ADHD Rating Scale - 5 for Children and Adolescents: Checklists, Norms, and Clinical Interpretation

by George J. DuPaul PhD, Thomas J. Power PhD, ABPP, Arthur D. Anastopoulos PhD, Robert Reid PhD

Overview

Grounded in more than 20 years of research, this valid, reliable, easy-to-administer instrument is widely used by mental health, educational, and medical practitioners in screening, diagnosis, and treatment evaluation. Parent questionnaires on home behaviors (English and Spanish) and teacher questionnaires on classroom behaviors are keyed to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Each scale takes just 5 minutes to complete and comes in both a child (5-10) and adolescent (11-17) version, with developmentally appropriate symptom descriptions. Complete instructions are provided for scoring and interpretation, including separate scoring profiles for symptoms and impairments in boys and girls.

New to This Edition:
*Updated for DSM-5.
*Separate adolescent versions of both home and school rating scales. 
*Includes functional impairment items linked to each symptom dimension (inattention symptoms and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms).
*Full analysis of the revised scale's psychometric properties.

QUICK VIEW
What does it do?: Quickly determines the frequency and severity of ADHD symptoms and impairments.
Age Range: 5-17
Administration Time: 5 minutes for each scale.
Format: Parent-report and teacher-report rating scales (includes parent forms in English and Spanish).
Cost of Additional Forms: No cost—purchasers get permission to reproduce the forms and score sheets for repeated use.

Includes Permission to Photocopy:
Enhancing the convenience and value of the ADHD Rating Scale-5, the limited duplication license allows individual purchasers to reproduce the forms and score sheets for use with their clients or patients, yielding considerable cost savings over other available scales. The large format and sturdy wire binding facilitate photocopying.

Age range: 5-17.

Rating Scales and Scoring Sheets
ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version: Child (English)
ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version: Adolescent (English)
ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version: Child (Spanish)
ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version: Adolescent (Spanish)
ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version: Symptom Scoring Sheet for Boys
ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version: Symptom Scoring Sheet for Girls
ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version: Impairment Scoring Sheet for Boys
ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version: Impairment Scoring Sheet for Girls
ADHD Rating Scale-5, School Version: Child
ADHD Rating Scale-5, School Version: Adolescent
ADHD Rating Scale-5, School Version: Symptom Scoring Sheet for Boys
ADHD Rating Scale-5, School Version: Symptom Scoring Sheet for Girls
ADHD Rating Scale-5, School Version: Impairment Scoring Sheet for Boys
ADHD Rating Scale-5, School Version: Impairment Scoring Sheet for Girls

Visit the publisher's website (www.guilford.com/p/dupaul2) for technical information.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462524877
Publisher:	Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	02/15/2016
Edition description:	Revised Edition, (Wire-Bound Paperback)
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

George J. DuPaul, PhD, is Professor of School Psychology at Lehigh University. He is a Fellow of Divisions 16 (School Psychology), 53 (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology), and 54 (Pediatric Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is past president of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. He is a recipient of the APA Division 16 Senior Scientist Award and was named to the Children and Adults with ADHD Hall of Fame. Dr. DuPaul's primary research interests are school-based assessment and treatment of disruptive behavior disorders, pediatric school psychology, and assessment and treatment of college students with ADHD. His publications include over 190 journal articles and book chapters on assessment and treatment of ADHD, as well as the coauthored ADHD in the Schools, Third Edition, and ADHD Rating Scale–5 for Children and Adolescents.

Thomas J. Power, PhD, is Director of the Center for Management of ADHD at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Professor of School Psychology in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published widely on the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD.

Arthur D. Anastopoulos, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he also directs the ADHD Clinic. He regularly presents his work at scientific meetings and has published widely on the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults with ADHD.

Robert Reid, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research interests center on treatment of attention-related problems and cognitive strategy instruction. He is coauthor of Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the ADHD Rating Scales
2. Factor Analysis
3. Standardization and Normative Data
4. Reliability and Validity
5. Interpretation and Use of the Scales for Diagnostic and Screening Purposes
6. Interpretation and Use of the Scales for Evaluating Treatment Outcome
Appendix. Rating Scales and Scoring Sheets
Attention and Behavior Rating Form, Home Version: Child (English)
Attention and Behavior Rating Form, Home Version: Adolescent (English)
Attention and Behavior Rating Form, Home Version: Child (Spanish)
Attention and Behavior Rating Form, Home Version: Adolescent (Spanish)
ADHD Rating Scale–5, Home Version: Symptom Scoring Sheet for Boys
ADHD Rating Scale–5, Home Version: Symptom Scoring Sheet for Girls
ADHD Rating Scale–5, Home Version: Impairment Scoring Sheet for Boys
ADHD Rating Scale–5, Home Version: Impairment Scoring Sheet for Girls
Attention and Behavior Rating Form, School Version: Child
Attention and Behavior Rating Form, School Version: Adolescent
ADHD Rating Scale–5, School Version: Symptom Scoring Sheet for Boys
ADHD Rating Scale–5, School Version: Symptom Scoring Sheet for Girls
ADHD Rating Scale–5, School Version: Impairment Scoring Sheet for Boys
ADHD Rating Scale–5, School Version: Impairment Scoring Sheet for Girls

Interviews

Child/adolescent clinical and school psychologists, neuropsychologists, child/adolescent psychiatrists, educational diagnosticians, special educators, psychopathology researchers, and pediatricians.

Editorial Reviews

If you are looking for an easy to use assessment that is a reliable and valid measure of ADHD, this is a manual to add to your bookshelf. The entire form takes only a few minutes to score, and it elicits more objective data for evaluating your students.

School Social Work Journal

"A rating scale that is easy to use and score and that provides useful, DSM-5 specific information about ADHD symptoms in children and adolescents. It has demonstrated utility in both clinical and school settings. The test authors have provided strong support for the psychometric properties of the instrument, which are discussed in the user-friendly test manual. The opportunity for ratings from both parents and teachers and for both children and adolescents is a strength of the measure.

Buros Center for Testing: The Twenty-First Mental Measurements Yearbook

"I have been eagerly awaiting the revision of this well-known rating scale for screening and diagnosing ADHD in youth! Not only is the scale quick and easy to administer and score, but its brevity and thoroughness make it an exceptional tool for assessing ADHD and measuring treatment effects. Unlike the majority of other instruments to assess ADHD, it contains current DSM terminology, and has both child and adolescent versions of the parent and teacher ratings. Another important update in this version is its inclusion of items to rate the severity of functional impairments in both inattention and/or hyperactive-impulsive symptoms."—Julie Schweitzer, PhD, Director, ADHD Program, MIND Institute, University of California, Davis

"The ADHD Rating Scale–5 continues the excellence of its predecessor while incorporating improvements consistent with emerging research and diagnostic changes. The assessment of impairment and the inclusion of an adolescent version with developmentally appropriate item wording are wonderful additions. Clinical management of ADHD demands strong assessment tools, and the ADHD Rating Scale–5 meets this need. It is a clear choice for screening, assessing, and monitoring treatment outcome among children and adolescents with ADHD in clinic or school settings."—Charlotte Johnston, PhD, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

"The release of the ADHD Rating Scale–5 is cause for celebration. Like prior versions, which are widely used in clinical and research settings, the updated scale is psychometrically sound and is based on extensive reliability and validity data. Adhering to DSM-5, the authors have improved the assessment of ADHD-associated impairments, and have also added important material on adolescent assessment. The chapter on interpretation and use provides an unusually clear and cogent discussion of how the scale should be used for diagnosis and screening. This is a trustworthy guide for clinicians and researchers and is also a useful tool for training graduate students, interns, and residents."—Stephen V. Faraone, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Upstate Medical University

"DuPaul and colleagues have created another excellent, psychometrically sound parent and teacher rating scale to assist in the screening and diagnosis of ADHD. Using DSM-5 criteria, the authors have improved this version of the scale by adding developmentally appropriate wording for adolescents as well as ratings of impairment. Like the previous version, this scale will soon become the standard in the field."—Steven W. Evans, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Co-Director, Center for Intervention Research in Schools, Ohio University

From the Publisher

Reviewer: Gary B Kaniuk, PsyD (Cermak Health Services)
Description: This manual for the ADHD Rating Scale-5 presents normative information, psychometric properties, and interpretation and includes rating scales and scoring sheet forms. This replaces the ADHD Rating Scale-4 published in 1998.
Purpose: The purpose is to update the content of the scale in light of the publication of the DSM-5. The authors note, "First, consistent with wording changes in ADHD symptoms for assessment of adolescents and adults, we created adolescent versions of the parent and teacher ratings to include wording that was specific for this age group (i.e., symptoms are described in developmentally appropriate ways). Second, given the critical importance of functional impairment for assessing ADHD, two sets of impairment items were added to the scale, one set reflecting impairment due to hyperactive-impulsive symptoms."
Audience: Although the authors do not describe their intended audience, this book is appropriate for clinicians, psychometricians, and researchers. The authors include George J. DuPaul from Lehigh University, who has published extensively on children and ADHD, Thomas J. Power, Director of the Center for Management of ADHD at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Arthur D. Anastopoulos, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, who directs an ADHD clinic, and Robert Reid, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who is interested in attention-related problems and cognitive strategy instruction.
Features: The book begins with a description of the ADHD Rating Scale-5, Home Version and School Version, which is based on diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5. The authors discuss factor analyses of both the home and school versions. The book discusses the standardization process and includes a description of the normative sample, racial/ethnic group differences, and prevalence rates. It notes that the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of the test are adequate for screening, diagnostic, and treatment outcome measures. The last two chapters provide interpretation for diagnostic/screening purposes, as well as treatment outcome evaluation. There chapters include case examples, which help show how the test can be used in a practical manner. The cutoff scores show that the test is useful for screening and diagnosing ADHD. It is also helpful for evaluating treatment outcome. The appendix contains the various rating scales and scoring sheets.
Assessment: This manual provides critical information about the ADHD Rating Scale-5, including factor analysis, psychometric properties, and interpretive principles. The case examples are extremely useful.

Doody's Review Service

"A rating scale that is easy to use and score and that provides useful, DSM-5 specific information about ADHD symptoms in children and adolescents. It has demonstrated utility in both clinical and school settings. The test authors have provided strong support for the psychometric properties of the instrument, which are discussed in the user-friendly test manual. The opportunity for ratings from both parents and teachers and for both children and adolescents is a strength of the measure.

Buros Center for Testing: The Twenty-First Mental Measurements Yearbook