ADHD RATING SCALE IV
Please complete this rating scale about yourself.
Your Name _________________
Your Age _________________
Todays Date _________________
Circle the number that best describes your behavior over the past six months.
Never
HOW OFTEN DO YOU
or rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very
Often
1. Fail to give close attention to details or
make careless mistakes doing work.
2. Fidget with hands or feet or squirm in seat.
3. Have difficulty sustaining attention in tasks
or fun activities.
4. Leave seat in classroom, work or other
situations in which sitting is expected.
5. Not listen when spoken to directly.
6. Feel restless.
7. Not follow through on instructions and
fail to finish work.
8. Have difficulty engaging in leisure activities
or doing fun things quietly.
9. Have difficulty organizing tasks and activities.
10. Feel on the go or as if driven by a motor.
11. Avoid, dislike, or is reluctant to engage in work
that requires sustained mental effort.
12. Talk excessively.
13. Lose things necessary for tasks and activities.
14. Blurt out answers before questions have been
completed.
15. Become easily distracted.
16. Have difficulty awaiting turn.
17. Become forgetful in daily activities.
18. Interrupt or intrude on others.
(Used with permission of Dr. Russell Barkley of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.)
ADHD RATING SCALE IV
Please have a spouse, friend, or someone who knows you well complete this rating scale about you.
Person completing form _______________ Relationship to client ____________ Todays Date ____________
Circle the number that best describes your spouses/friends behavior over the past six months.
Never
Very
or rarely
Sometimes
Often
Often
HOW OFTEN DOES YOUR SPOUSE/FRIEND
1. Fail to give close attention to details or
0
1
2
3
make careless mistakes doing work.
2. Fidget with hands or feet or squirm in seat.
3. Have difficulty sustaining attention in tasks
or fun activities.
4. Leave seat in classroom, work or other
situations in which sitting is expected.
5. Not listen when spoken to directly.
6. Feel restless.
7. Not follow through on instructions and
fail to finish work.
8. Have difficulty engaging in leisure activities
or doing fun things quietly.
9. Have difficulty organizing tasks and activities.
10. Feel on the go or as if driven by a motor.
11. Avoid, dislike, or is reluctant to engage in work
that requires sustained mental effort.
12. Talk excessively.
13. Lose things necessary for tasks and activities.
14. Blurt out answers before questions have been
completed.
15. Become easily distracted.
16. Have difficulty awaiting turn.
17. Become forgetful in daily activities.
18. Interrupt or intrude on others.
(Used with permission of Dr. Russell Barkley of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.)