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Vanderbilt ADHD Assessment Scales

Instructions

Each rating should be considered in the context of what is appropriate for the age of your child. Please think about your child's behaviors since the beginning of the school year when rating the frequency questions.
Frequency Code: 0 = Never, 1 = Occasionally, 2 = Often, 3 = Very Often

Inattention

Fails to give attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork

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Vanderbilt ADHD Assessment Scales

Instructions

Inattention

Fails to give attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork

Inattention

Has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities

Inattention

Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly

Inattention

Does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand)

Inattention

Has difficulty organizing tasks and activities

Inattention

Avoids, dislikes, or is reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort

Inattention

Loses things necessary for tasks or activities (school assignments, pencils, books)

Inattention

Is easily distracted by extraneous stimuli

Inattention

Is forgetful in daily activities

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Leaves seat in classroom or in other situations when remaining seated is expected

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Runs about or climbs excessively in situations when remaining seated is expected

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Has difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities quietly

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Is "on the go" or acts as if "driven by a motor"

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Talks excessively

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Blurts out answers before questions have been completed

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Has difficulty waiting in line

Hyperactivity/Impulsivity

Interrupts or intrudes on others (butts into conversations or games)

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder Symptoms

Argues with adults

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder Symptoms

Loses temper

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder Symptoms

Actively defies or refuses to comply with adults' requests or rules

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder Symptoms

Deliberately annoys people

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder Symptoms

Blames others for his or her mistakes or misbehaviors

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder Symptoms

Is touchy or easily annoyed by others

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder Symptoms

Is angry or resentful

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder Symptoms

Is spiteful and vindictive

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Bullies, threatens, or intimidates others

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Initiates physical fights

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Lies to obtain goods for favors or to avoid obligations (i.e., "cons" others)

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Is truant from school (skips school) without permission

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Is physically cruel to people

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Has stolen items of nontrivial value

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Deliberately destroys others' property

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Has used a weapon that can cause serious harm (bat, knife, brick, gun)

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Is physically cruel to animals

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Has deliberately set fires to cause damage

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Has broken into someone else's home, business, or car

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Has stayed out at night without permission

Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Has run away from home overnight