Just about all doctors use a standard ADHD Assessment Checklist. This ADHD checklist is part of the ADHD assessment tests that is completed with the doctor or may be the only assessment to look for
ADHD signs
(with observation of the patient also).
Depending on the age of the child or adult, the doctor may do some different things. During child's assessment for ADHD, the doctor may have the child put a puzzle together to copy the one the doctor put together to see how well the child's focus and concentration ability is.
With an older child or adult, the doctor may see how well the person follows a conversation. He/she will have an ADHD Assessment Checklist filled out by the adult patient or by the child's parent.
This is an ADHD Assessment Checklist that many doctors have their patients fill out. I remember filling out one like this. I thought it was going to take a week to fill out. You can print this page out and take this to the doctor with you.
Your doctor may have you fill out his/her own ADHD Assessment Checklist.
Remember, this is for things that are beyond what would be normal for the age of the patient.
More than 20 checked items on the ADHD assessment tests indicates a strong tendency toward Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.