ADHD Assessment Cheat Sheet | Clinician Reference Tool

Make ADHD assessments more organized, comprehensive, and clinically focused with this Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Assessment Clinician Cheat Sheet.

This 4-page mental health professional resource provides a structured framework for exploring developmental history, inattentive symptoms, hyperactivity and impulsivity, executive functioning, cross-setting impairment, masking and compensation, differential diagnosis, and individualized case formulation.

ADHD assessment involves much more than determining whether a client currently struggles with concentration. This clinician reference helps professionals examine whether patterns of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity developed during the developmental period, occur across relevant settings, and create meaningful functional impairment.     

SECTIONS:
Presenting concerns and developmental timeline
• Inattentive symptom assessment
• Hyperactive and impulsive symptom assessment
• Childhood and adolescent history
• Cross-setting evidence
• Executive functioning difficulties
• Masking and compensatory strategies
• Functional impairment
• Differential diagnosis
• Psychiatric comorbidity
• Medical, sleep, medication and substance considerations
• Family, genetic and psychosocial context
• Collateral information and records
• Validated ADHD rating scales and assessment tools
• Neuropsychological testing considerations
• High-yield clinical interview questions
• 4P case formulation
• Individualized treatment targets
• End-of-assessment clinician checklist
• Documentation guidance

IMPORTANT: This resource is intended as an educational and clinical reference tool and is not a stand-alone diagnostic instrument. Clinicians should integrate client reports, clinical observations, appropriate validated measures, history, collateral/medical information when appropriate, and professional judgment.

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