Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale - Parent
WFIRS-P is a parent-rated functional impairment measure often used in ADHD pathways. This page is for clinics. It is not a public test and not a diagnosis.
Overview
What is the WFIRS-P?
WFIRS-P gathers a parent's view of a young person's impairment across life domains. It is an informant impairment measure, not a teacher Vanderbilt and not a self-report WFIRS-S.
Development and clinical use
The parent WFIRS was developed alongside the self-report version so clinicians could compare informant impairment with symptom ratings. It shares the WFIRS-S domain structure.
- Respondent
- Parent or caregiver
- Construct
- Functional impairment
- Self relative
- WFIRS-S
- Not Vanderbilt
- Different instrument
- Scoring
- Not verified here
- Clinical role
- Informant impairment
Administration
A focused informant experience
A parent or caregiver completes the form. Do not ask the young person to complete WFIRS-P as if it were WFIRS-S.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that informant answers go to the clinic
The illustration does not reproduce WFIRS-P items.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Official materials define domain scoring. This page does not independently verify scoring.
References
- CADDRA resourcesCanadian ADHD Resource Alliance. Assessment and measurement resources.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the WFIRS-P
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Who completes WFIRS-P?
A parent or caregiver, not the adult self-report WFIRS-S.
Does it diagnose ADHD?
No. It is impairment evidence for clinician review.
Can I complete it here?
No. This landing does not collect informant answers.
Is WFIRS-P scored like WFIRS-S?
It uses the same domain structure with a parent respondent. Confirm the official scoring for the form you intend.