A diagnosis is only useful if it actually explains your life. Core Spring's Hales Corners ADHD evaluations go past the label to a clear picture of attention, focus, and executive function, for children, teens, and adults, with one psychologist running the whole thing. You can reach out directly, no referral needed.
We start with a foundational baseline, then build around your specific concerns: inattention, impulsivity or internal restlessness, disorganization, and inconsistent performance, with developmental history in view. We also look at how these challenges land across school, work, and daily life. One psychologist runs the process start to finish: clinical interview, testing, scoring, feedback. No handoffs, no rigid session counts, no locked-in timelines. Pacing is individualized to each client.
Parents call about kids who can’t sit still, lose track of multi-step instructions, blurt out answers, forget homework, and bring home grades that don’t match how bright they actually are.
Teens often come in with chronic procrastination, disorganized assignments, emotional impulsivity, missed deadlines, and study habits that fall apart under heavier course loads.
Adults describe missed deadlines, chronic disorganization, restlessness, impulsive decisions, zoning out in meetings, and a long pattern of underperforming relative to ability. Many have masked it for years.
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.
Many individuals, especially those with the inattentive presentation, develop coping strategies that mask ADHD symptoms through school and early adulthood. High intelligence, strong support systems, or structured environments can compensate for attention and executive function difficulties. As demands increase, these strategies often become insufficient, prompting adults to seek evaluation.
ADHD and anxiety both affect concentration and restlessness, but the underlying mechanisms differ. ADHD involves deficits in attention regulation and executive function, while anxiety involves excessive worry and threat anticipation. Core Spring Diagnostics uses distinct assessment tools for each and screens for both during every evaluation so the diagnosis is accurate.
Core Spring Diagnostics evaluates children, teenagers, and adults for ADHD. The approach is adjusted based on developmental stage. Children go through a multi-session process with caregiver input, while adult evaluations may be more condensed. The pacing is always individualized.
In teens, hyperactivity often shifts to internal restlessness, while inattention affects academics, social functioning, and time management. Teens with ADHD may struggle with planning, organization, procrastination, and emotional regulation. Core Spring Diagnostics evaluates these patterns in the context of adolescent development.
You can start documenting specific patterns and concerns you want the psychologist to know about, gather any prior evaluation reports or school records, and note examples of how attention or executive function difficulties affect daily life. This information helps the psychologist build a more complete picture during the clinical interview.
ADHD coaching focuses on practical skills like organization, time management, and goal-setting. Therapy addresses emotional and behavioral patterns associated with ADHD, such as frustration, low self-esteem, or relationship difficulties. The evaluation report from Core Spring Diagnostics includes recommendations that may point toward one or both, depending on the individual’s needs.
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