a WPS course series, who is contracted by a hospital or clinic to train its staff in proper use of WPS-published materials for clinical or research use) of specialized assessments such as the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS®-2) and Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI®-R); the application form is found at this link.  When your discount is approved, you will receive a quote, good for 60...

Permission must be granted by WPS Rights & Permissions to reproduce any WPS materials, including test items, in a scholarly paper or journal. Please click here to submit an application for permission.

To receive permission and/or a sample copy of a WPS assessment for IRB review, please email WPS Rights & Permissions directly at rights@wpspublish.com. Be sure to provide the specific purpose of the request, brief details regarding the purpose of the project, and your role or affiliation with the project.

To request permission to include assessment materials within a textbook or handbook, please submit an application via our online form, here. Please specify the assessment material you wish to reprint, as well as the title and edition (if applicable) of the publication in which it will appear. Include the name of the publisher, the estimated publication date, and the anticipated print run.

WPS strongly suggests you acquire that test instrument’s manual or handbook for its full and proper review, noting that the vast majority of our manuals/handbooks contain full samples of the instrument, along with comprehensive discussions of the measure’s development, administration, scoring, and interpretation. If you are conducting a scholarly, peer-reviewed study, you may qualify for a WPS Research Discount for purchase of the manual; Click here for information on how to apply, noting that the discount must be secured in advance ...

WPS discourages the dissemination of psychological assessments to those not qualified to use and interpret them. It is our position that only qualified mental health professionals should have direct access to raw data, assessment questions, answer sheets, scoring keys and interpretive materials; and that psychological assessment materials should be withheld from the public record. If a person believes that they require access to these materials, and that person is not a qualified mental health professional, it is our position the person should ...

WPS strongly discourages dissemination of psychological assessments to those not qualified to use and interpret them. Although WPS deeply appreciates and values the role of parents and guardians in the assessment process, our policy position is that only qualified professionals should have direct access to raw data, assessment questions, answer sheets, scoring keys and interpretive materials, and that psychological assessment materials should be withheld from the public record. If a parent believes they require access to these materials, and the...

Only qualified professionals should have direct access to raw data, test items, answer sheets, scoring keys and interpretive materials such as would be found in an assessment manual. WPS does not intend to interfere with court orders, but we urge the court to act responsibly by making psychological assessment material available only to those qualified professionals who have a legitimate need to review materials for the purposes of a given case. If attorneys or other individuals related to the case require access to the materials, WPS believes they...

WPS Rights & Permissions grants permission for reprints, adaptations, translations, and other modifications to qualified researchers and organizations.   Permission request forms to adapt or reprint: Scholarly Research Study Clinical Setting Pharmaceutical Studies Publication To request permission, please complete and submit the appropriate online permission request form linked above. If you don’t see your request listed, reach out at rights@wpspublish.com. Common examples of the types of licensing arrangements we assist with include...

WPS strongly discourages this practice. If you have a scientific, research-based or practice-based need that prevents you from using original, WPS-published materials, please contact rights@wpspublish.com to learn of the pre-approved, per-use licensing options that might be available to accommodate your particular needs.

WPS does offer selected titles in Spanish translation. For information on which materials are available in Spanish from WPS (wpspublish.com), just type “Spanish” in that website’s search bar. Selected WPS titles, along with many other titles, are published in Spanish under WPS contract by the following companies:  Editorial Manual Moderno of Mexico City (www.manualmoderno.com) Hogrefe TEA Ediciones, S.A. of Madrid (www.teaediciones.com)