Attention Deficit Disorder Evaluation Scale-Fifth Edition

The Attention Deficit Disorder Evaluation Scale-Fifth Edition (ADDES-5) enables educators, school and private psychologists, pediatricians, and other medical personnel to evaluate Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and youth from input provided by primary observers of the student’s behavior.

The ADDES-5 was developed from research in behavior disorders, learning disabilities, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; current literature in psychology, neurology, and education; and current DSM-5™ practices in identification and diagnosis. The subscales, Inattentive and Hyperactive-Impulsive, are based on the current characteristics of ADHD. The results provided by the scale are commensurate with criteria used by educational, psychiatric, and pediatric professionals to identify Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and youth. The scale is available in two versions: School Version, a reporting form for educators, and Home Version, a reporting form for parents.

Internal consistency, test-retest, and inter-rater reliability; item and factor analysis; and content, diagnostic, criterion-related, and construct validity are documented and reported for the scale.

Characteristics and Components of the ADDES-5

• The ADDES-5 is based on the DSM-5™ definition of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the criteria most widely accepted by educators and mental health professionals.
  
  
• The ADDES-5 School Version was standardized on a total of 4,829 students, including students identified with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
  
  
• The standardization population included students from 23 states and represented all geographic regions of the United States.
  
  
• Factor analysis confirmed the two ADDES-5 subscales.
  
  
• The ADDES-5 provides separate norms for male and female students 5 through 17 years of age.
  
  
• The School Version can be completed in approximately 15 minutes and includes 60 items easily observed and documented by educational personnel.
  
  
• The Home Version can be completed by a parent or guardian in approximately 12 minutes and includes 46 items representing behaviors exhibited in and around the home environment.
  
  
• The Pre-Referral Attention Deficit Checklist provides a format for identifying behaviors in need of intervention.
  
  
• The Attention Deficit Disorder Intervention Manual - Revised includes IEP goals, objectives, and interventions for all 60 items on the School Version of the scale.
  
  
• The Parent’s Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder provides parents with specific, practical strategies to use in helping their child be more successful in the home environment.
  
  
• The ADDES-5 Quick Score computer program converts raw scores to standard scores and percentiles which makes scoring efficient and convenient.
  
  
• The Attention Deficit Disorder Intervention Manual - Revised computer program provides an individualized printout of goals, objectives, and specific interventions selected for a student and implemented by teachers or personnel in the school environment.
  
  
• Spanish language Home and School Version Rating Forms are available.

Educational Planning

The Attention Deficit Disorder Intervention Manual - Revised (216 pages, © 2021) offers intervention strategies to help professionals manage 60 of the most common behavioral characteristics of students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. The manual includes goals and objectives for an IEP, as well as a comprehensive collection of intervention strategies to help students be more successful in the school environment.

Parental Involvement

The Parent’s Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder (126 pages, © 1995) provides logical and useful suggestions for parents searching for solutions to their child’s problems. The user-friendly format has hundreds of suggestions for parents to help their child who has an Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder be more successful. The guide includes all behaviors from the Home Version of the Attention Deficit Disorder Evaluation Scale - Fifth Edition.

The Attention Deficit Disorder Evaluation Scale-Fifth Edition Quick Score computer program converts raw scores to standard scores and percentiles which makes scoring efficient and convenient.

The Attention Deficit Disorder Intervention Manual - Revised CD-ROM is a Windows®-compatible product designed to be used in conjunction with the Attention Deficit Disorder Intervention Manual. It provides the user with the ability to maintain individual student reports, the ability to print appendix pages, and three report options:

• Individualized Intervention Program generates a printout of chosen goals, objectives, and intervention strategies to be implemented for a student prior to any formal assessment.
  
  
• Intervention Strategies Documentation Form provides a report of chosen intervention strategies and dates of implementation. The implementer indicates which intervention strategies have been successful/unsuccessful for each behavior.
  
  
• Functional Behavior Assessment documents each area of the functional behavior assessment process including antecedents and intervention strategies for each selected behavior.

• Windows®-compatible Quick Score computer programs require Windows® 2000 or newer, and 10 MB of RAM, 10MB of available hard disk space.
  
  
• All Hawthorne Educational Services, Inc., software programs must be used with the companion manual and/or rating form.
  
  

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