Trouble focusing gets written off as laziness or a lack of effort far too often. ADHD is neither. When inattention, impulsivity, or restlessness start to derail school, work, or daily responsibilities, a structured ADHD evaluation gives you the clarity that self-checklists never can. Core Spring evaluates children, teens, and adults across Milwaukee, and you can reach out directly, no referral needed.
One psychologist owns the entire process from intake through feedback, with no handoffs to psychometrists or outside providers, and the pacing fits your situation rather than a fixed package. We look closely at attention, impulse control, and the executive-function skills that run the day. Because ADHD overlaps with anxiety, depression, learning differences, and even sleep, an accurate answer takes careful differential work. Every evaluation opens with a foundational baseline and screens for the things that often travel alongside, like autism, so what you leave with is the full picture rather than a guess.
In class it can look like a child who cannot stay in their seat, drifts off mid-instruction, blurts answers, makes careless mistakes, and brings home grades that never match how capable they clearly are.
In the teen years it often looks like procrastinating until midnight, a backpack full of half-finished work, missed deadlines, big emotional swings, and study habits that buckle as the workload climbs.
In adulthood it can look like missed deadlines, a desk you can never quite keep on top of, restlessness, impulsive decisions, losing the thread in meetings, and a long sense of underperforming next to what you know you can do.
Your evaluation begins with a one-hour clinical interview where your psychologist gathers a thorough background, from childhood through your day-to-day life today. This conversation helps identify the specific patterns, challenges, and history that inform which ADHD-specific assessments will be most effective for your situation.
Based on your clinical interview, your psychologist selects a personalized battery of ADHD-focused assessments. Testing involves 2 to 6 hours of in-person evaluation over one to two days. You will also be sent home with questionnaires, and individuals closely involved in your life (parents, teachers, or partners) can receive their own questionnaires to provide additional perspective on attention, focus, and executive function patterns.
Your psychologist compiles all testing data, clinical observations, and questionnaire results into a detailed diagnostic report. If anything else surfaces during the evaluation (such as anxiety, depression, or other co-occurring conditions), those findings are included so nothing gets overlooked.
Approximately two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session. This is where you receive your diagnosis along with individualized recommendations: practical strategies for home, school, or work, resources for therapy or coaching, medication guidance if applicable, and next steps tailored to your specific needs.
Every ADHD evaluation starts with a cognitive and executive function baseline, then layers in ADHD-specific measures including attention tests, behavior rating scales, and clinical interviewing. One psychologist owns the entire process from intake through the feedback session, screening for co-occurring conditions like anxiety, depression, and learning differences along the way. You receive a comprehensive written report with individualized recommendations.
Everyone loses focus occasionally, but ADHD involves persistent patterns of inattention, impulsivity, or hyperactivity that interfere with daily functioning across settings. An evaluation at Core Spring Diagnostics measures these patterns against clinical benchmarks, distinguishes them from anxiety or mood-related attention problems, and determines whether a diagnosis is supported.
Yes. Many adults seek ADHD evaluations after years of struggling with focus, organization, time management, or follow-through. Core Spring Diagnostics evaluates adults using the same rigorous approach as child evaluations, including a cognitive and executive function baseline, ADHD-specific measures, and comorbidity screening.
No. ADHD presents in three ways: predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive, or combined. The inattentive type often goes undetected because there is no visible hyperactivity. Core Spring Diagnostics evaluates for all presentations, capturing internal restlessness, difficulty sustaining focus, and executive function challenges that may not be obvious to others.
Executive function skills, including planning, organizing, prioritizing, and regulating impulses, are commonly affected by ADHD. Every evaluation at Core Spring Diagnostics includes executive function testing as part of the cognitive baseline, which helps clarify how ADHD impacts real-world performance at school, work, and home.
ADHD and anxiety can look similar on the surface, as both affect concentration and restlessness. Core Spring Diagnostics screens for both during every evaluation. The cognitive and executive function baseline, combined with ADHD-specific and anxiety-specific measures, helps the psychologist determine whether one or both conditions are present.
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