ADHD assessments

There is an exciting new pilot project at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust to start ADHD assessments for a specific number of children already under Community Paediatrics and on the CAMHS waiting list.

This will be an additional service from Community Paediatrics for the next 12 months at which point it will be reviewed. If your child is in this group you will be contacted by letter.

Pilot Project ADHD assessments at the Child Development Clinic

If you have been contacted by us to let you know that your child has been selected for the ADHD Pilot this is what you can expect.

  • You will have been sent a yellow ‘Conner’s Parent Rating Scale’ form to complete and return to us. Please return this as soon as possible with all the questions completed. Please try to circle just one answer per question.
  • Your child may be offered a QB test – This is an objective measure of attention, impulsivity and activity involving a short task completed at a computer. If this is appropriate for your child you will be invited to bring them to an appointment with an ADHD nurse to complete this.
  • An ADHD nurse will contact your child’s school to find out more about their academic progress, behaviour and concentration in class.
  • Finally your child will be offered an appointment with a Paediatric Doctor who will be able to complete the assessment.
  • If a diagnosis of ADHD is made you will be offered a follow up appointment with an ADHD nurse within 6 to 8 weeks. Please see Further reading and useful links.
  • After your assessment please complete a Feedback form – select from below:

Accordion

Experience of Service questionnaire

Please think about the appointments you, your child and/or your family have had at this service or clinic.

For each item, please select the option that best describes what you think or feel about the service:

















































  • Thank you for your help

    Please click 'Submit' to send your responses






Experience of Service questionnaire

What do you think about coming to this service or clinic.

For each item, please select the answer that is closest to what you think:

















































  • Thank you for your help

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Experience of Service questionnaire

Please think about the appointments you have had at this service or clinic.

For each item, please select the option that best describes what you think or feel:

















































  • Thank you for your help

    Please click 'Submit' to send your responses






Useful information

If you are waiting for an ADHD assessment for your child you may find it helpful to visit the following websites:

ADDISS – Registered Charity dedicated to providing reliable information and resources for ADHD for people affected, their families, teachers and health professionals

Young Minds – the mental health charity for young people has a section of their website devoted to ADHD with fact sheets and advice

Open for parents – The East Sussex Parenting Team can provide a range of parenting support for managing your child’s behaviour, supporting their development and their emotional wellbeing

Let’s talk about ADHD

A child friendly video to explain what ADHD is.