Screens for executive function impairment in ages 5–18 years (parent & teacher forms) & 11–18 years (self–report form)
Authors
Gerard A. Gioia, PhD, Peter K. Isquith, PhD, Steven C. Guy, PhD, and Lauren Kenworthy, PhD
Now enhanced with the addition of age–based (combined–sex)
norms, integrated ADHD content, and all–digital scoring.
The updated BRIEF2 gives you the information you need to help children and adolescents with executive function difficulties—pinpointing exactly where and why children struggle so clinicians and schools can make informed, impactful decisions about intervention and support. Supported by 25
years of research and more than 2,000 peer–reviewed publications, it is designed for children and adolescents for whom there may be concerns about self–regulation, including those with ASD; learning disabilities; attention disorders; TBI; depression; and other developmental, neurological, psychiatric,
and medical conditions.
The updated BRIEF2 introduces age–based (combined–sex) norms as a validated scoring option, integrates all ADHD evaluation content into the core Professional Manual, and moves all scoring to PARiConnect—without changing the instrument, items, or normative sample.
– Flexible: Age–based (combined–sex) norms are now available as a validated scoring option alongside the existing age– and sex–based norms, giving you the ability to select the most appropriate norm set for each case.
– Comprehensive: The contents of the ADHD manual supplement are now fully integrated into the updated and expanded BRIEF2
Professional Manual. ADHD evaluation content—including profiles, classification metrics, and DSM–5–TR symptom crosswalk—will remain available in BRIEF2 reports generated via PARiConnect. The standalone ADHD Form and its manual supplement have been discontinued—no separate purchase needed.
– Efficient: Administration takes only 10 minutes,
and all scoring is completed through PARiConnect so you can calculate results automatically and generate reports immediately—no manual lookup tables.
– Trusted: Supported by more than 2,000
peer–reviewed publications and 25 years of clinical evidence, with sensitivity across key clinical groups including ADHD, autism, and TBI.
Features and benefits
– Three indexes—Behaviour Regulation, Emotion Regulation, and Cognitive Regulation—plus a Global Executive Composite organize scores into a comprehensive picture of executive function across behavioural,
emotional, and cognitive domains. Three embedded validity scales
(Inconsistency, Negativity, Infrequency) help detect response bias.
– The Parent and Teacher forms each contain 63
items and assess nine clinical scales: Inhibit, Self–Monitor, Shift, Emotional Control, Initiate, Working Memory, Plan/Organize, Task–Monitor, and Organization of Materials.
– The Self–Report Form contains 55 items, with seven clinical scales paralleling the Parent and Teacher forms: Inhibit,
Self–Monitor, Shift, Emotional Control, Task Completion, Working Memory, and Plan/Organize.
– Parallel structure across Parent, Teacher, and Self–Report forms supports more informed and effective interventions.
– The Score Report provides validity results,
index T scores and percentiles, a score summary table, a score profile, and an item response table plus an optional ADHD profile.
– The Interpretive Report includes everything in the Score Report plus interpretive text for each clinical scale, index,
composite, and validity score. Optional sections include executive function interventions, an ADHD–focused section that generates a score profile,
classification metrics, and a DSM–5–TR symptom crosswalk, and an autism section that provides classification metrics.
– Both Score and Interpretive Reports can be generated with either set of norms—age– and sex–based or age–based
(combined–sex). Reports can be regenerated with a different norm set at no additional charge.
– The 12–item BRIEF2 Screening Form screens for executive function difficulties in children ages 5–18 (Parent and Teacher forms) and 11–18 (Self–Report Form) in approximately 5 minutes, helping you determine whether a comprehensive assessment is appropriate. Administered and scored digitally via PARiConnect.
– A free training course is available on the PAR Training Portal.
Companion materials
BRIEF2 Interpretive Guide — Written by the BRIEF2 authors for psychologists, graduate students, and other professionals—any clinician or researcher who assesses executive functioning in children or provides intervention—this book provides in–depth guidance for interpreting BRIEF2
scores and associated metrics such as base rates and classification statistics,
writing results in clinical reports using illustrative case examples, and providing executive function intervention. Available in print and electronic formats.
BRIEF2 Interventions Handouts — Available only via PARiConnect, these colourful, graphic handouts were developed by the BRIEF2
authors and designed to be shared with parents, teachers, and students. A set of Interventions Handouts, each addressing an elevated clinical scale (T ≥ 60)
can be generated after generation of a Score or Interpretive Report. Written in easy–to–understand language, each handout explains the relevant executive function and includes detailed strategies to support and improve the associated behaviours at home and in school.
