Title: Brief-2
Author(s):
Gerard Gioia, Peter Isquith, Steven Guy, and Lauren Kenworthy.
Year of Publication/Publisher:
2015
Identify Type of Assessment:
individualized, norm-referenced, standardized, self-report questionnaire.
Cost:
Ranges from $596.00- $772.00
Population:
Adolescents aged from 5-18 (parent and teacher form)/ 11-18 (self-report form). Can be used for a broad range of children who may have concerns with self-regulation (ASD, LD, attention disorders, TBI, depression, and other neurological/developmental conditions.
Appropriate Settings:
can be administered anywhere.
Purpose of Assessment & Areas Assessed:
Assesses impairment in executive functioning skills in children and adolescents. Digs deeper into where and why the children are struggling with executive functioning skills.
Administration:
Takes about 10 minutes to administer. (5 minutes for screening form, 15 minutes to score.) Can be hand-scored. Assessment needs to be administered individually, not in a group setting.
User Qualifications:
free training is available on the PAR training portal. https://www.parinc.com/Resources/PAR-Training
Materials Required:
Manual, parent form, teacher form, self-report form, two-sided summary/profile form, 12-item screening forms.
Scoring Procedure:
Uses 10 clinical scales and separates task monitoring and self-monitoring; inhibit, self-monitor, shift, emotional control, initiate, task completion, working memory, plan/organize, task-monitor, and organization of materials.
T scores from 60-64=mildly elevated, T scores from 65-69=potentially clinically elevated, T scores above 70= clinically elevated. Higher scores indicate greater impairment in executive functioning.
Psychometrics/Standardization:
Evidence-based assessment, reliability coefficients above .90 for the teacher/parent form and above .80 for the self-report form.
Strengths & Weaknesses:
strengths
takes a short time to administer
trusted assessment tool
allows for more informed interventions and includes a lot of information about executive functioning impairments.
weaknesses
can be biased based on self-report form and younger children could have a difficult time understanding questions which can lead to invalid results.
References:
Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function Second Edition. (n.d) PAR. https://www.parinc.com/Products/Pkey/24
Title: Brief-A
Author(s):
Robert Roth, Peter Isquith, Gerard Goia.
Year of Publication/Publisher:
2005
Identify Type of Assessment:
standardized, norm-referenced, self-report questionnaire.
Cost:
Population:
Can be used for individuals 18-90 years old who may have attention disorder, ASD, TBI, MS, depression, cognitive impairments, dementia, and schizophrenia.
Appropriate Settings:
can be administered anywhere.
Purpose of Assessment & Areas Assessed:
Assesses impairment in executive functioning skills in adults. Dig deeper into where and why the adults are struggling with executive functioning skills and self-regulation skills.
Administration:
Takes 10-15 minutes to administer and 15-20 minutes to score. Must be done individually.
User Qualifications:
Can be administered and scored by individuals who do not have formal training in neuropsychology, clinical psychology, or related fields. The clinician needs to carefully administer and score this assessment presented in the manual.
Materials Required:
Professional Manual, BRIEF-A self-report form, BRIEF-A informant report form, and the two-sided Self-report and informant report scoring summary/profile forms.
Scoring Procedure:
Tear off the perforated strip along the side of the completed Report Form and peel away the answer sheet. If 14 or more responses are missing, the assessment is considered invalid. The answers corresponded with 1= N (never), 2 sometimes (S), and 3= Often (O). Raw scores, T scores, percentiles, and confidence intervals are measured from the results. Higher scores indicate greater impairment in executive functioning.
Psychometrics/Standardization:
"the BRIEF-A has demonstrated evidence of reliability, validity, and clinical utility as an ecologically sensitive measure of executive functioning in individuals with a range of conditions across a wide age range"
Strengths & Weaknesses:
Strengths
Culturally unbiased and assesses a wide range of individuals
available in Spanish
covers a wide variety of diagnoses
covers a lot of nonoverlapping areas.
weaknesses
could be biased from the self-report
if the client does not understand and leaves it blank could be invalid.
References:
Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version. (n.d) PAR. https://www.parinc.com/Products/Pkey/25
PAA (n.d) Behavior rating inventory of executive function- adult version. https://paa.com.au/product/brief-a/