ADHD EVALUATIONS
ADHD Evaluations for Children, Teens & Adults
Helping you connect the dots between how your brain works, how ADHD shows up in everyday life, and what you need to function well.
UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE PICTURE
More Than an ADHD Test
There is no single test that can diagnose ADHD. A thoughtful evaluation considers developmental history, current functioning, executive functioning, mental health, behavior across settings, and objective data when useful.
The goal is not simply to determine whether you meet criteria for ADHD. It is to better understand how your brain works, where you may be struggling, what strengths or compensatory strategies you have developed, and what support may actually help.
Evaluation Options
Choose the Level of Evaluation You Need
Comprehensive Diagnostic ADHD Evaluation
Best for: Diagnostic clarification, treatment planning, medication management, or documentation for accommodations.
- Comprehensive clinical interview
- ADHD & executive-function measures
- QbCheck objective data
- Collateral information when appropriate
- Feedback appointment
- Comprehensive written report
ADHD Computer Screening
Best for: Clients seeking additional information about possible ADHD or objective screening data for a treating clinician.
- Screening questionnaires
- Relevant records review
- QbCheck completed from home
- Feedback appointment
- Brief written summary
Not sure which option you need? A Computer Screening is not a diagnostic evaluation and may not be sufficient for accommodations or for prescribers requiring a comprehensive evaluation.
Our Approach
A Neurodiversity-Affirming ADHD Evaluation
Evaluation should help make sense of your experiences, not reduce you to a score or checklist.
The Whole Person
Attention and executive functioning are considered alongside mental health, relationships, developmental experiences, environment, and everyday demands.
Masking & Compensation
Strong academic or professional performance does not necessarily mean ADHD traits are absent. We consider the effort and strategies required to maintain that performance.
Objective Data in Context
QbCheck provides useful information about attention, activity, and impulse control, but results are interpreted alongside interviews, history, questionnaires, and other available information.
The Evaluation Process
What to Expect
01 | Schedule Your Initial Appointment
Schedule your initial evaluation appointment online through the secure client portal. You’ll select an available appointment time and complete the information needed to get started for the Comprehensive Evaluation.
02 | Complete Your Paperwork
After scheduling, you’ll receive intake forms to complete electronically before your appointment.
03 | Clinical Interview
Meet by telehealth for a one-hour, in-depth clinical interview exploring your developmental, medical, psychological, educational, occupational, relational, and family history, as well as the experiences that led you to seek an ADHD evaluation.
04 | Complete Your ADHD Assessment Measures
05 | I Review & Integrate Your Results
After all assessment components are complete, I review the information gathered throughout your evaluation, including your clinical interview, questionnaires and rating scales, QbCheck results, available collateral information, and relevant records when applicable.
These sources are considered together to understand patterns across your history and current functioning and to determine whether the overall findings support an ADHD diagnosis or suggest another explanation for your concerns.
06 | Follow-Up Appointment
Meet by telehealth for a 30 minute follow-up appointment to review your evaluation results, discuss the findings and outcomes, and answer any questions you may have.
07 | Receive Your Report
After your evaluation is complete, your report will be finalized and provided to you electronically through your secure client portal.
Your evaluation results and report are confidential and will not be released to any other person or organization without your signed authorization for release of information.
Is an evaluation right for you?
You May Be Looking for Answers Because…
Attention & Focus
You have difficulty sustaining attention, starting tasks, or shifting between activities.
Executive Functioning
Organization, planning, time management, working memory, or follow-through feel harder than they should.
School & Work
Your performance does not consistently reflect your ability, particularly as demands have increased.
Masking & Compensation
You have developed strategies to stay organized, meet expectations, or appear capable, but maintaining them takes significant effort.
Emotion Regulation
You become easily overwhelmed, frustrated, overstimulated, or exhausted from keeping everything together.
Late Recognition
You wonder whether ADHD explains longstanding patterns previously attributed to anxiety, stress, motivation, or personality.
Treatment & Support
You need diagnostic clarification to inform treatment, medication discussions, or requests for appropriate support.
Changing Demands
Strategies that worked earlier in life may no longer be enough as school, work, relationships, parenting, or other responsibilities have become more complex.
ADHD Evaluation FAQS
What is the difference between a Comprehensive ADHD Evaluation and an ADHD Computer Screening?
A Comprehensive ADHD Evaluation is a diagnostic evaluation designed to determine whether your history, current experiences, and assessment results are consistent with ADHD. It includes a comprehensive clinical interview, ADHD and executive-function measures, QbCheck, collateral information when appropriate, a feedback appointment, and a comprehensive written report.
The ADHD Computer Screening is a shorter service that includes questionnaires and QbCheck to provide additional information about attention, activity, and impulse control. It can be useful when you or your treating provider want objective screening data, but it is not a diagnostic evaluation and does not result in a formal ADHD diagnosis.
This evaluation is specific to ADHD and relevant differential diagnostic considerations. It is not a comprehensive psychological or neuropsychological evaluation and does not include full cognitive, intellectual, academic, personality, or neuropsychological testing.
What is the difference between ADHD evaluation, assessment, and testing?
The terms ADHD evaluation, ADHD assessment, and ADHD testing are often used interchangeably, although a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation involves much more than a single test or questionnaire.
This evaluation is specific to ADHD and relevant differential diagnostic considerations. It is not a comprehensive psychological or neuropsychological evaluation and does not include full cognitive, intellectual, academic, personality, or neuropsychological testing.
What is QbCheck?
QbCheck is a computerized assessment that provides objective information about attention, activity, and impulse control. It is completed remotely using a computer with a webcam and is one source of information used during the evaluation.
QbCheck does not diagnose ADHD on its own. Results are interpreted in the context of your developmental history, clinical interview, questionnaires, executive-function measures, collateral information when appropriate, and other available information.
What type of device do I need to complete the QbCheck at home?
QbCheck must be completed on a desktop or laptop computer with a working camera.
QbCheck cannot be completed on a Chromebook, tablet, or smartphone. Before scheduling your QbCheck, please make sure you have access to a compatible desktop or laptop with a functioning camera for the assessment.
How should I set up my space for the QbCheck?
QbCheck should be completed in a quiet, private, distraction-free space that creates conditions similar to completing an assessment in a clinic or office.
Before beginning your QbCheck:
- Choose a quiet room where you can be alone and uninterrupted for at least an hour (the assessment itself is only 15-20 minutes depending on the age of the test-taker)
- Use a desk or table with a supportive chair without arms and no wheels (or lock the wheels)
- Clear the immediate area of unnecessary items and visual distractions.
- Turn off televisions, music, notifications, and other background noise.
- Keep phones, smartwatches, and other devices out of reach and set to Do Not Disturb or turned off.
- Ask family members, roommates, and others not to enter the room or interrupt you during testing.
- Make sure your computer is positioned on a stable surface and that the camera has a clear, unobstructed view of you.
- Use normal indoor lighting so that you are clearly visible on camera.
The goal is to create a consistent, clinic-like testing environment so that distractions or interruptions do not unnecessarily affect your performance. Please do not complete the QbCheck from a bed, couch, vehicle, public space, or other environment where you are likely to be distracted or interrupted.
Is there anything I should or should not do before completing the QbCheck?
QbCheck is intended to provide information about your attention, activity, and impulse control under standardized testing conditions. To help ensure that your results are meaningful, please follow these guidelines:
- Take medications as normally prescribed unless you have received specific instructions from your provider about your assessment.
- Do not make changes to your medication, caffeine, or other usual routines specifically for the QbCheck unless instructed to do so.
- Try to get your usual amount of sleep the night before testing.
- Eat and drink as you normally would so that hunger or thirst does not become an unnecessary distraction.
- Use the restroom before beginning the assessment.
- Put away your phone, smartwatch, headphones, and other electronic devices that could distract you during testing.
- Do not have another person in the room unless you have specifically been instructed otherwise.
- Once testing begins, do not take breaks, leave the testing area, or pause to respond to messages or other interruptions unless directed by the QbCheck program.
Most importantly, do not try to change, improve, or compensate for how you typically function in order to perform differently on the QbCheck. There is no “good” or “bad” performance. The QbCheck is one source of information used as part of your broader evaluation and is not interpreted by itself.
Can ADHD be evaluated through telehealth?
Yes. My ADHD evaluations are designed for telehealth and are available to clients in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Interviews, questionnaires, assessment measures, QbCheck, feedback appointments, and other components of the evaluation can be completed remotely.
Telehealth also allows the evaluation to take place within your everyday environment rather than requiring travel to an unfamiliar testing office.
Do parents, partners, teachers, or other people need to participate?
Not always. Collateral information can be helpful because ADHD begins during development and often affects functioning differently across settings. Depending on your age and circumstances, questionnaires may be completed by a parent, partner, teacher, or another person who knows you well.
For adults, I recognize that a parent or childhood informant may not be available or appropriate. The absence of collateral information does not automatically prevent an ADHD evaluation from being completed.
Can I use the evaluation for medication management?
A Comprehensive ADHD Evaluation provides diagnostic information that can be shared with your physician or other prescribing provider when discussing treatment options, including medication.
Individual prescribers may have their own requirements before prescribing ADHD medication, so I recommend confirming those requirements with your provider when possible. The ADHD Computer Screening alone may not meet a prescriber’s requirements for a formal diagnostic evaluation.
Can I use the evaluation for school, workplace, or testing accommodations?
A Comprehensive ADHD Evaluation includes diagnostic documentation and individualized recommendations that may support requests for accommodations at school, work, or on high-stakes examinations.
Documentation requirements vary by institution and testing organization, and an ADHD diagnosis does not guarantee approval of a particular accommodation. If you are seeking accommodations from a specific organization, I recommend reviewing its current requirements before beginning the evaluation and letting me know about any required forms or documentation.
How long does an ADHD evaluation take?
The evaluation includes paperwork and questionnaires, a clinical interview, assessment measures, QbCheck, review and integration of the information collected, and a feedback appointment. The overall timeline varies depending on the complexity of the evaluation, whether records or collateral information are needed, and how quickly assessment materials are completed.
You will receive information about the current expected timeline and next steps when beginning the evaluation.
What is included in the Comprehensive ADHD Evaluation fee?
The $825 Comprehensive ADHD Evaluation fee includes the clinical interview, ADHD and executive-function measures, QbCheck, review of relevant records and collateral information when appropriate, scoring and interpretation of assessment data, integration of findings, a feedback appointment, and a comprehensive written report with diagnostic impressions and individualized recommendations.
Getting Started
Ready to Learn More?
ADHD evaluations are provided by telehealth in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Review the evaluation options or schedule a consultation to determine which service best fits your needs.