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Documentation Guidelines for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
After completing this form, please fax, mail or email it to the office of Disability Support
Services at the end of this document. UThe information you provide will not become a
part of the student’s educational records but will be kept in the student’s file at Disability
Support Services where it will be kept confidential.U Please contact staff at the office of
Disability Support Services if you have questions or concerns. Thank you for your
assistance.
The diagnostician UmustU address all the following six criteria in diagnosing AD/HD:
1. Evidence that anxiety disorders, disorders of depression, mood disorder,
schizophrenia, border-line personality disorder, dissociative disorder or
substance-related disorders are not the primary disability and are not the
primary cause of AD/HD.
2. Standardized assessment measures of attention are utilized in the diagnosis of
AD/HD; (i.e., T.O.V.A., Continuous Performance Test, neuropsychological
evaluation).
3. Reported history of AD/HD symptoms by the age of seven, corroborated by
another independent source.
4. Corroboration of current AD/HD symptoms across multiple settings by one or
more adults with knowledge of the client’s functioning.
5. Documentation on two rating scales of AD/HD behaviors/symptoms that have
appropriate age norms (i.e., rating scales for childhood and adult behavior).
6. Evidence of interference of AD/HD with appropriate academic or social
functioning.