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The BRIEF-2 is a standardized assessment tool used to evaluate executive functions in children and adolescents aged 5-18. It consists of parent, teacher, and self-report forms with rating scales that measure behaviors related to flexibility, working memory, planning, organization, inhibition and emotional control. The forms generate scores in behavioral, emotional and cognitive regulation domains as well as an overall executive function score. A brief screening version is also available to identify students needing further executive function assessment.

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Brief 2

The BRIEF-2 is a standardized assessment tool used to evaluate executive functions in children and adolescents aged 5-18. It consists of parent, teacher, and self-report forms with rating scales that measure behaviors related to flexibility, working memory, planning, organization, inhibition and emotional control. The forms generate scores in behavioral, emotional and cognitive regulation domains as well as an overall executive function score. A brief screening version is also available to identify students needing further executive function assessment.

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BRIEF-2 (BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE

Name FUNCTION-SECOND EDITION)


Purpose: Assessment of executive functions
Short description: BRIEF-2 is a standardized tool for assessing executive functions in
children and adolescents in home and school environments. BRIEF-
2 is a further development of BRIEF and BRIEF-SR with a number of
improvements.

BRIEF-2 Parental Form and Teacher Form consists of 63 statements


each and nine clinical scales: Impulse Control, Self-monitoring,
Flexibility, Emotional Control, Commissioning, Work Memory,
Planning/Organization, Task Monitoring and Order.

BRIEF-2 Self-reporting form consists of 55 statements and seven


clinical scales: Impulse Control, Self-monitoring, Flexibility,
Emotional Control, Task Completion, Working Memory and
Planning/organizing.

BRIEF-2 also contains the validity scales: Inconsistency Scale,


Negativity Scale and Scale for Unusual Answers, which are included
in all three forms.

The clinical scales of BRIEF-2 include three indices: Behavioral


Control Index (ARI), Emotion Control Index (ERI) and Cognition
Regulation Index (CRI), which in its turn form an overall global
target: General Executive Function (GEF).

The screening versions of the BRIEF-2 parenting form, the teacher's


form and the self-reporting form consist of 12 statements each. The
screening versions provide a quick answer to whether there is any
further need for assessment of executive functions

Academic area/skills: •Learning difficulties


•ADHD
•Traumatic brain injury
•Autism spectrum disorder
Target group: 5–18 years (self-reporting 11–18 years)
Survey method: Individual
Standardization: US norms from 2013–2014, based on responses from a total of
3,653 respondents: 1,400 parents, 1,400 teachers and 803 children
and adolescents
Adapted/non-adapted to
Norwegian conditions: Norwegian guide, Norwegian questionnaires
Published: 2nd edition
Author: Gerard A. Gioia, Peter K. Isquith, Steven C. Guy, Lauren Kensworthy
User groups/user
qualifications: Authorized Psychologist, authorized doctor

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