Table 1.

Description of BRIEF-P and BRIEF Scales

Overlapping BRIEF-P & BRIEF Clinical Subscales
Scale Name	Description
Inhibit	Ability to stop/control behaviour at the appropriate time
Shift	Ability to move freely from one situation, activity, aspect of a problem to another
Emotional Control	Ability to modulate emotional responses
Working Memory	Capacity to hold information in the mind for purpose of completing a task/making a response
Planning & Organization	Ability to manage current and future-oriented task demands within the situational context
Additional BRIEF Subscales
Initiate	Ability to generate ideas, responses, problem solving strategies
Organization of Materials	Orderliness of work, play, and storage spaces
Monitor	Work checking habits and personal monitoring
BRIEF-P Broad Indices
Inhibitory Self-Control (ISCI)	Inhibit + Emotional Control
Emergent Metacognition (MCI)	Working Memory + Plan/Organize
Flexibility (FI)	Shift + Emotional Control
BRIEF Broad Indices
Behavioral Regulation (BRI)	Inhibit + Shift + Emotional Control
Metacognition (MI)	Initiate + Working Memory + Plan/Organize + Organization of Materials + Monitor
BRIEF & BRIEF-P Overall Composite
Global Executive Composite (GEC)	Overall EF - Summary of all clinical subscales