The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) is an assessment tool that was created in 2000 by a team of neuropsychologist and other licensed psychologist who have specialized in working with children. The following sections will discuss the assessments brief history and primary purpose, psychometric properties, basic format and administration, scoring, and appropriate use by population and cultural considerations. Brief History and Primary Purpose Gerard Gioia, Peter Isquith, Robert Roth, Steven Guy, Lauren Kenworthy, and Kimberly Andrews Espy created the BRIEF in 2000. Most of these individuals currently work at the Children’s National Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School, or in independent practice. According to Fitzpatrick (n.d.), the authors “contend that executive dysfunction can arise from damage to prefrontal regions as well as damage to the densely interconnected posterior or subcortical areas (p. 1)” rather than being seated solely in the prefrontal region. Many of the items included in this assessment tool have been gathered from relevant literature and clinical experience, from the authors and other professionals in the field (Fitzpatrick, n.d.). Since the first publication in 2000, several additional versions have been …show more content…
The BRIEF was derived from needing a means to differentiate between learning disabilities, attentional deficits, memory impairments, neurological disorders, or a combination of these problems (Gioia, Isquith, Guy, & Kenworthy, 2000). Previous neuropsychological assessments were either lacking in measuring the executive function of every day behaviors or included information outside of executive function. This assessment incorporates and utilizes information gathered by the child’s parent(s) and teacher in order to assess the daily behaviors of executive
Phillip Kmetz LA365 General Psychology May 8, 2016 Module 11 Case Study 1. “Kevin is a cheerful nine-year-old third grader who is brought to the outpatient clinic after the teacher at the private school he attends repeatedly called his mother about his worsening classroom behavior. His teacher described him as a likable and friendly youngster who always obeyed when spoken to but also repeatedly disrupted the class by his antics and could no longer be tolerated in the classroom. The teacher reported that he hummed and make noises under his breath, blurted out answers without raising his hand, and always tried to be first when the teacher asked a question, even though he often did not have the answer when called upon.
Is technology changing our brains for the better or for the worse? The human brain is a biological masterpiece and is the most advanced organ on the face of the planet. In Richard Restak’s essay “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era,” he speaks about how the advancements in technology in this modern era have affected the brain’s habits and functions. Multitasking is requiring the brain to change how it functions, its organizations, and efficiency throughout day-to-day tasks and is also enabling people to do things otherwise not possible. Within the past two decades, the amount of time we spend on using technology has increased by a large amount.
The video “Ride the Tiger: A guide through the Bipolar Brain” introduced and explored new insights in brain science that are being used to create new and more effective treatments for Bipolar and depression. It is important to understand about how the biological components of these disorders affect our patents and how effective medication can be. I can use this information to guide clinical decisions when working with clients who suffer from Bipolar or Depression. Initially, this video gave me a greater understanding about how much biology affects these disorders and the importance of incorporating referrals to a psychiatrist is in our work. Using medication to address these disorders can be a life and death issue because of the prevalence of suicide risk associated with them.
The forebrain helps people make wise decisions, damage to this area could result in an increase in impulsivity, leading this person to make harmful decisions. Damage to the forebrain may also result in memory loss. Patients with damaged frontal lobes often complain of minimal to substantial memory loss. Because of this, frontal lobe injuries have been associated with memory
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which stands for ADHD is a common behavioural disorder.
An audience was brought into being through the need of answers and the article fulfilled its duty to inform the reader about ADHD. The word choice reinforces that the audience was meant to be an average member of society and it allows most people to comprehend the material with ease. The use of visual rhetoric reinforced the text and provided a clearer understanding of the article. Credibility is difficult to establish; yet, the CDC effortlessly demonstrated itself as a dependable source while applying logos and pathos to bring the passage to an accomplished informational text. Overall, this article achieves its rhetorical effectiveness and has demonstrated to be a reliable source of information regarding
The brain and central nervous system problems, with a child on the spectrum, will include issues such as: poor coordination, balance, memory, attention, processing speed, reasoning, intellect, judgment, mood regulation, and difficulties with hyperactivity. Even though this list of challenges is long, it is important to know that there are just as many social and behavioral problems as well. Children with FAS tend to have difficulty in school. Their ability to stay on task and set goals, such as research papers present a large challenge to children with FAS. They also have poor social skills, causing trouble getting along with others.
For example, impulsivity and lack of empathy may be seen in both mental and cognitive impairments. Cognitive disabilities, however, are permanent and individuals deal with their disabilities on a daily basis for the remainder of their lives. The factors of cognitive disabilities include, “Intellectual
In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) released a new manual called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), to be used by doctors and other health care professionals to diagnose ADHD in children and adults. This manual serves as a guide for the healthcare practitioners, to lay out the criteria when conducting diagnoses of ADHD in an individual. The recent edition of the manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) was produced to change, how ADHD is diagnosed in children and adults particularly the causes of ADHD, the symptom description, and the awareness on the use of information about the disorder in children and adults. Studies have shown
ADHD affects behaviour and social development in that they get easily frustated, which could be the same children with Autism this affects there Emotional and social development. Dyslexia is a condition that affects learning literacy so what they think they are reading may not be what is actually there so they get stuck with understand letters they may
Results of the neuropsychological testing indicated the severity of KFI’s Axis I diagnoses. Further testing indicated that KFI suffers from hallucination caused by an imbalance in her brain and excessive serotonin. KFI is a student at CCMC School, a private special education facility since January 2010. Her current program includes individual counseling, one hour per
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A person suffering from this disorder may have difficulties concentrating
The last reason why children are being misdiagnosed for ADHD is because the child’s doctors are taking the easy way out. Once, doctors insisted on hours of evaluation of a child before making a diagnosis or prescribing a medication. Today doctors brag that they can make an initial assessment of a child and write a prescription in less than 20 minutes (Guelph Murphy 2006). Some doctors today think treating a child is more about speed rather than accuracy. “Many Clinicians find it easier to tell parents their child has a brain- based disorder than suggest parenting changes” (Guelph Murphy 2006).
A group of healthy volunteers will be recruited to participate in this research. They are asked to fill in a questionnaire form, which will be used to assess their distractibility in daily life. The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) (Broadbent et al., 1982) requires the participants to rate the frequency of them experiencing 25 minor cognitive failures in the past 6 months. The CFQ consists of four principal factors, which are distractibility, memory blunders and (memory of) name. The rate of frequency is on a scale of 0 to 4, with 0 indicating never and 4 meaning very often.