Attention assessment for adolescents (12–17)
A parent or guardian requests the assessment. Developmental history, your child’s own experience and information from parents and, where possible, school are considered together. We review findings and next steps with you in a feedback session.
Three perspectives, a personal understanding
Biological context and developmental history; executive functioning and attention; inner experience and personal meaning. Findings are connected in a personal report.
Explore the approach · Sample reportSpecial contexts
Gaming, without judgmentWe go beyond counting symptoms; diagnostic findings and their limits are reviewed with you in the report and feedback session.
Assessment is a defined process with a report and feedback session. Therapy or further follow-up is a separate choice.
What will you receive after assessment?
For you or your child, the assessment culminates in a comprehensive report connecting biological and developmental context, executive functioning and attention, and inner experience and personal meaning. It brings difficulties and strengths into an integrated understanding of the person within their life context.
- Clinical and diagnostic synthesis: connecting findings from the three perspectives, assessing ADHD against DSM-5 criteria and considering other factors, alongside cognitive strengths and patterns of attention that support or challenge everyday functioning.
- An individual profile: strengths, patterns of attention and organization, and the everyday conditions that support or challenge the person.
- A tailored roadmap: specific recommendations for psychological support, everyday strategies and, where appropriate, medical referral or school, university and workplace accommodations.
- A feedback session: review the report with your psychologist, ask questions and agree on practical priorities. The report provides a baseline for reviewing change in optional future follow-up.
You may share the report with your physician or the relevant organization; acceptance and documentation requirements depend on that recipient. Medical assessment and prescribing remain the physician’s responsibility.
Tools that support the assessment
For adults: the semi-structured DIVA-5 diagnostic interview, alongside standardized questionnaires about everyday cognitive skills and executive functioning, including planning, getting started and self-regulation.
For children and adolescents, age-appropriate interviews, parent conversations and parent and, where possible and with consent, teacher questionnaires help us understand home and school life. Tools are interpreted alongside history and personal experience.
Your assessment timeline
Assessment start
Assessment starts: usually one to two weeks after the first conversation, depending on availability.
Introductory conversation
A free 10-minute conversation about your concerns and whether assessment suits you or your child.
Book a free conversation →Plan the assessment
At the first assessment appointment, agree on goals, scope, fees and an appointment schedule with your psychologist.
Explore all three perspectives
Interviews and questionnaires are adapted to age and needs, bringing together history, everyday functioning and inner experience.
Report and feedback
Findings are integrated into a comprehensive report, then reviewed with your psychologist alongside practical recommendations.
Optional follow-up
After assessment, you may request separate follow-up appointments to review goals and changes.
Allow around one and a half to two months from the first assessment appointment to completion. Feedback follows once the report is ready. The number and spacing of appointments are agreed with your psychologist.