Maybe mornings in your house have become a scramble of lost shoes and unfinished tasks, or maybe you keep wondering why routines that work for other families fall apart in yours. An ADHD evaluation in Sun Prairie, WI helps your family understand what is really going on. No referral is required to get started.
Here in Sun Prairie, every evaluation opens with a clear read on cognitive and executive function, the foundation, before moving into ADHD focused testing tailored to your family's concerns. A single licensed psychologist handles it all, start to finish. We also check for anxiety, mood, and learning differences, which regularly overlap with or masquerade as ADHD.
At home, ADHD in children can look like a child who cannot settle, forgets what they were just asked, blurts across conversations, and misplaces belongings daily. Simple routines stall, and homework often ends in frustration for everyone, even when the child is smart and genuinely trying.
Teens may put things off until the last minute, misjudge how long tasks take, and drown under disorganization. Careless slips, forgotten assignments, and intense emotions are common, and their grades tend to sell short just how capable they really are.
Parents sometimes recognize themselves in the process: restless, perpetually running late, and only able to lock in when a deadline looms. Finishing what they start is a constant effort, impulsivity creeps in, and daily life feels like more work than it seems to for everyone else.
Your evaluation begins with about an hour of focused conversation, where your psychologist learns your background in full, from early development through present day routines. That history reveals which ADHD specific assessments will be the most telling for your family's situation.
With the interview as a guide, your psychologist builds a personalized battery. In person testing generally takes 2 to 6 hours over one or two days, and questionnaires go home with you. Teachers, parents, or a partner can complete their own set to round out the picture of attention and follow through.
Every result, from test scores to observations to questionnaire input, is woven into one comprehensive report. If anything else turns up during testing, such as anxiety or a mood concern, those findings are included so nothing is overlooked.
Typically two to three weeks after testing, you return for feedback. Here you receive the diagnosis and individualized recommendations, practical routines for home and school, options for therapy or coaching, medication guidance if it applies, and next steps chosen for your family.
No. You never need a referral to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. Reach out directly whenever it feels right, for any reason.
No. A real evaluation blends a clinical interview, a cognitive and executive baseline, ADHD specific measures, rating scales, and screening for the conditions that imitate ADHD. You come away with a full understanding, not a single checkbox.
Yes. We assess children, teens, and adults, and it is common for a parent to pursue their own testing after recognizing familiar patterns during a child’s evaluation.
Anxiety, depression, learning differences, and executive function struggles, because they often sit alongside or resemble ADHD and reshape what will truly help.
A plain language report and a feedback session with recommendations made for you, including school or workplace accommodations and strategies you can use right away.
Call our Madison office at (608) 396 4830 and we will find a slot that fits your family’s schedule. No referral needs to be in place first.
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