Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales® are a consistent measure of ADD across the life span. Based on Thomas Brown's cutting-edge model of cognitive impairment in ADD, BrownADDScales reliably screen for and explore the executive cognitive functioning associated with ADHD.
Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales
BrownADDScales
Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales® are a consistent measure of ADD across the life span. Based on Thomas Brown's cutting-edge model of cognitive impairment in ADD, BrownADDScales reliably screen for and explore the executive cognitive functioning associated with ADHD.
- Publication date:
- 2001, 1996
- Age range:
- 3 through adult
- Scores/interpretation:
- Clinically-validated cut scores
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
- 10 to 20 minutes
- Forms:
- Four: Primary/Preschool (ages 3-7); School-age (ages 8-12); Adolescent (ages 12-18); Adult (18+)
- Scoring options:
- Manual scoring
- Norms:
- Clinically validated Cut Score
With the new Brown ADD Scales for Children that include a primary/preschool scale (ages 3–7) and a school-age scale (ages 8–12), in addition to the adolescent and adult scales already available, the Brown ADD Scales allow you to comprehensively assess ADD in individuals of all ages.
Benefits
- Gather and integrate important diagnostic information about an individual, with cluster and total scores arriving at a diagnostic decision.
- Use in multiple settings: for screening, as part of a comprehensive diagnosis, and for monitoring of treatment responses in a wide range of educational, clinical, and managed care settings.
- Administer any of 40 to 50-item efficient screening instruments in just 10 to 20 minutes.
- Interpret and link performance with IQ and other assessment data, including integrations with WAIS-III and WISC-III.
Features
The Brown ADD Scales go beyond measures that address only hyperactivity to assess for less apparent impairments of executive functioning. Clusters of executive functions assessed include:
- Organizing, Prioritizing and Activating to Work
- Focusing, Sustaining and Shifting Attention to Tasks
- Regulating Alertness, Sustaining Effort and Processing Speed
- Managing Frustration and Modulating Emotions
- Utilizing Working Memory and Accessing Recall
- Monitoring and Self-Regulating Action (Children’s edition only)
Scoring & Reporting
The convenient READY SCORE® form gives immediate cluster scores and a total score indicating overall impairment from a broad range of ADD symptoms. T scores indicate how much impairment the examinee is showing on each of the clusters, relative to a normative population. Results indicate whether the individual appears to have ADD and would benefit from a full evaluation for the disorder.
