ADD Test for Children
- A Pre-assessment is usually done to evaluate your child compared with the average child in certain situations. A teacher or counselor will have a questionnaire to fill out. This test asks about different behaviors and actions. The pretest evaluates behaviors with other children, siblings and classroom behavior. Parents will fill out another section of the test. The sections ask about the child's behaviors and patterns at home, how well they follow instructions and how well they listen.
- Children are also diagnosed for ADD through extensive interviews. Parents are asked about the child's symptoms as well as how normal the pregnancy was and if there were any developmental delays, such as walking or speaking. Children are asked a series of questions about school and friendship as well as their homes. The child will then be asked to play a series of games. Most games include putting things in order and matching colors and shapes.
- The Cognitive Assessment System is an intelligence test that helps to measure ADD and ADHD. The test was developed because normal intelligence tests cannot measure behavioral problems. The test measures planning ability and self regulation and allows the person to select a strategy to solve a problem. This test has proved that a child with ADD or ADHD scores much lower than average children in attention and concentration levels, which are No. 1 sign of attention deficit disorder.
