Measuring Executive Functions – Building Better Programs https://www.buildingbetterprograms.org Resources for Improving TANF and Related Work Programs Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:34:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 BRIEF ® – A: Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning ® – Adult Version https://www.buildingbetterprograms.org/2014/04/21/brief-a-behavioral-rating-inventory-of-executive-functioning-adult-version/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:05:52 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterprograms.org/?p=435 Read more]]> The Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning – Adult Version (BRIEF-A) is a standardized measure that captures views of an adult’s executive functions or self-regulation in his or her everyday environment.  The inventory uses both self-reporting and observer reporting.  The original BRIEF assessed Executive Functioning in children; the BRIEF-A focuses on adults.  This assessment is useful to assess for developmental, systemic, neurological, and psychiatric disorders.

Please note that while this is link will bring you to the BRIEF-A page, the assessment is not free.

]]> Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS for Adults) https://www.buildingbetterprograms.org/2014/04/21/barkley-deficits-in-executive-functioning-scale-bdefs-for-adults/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:04:20 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterprograms.org/?p=433 Read more]]> The Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS for Adults) is an empirically based tool for evaluating dimensions of adult executive functioning in daily life. Evidence indicates that the BDEFS is far more predictive of impairments in major life activities than more time-consuming and costly traditional EF tests. The BDEFS offers an ecologically valid snapshot of the capacities involved in time management, organization and problem solving, self-restraint, self-motivation, and self-regulation of emotions. It comprises both self- and other-reports in a long form (15-20 minutes) and a short form (4-5 minutes). Special features include an adult ADHD risk index in the long form.

Please note that while this is link will bring you to the BDEFS for Adults page, the assessment is not free.

Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS for Adults)

]]> NIH Toolbox https://www.buildingbetterprograms.org/2014/04/21/nih-toolbox/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:02:55 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterprograms.org/?p=431 Read more]]> The NIH Toolbox focuses on two laboratory tests used by neuroscientists to measure Executive Function.  NIH Toolbox focuses on these components of Executive Function:

Inhibition of automatic response tendencies that may interfere with achieving a goal

  • Set shifting, the capacity for switching among multiple aspects of a strategy or task

Executive Function in the NIH Toolbox is measured by:

 

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