The ADHD School Monitoring Program

Getting regular teacher feedback on how a child with ADHD is doing at school is important for knowing how well treatment is working. However, obtaining this feedback is often difficult and time-consuming for professionals.

I developed the ADHD School Monitoring Program to help address this challenge. It's a free, web-based tool that lets a child's teacher provide brief, regular ratings covering a child's core ADHD symptoms, behavior, and schoolwork. Teachers can complete the online form in 2–3 minutes.

Families receive the results directly via email and are welcome to share them with you to help guide your treatment decisions. The data will help you determine when treatment is working well and when it may need to be adjusted.

The program never sends anything to you automatically — parents alone decide whether and when to forward results. It works more like a symptom diary a family might bring to a visit than a clinical data system, so structuring it this way avoids the complications of creating a HIPAA business-associate relationship if you recommend that a family enroll their child.

The program is completely free for families and always will be. You can demo the rating form and see sample results here. If you know a family who could benefit, feel free to share monitor.helpforadd.com with them. I think you'll find this program can be a valuable part of the work you do with families.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me directly at drabiner@duke.edu.

Sincerely,
David Rabiner, Ph.D.
Research Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology & Neuroscience
Duke University