Comprehensive ADHD Screening: Transcending the Biopsychosocial Interview
Overview
This self-paced course gives prescribers a rigorous, evidence-based approach to ADHD screening across the lifespan and offers an optional 12 CEs. Many nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians diagnose ADHD from a biopsychosocial interview alone because they have few other options. This course offers a structured approach that does not require referring out or conducting a full evaluation yourself. You will learn to conduct a structured interview, select and interpret rating scales, work through the differential, and summarize your findings clearly. You will also learn when a screening answers the question and when to refer for further testing.
The course gives particular attention to what is easy to miss, including look-alike conditions, co-occurring conditions, sleep, and the ways ADHD presents from childhood through adulthood. Throughout, the focus is on functional impact and developmental context, with neurodiversity-affirming language that avoids pathologizing conclusions.
The course is also open to therapists who want to offer ADHD screening within their scope of practice. For therapists, it serves as a screening course and includes guidance on pricing, billing, and marketing a screening service.
The course is fully online, with three months of access. You will finish with practical tools you can use right away, including intake forms, a report template, and decision trees for pediatric and adult clients.
Who This Training Is For
This course is designed for master's- and doctoral-level clinicians who screen for, diagnose, or treat clients with ADHD-related concerns. It is an especially strong fit for prescribers, including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians, who want more behind an ADHD diagnosis than a biopsychosocial interview. Graduates also include psychologists, counselors, therapists, social workers, and speech and occupational therapists.
This course is a strong fit if any of these describe you.
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You prescribe for ADHD and want more than a symptom checklist behind your diagnosis.
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You want to feel confident in your findings before you start a medication.
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Your clients wait months when you refer out for testing, and you want to give them answers sooner.
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You screen for ADHD and want a clear, repeatable, reliable process.
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You see adults who have wondered about ADHD for years.
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You are considering the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Program: ADHD, Autism, & Beyond and want a focused place to start.
How It Works
The course is fully online and self-paced, and you can begin immediately after enrollment. Enrollment includes 3 months of access.
Topics Covered
The course follows the ADHD screening process from start to finish, from intake to a written summary of findings.
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Psychometrics, ethics, and test security.
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Screening workflow, from intake questionnaires and paperwork to note-taking during the screening appointment.
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Case conceptualization and the differential diagnosis process.
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Semi-structured interviewing with the DIVA-5 and Young DIVA-5.
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Standardized, norm-referenced rating scales for ADHD, sensory processing, executive functioning, and social-emotional functioning.
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Behavioral observation.
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Response validity on rating scales, including over-reporting and inconsistent responding.
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Synthesizing screening data into a pyramid-style summary with recommendations and referral sources.
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Rejection sensitivity, tics, and other differential considerations when screening for ADHD.
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The business side of offering ADHD screening, including marketing, pricing, and realistic timelines.
What You Will Be Able To Do
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Conduct a structured, comprehensive ADHD screening with consistency, from intake to feedback.
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Recognize when anxiety, mood, trauma, sleep, or another overlapping presentation may better explain the picture.
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Know when a screening answers the question and when to refer for further testing.
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Integrate rating scales, interview data, and developmental history into clear reasoning.
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Write an Executive Function Profile Report that is precise, readable, and useful to the client.
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Develop practical, developmentally informed recommendations across settings.
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Lead feedback sessions that build understanding and client agency.
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Make prescribing decisions, if you prescribe, with far more than a biopsychosocial interview behind them.
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Market, price, and schedule your ADHD screening services with confidence.
Price
$395
Continuing Education
Optional continuing education may be available via a multiple-choice exam pathway, offering 12 APA CEs through a separate CE partner. CEs carry an additional fee of $85, paid directly to the CE partner and separate from the course price.
The CE exam for this course is the same 12 CE exam offered for the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Program: ADHD, Autism, & Beyond. If you earn these CEs here, you will not be able to earn them again through the program.
Regulatory Note
This course builds ADHD screening competence within your existing license or certification. It does not teach direct testing, such as cognitive or performance measures, and completing it does not prepare you to administer those tests. Comprehensive evaluation is taught in the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Program: ADHD, Autism, & Beyond.
This course does not confer licensure, registration, or prescribing authority. These remain governed by your jurisdiction and professional board.
How to Enroll
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Click the enrollment link.
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Complete checkout.
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Check your email to log into Kajabi—our online learning platform.
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Start immediately.