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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Ratings scales in the assessment and monitoring of ADHD Scales Behaviors assessed Broadband assessment Conners' Rating Scale (revised): Long form [1] Combined measure of ODD, cognitive problems, hyperactivity, anxiousness/shyness, perfectionism, social problems, psychosomatic illnesses, restlessness/impulsiveness, emotional lability, DSM-IV symptoms scale, DSM-IV inattentive, DSM-IV hyperactive-impulsive Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC) [2] Hyperactivity, aggression, conduct problems, anxiety, depression, somatization, atypicality, withdrawal, attention problems, learning problems, lack of adaptability/social/leadership/study skills Child Behavior Checklist/Teacher Report Form [3,4] Somatic complaints, social/thought/attention problems, anxiety/depression, aggressive/delinquent behavior, withdrawal Narrow-band assessment ADHD Comprehensive Teacher's Rating Scale (ACTeRS): Boys' and girls' form [5] Attention problems, hyperactivity, lack of social skills, oppositional ADHD Rating Scale [6] Symptoms of ADHD according to DSM-IV criteria Childhood Attention Problems Scale [7] Combined measure of attention problems, impulsivity, hyperactivity Conners' Rating Scale (revised): Short form [1] Combined measure of ODD, cognitive problems, hyperactivity, ADHD index BASC Monitor Rating Scale [8] Attention/adaptive problems, hyperactivity, problems with internalizing Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale [9] DSM-IV symptoms of ODD, ADHD, and CD (parent form only) Vanderbilt Assessment Scales [10,11] Symptoms of ADHD according to DSM-IV criteria; screen for comorbid conditions (ODD, CD, anxiety, depression) Assessment of medication side effects Side Effects Rating Scale [9] Sleeping/appetite problems, staring/daydreaming, withdrawal, anxiety, irritability, somatic complaints, emotional lability, dizziness, tics ADHD: attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; ODD: oppositional-defiant disorder; DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition; CD: conduct disorder. References: Conners CK. Conners 3rd Edition. Toronto, Multi-Health Systems, Inc., 2008. Reynolds CF, Kamphaus RW. Behavior Assessment System for Children-Second Edition. Minneapolis, MN, NC Pearson, Inc., 2004. Achenbach TM. Manual for the Child Behavior Checklist. University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, Burlington, 1991.

References: Conners CK. Conners 3rd Edition. Toronto, Multi-Health Systems, Inc., 2008. Reynolds CF, Kamphaus RW. Behavior Assessment System for Children-Second Edition. Minneapolis, MN, NC Pearson, Inc., 2004. Achenbach TM. Manual for the Child Behavior Checklist. University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, Burlington, 1991. Achenbach TM. Manual for the Teachers Report Form. University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry, Burlington, 1991. Ullmann RK, Sleator EK, Sprague RL. A new rating scale for diagnosis and monitoring of ADD children. Psychopharmacol Bull 1984; 20:160. DuPaul GJ. Parent and teacher ratings of ADHD symptoms: Psychometric properties in a community based sample. J Clin Child Psychol 1991; 20:242. Edelbrock C. Child Attention Problems Scale (unpublished manuscript). Penn State University, University Park, 1978. Kamphaus RW, Reynolds CR. BASC Monitor for ADHD: Manual and Software Guide. American Guidance Service, Circle Pine, MN 1998. Barkley RA, Murphy KR. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Clinical Workbook. Guilford Press, New York 1998. Wolraich ML, Feurer ID, Hannah JN, et al. Obtaining systematic teacher reports of disruptive behaviors utilizing DSM-IV. J Abnorm Child Psychol 1998; 26:141. Wolraich ML, Lambert W, Doffing MA, et al. Psychometric properties of the Vanderbilt ADHD diagnostic parent rating scale in a referred population. J Pediatr Psychol 2003; 28:559.