Assessing executive functions of Portuguese school-age students using the BRIEF

AbstractThis study describes the process of the translation and adaptation into European Portuguese of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (Teacher's version - BRIEF, Gioia, Isquith, Guy, & Kenworthy, 2000, and a version for students - BRIEF-Self-Report, Guy, Isquith, & Gioia, 2004), which provides a psychometric measure of executive functions and is frequently used in the assessment of children with developmental conditions, given its potential for screening executive dysfunctions. The Inventory was applied to 87 students with and without Learning Disabilities, from 10-13 years old, attending 5th and 6th grades in Northern Portugal