Could it be ADHD?
ADHD does not always look like the stereotype. Difficulties with attention, starting and finishing things, time, organisation, memory or restlessness can be much less obvious from the outside.
You do not have to decide whether your experiences “count”. The assessment looks at the pattern across your life, including your developmental history and the impact it has now.
Experiencing difficulties with studying is enough. It’s my job to untangle the evidence.
An important distinction
Educational identification — not a medical diagnosis
My ADHD assessment identifies and reports ADHD characteristics in an educational context. It can provide evidence for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA), where appropriate, and can also be useful simply for understanding your own profile.
It does not constitute a medical diagnosis of ADHD and does not replace an NHS or other medical diagnostic assessment.
If your immediate need is educational evidence or greater understanding, you can arrange this assessment with me without waiting for an NHS appointment.
Take a closer look
Do any of these feel familiar?
Tick anything you recognise. There is no score and your answers are not sent anywhere — this is simply a way to notice patterns.
Attention & concentration
Starting, switching & finishing
Time & organisation
Memory & mental load
Restlessness, impulsivity & regulation
These prompts are for recognition only. Ticking several does not mean that you have ADHD, and not recognising a particular item does not rule it out.
Choose the booking that feels closest
You do not need to know exactly what should be assessed when you book. Once you have booked, I will ask for further information, review it and recommend which areas need exploring.
“But I can concentrate for hours…”
ADHD is not simply an inability to concentrate. Some people can become intensely absorbed in something that is interesting, novel or urgent, while finding it much harder to direct or sustain attention when a task does not provide the same stimulation.
The question is less “Can you concentrate?” and more about how consistently you can regulate attention when the situation requires it.
“But I was fine at school…”
Structure, supportive families, high ability and strong compensatory strategies can mean that difficulties are not recognised until later, when life becomes more demanding.
ADHD is developmental, so the assessment does not look only at what is happening now. Evidence of characteristics in childhood, including before age 12, forms an important part of the picture.
ADHD
Attention · time · organisation · regulation
Dyslexia
Literacy · language · memory · processing
Dyspraxia / DCD
Coordination · movement · organisation · practical tasks
Looking at the whole profile
It doesn’t have to be just one thing.
Dyslexia, ADHD and Dyspraxia/DCD can overlap. I do not automatically attribute literacy, processing or coordination difficulties to ADHD simply because ADHD characteristics are present.
Where more than one area needs exploring, we can look at the wider pattern rather than forcing everything into a single explanation.
16+ assessment
What do you need the assessment for?
You may need educational evidence for university and DSA, or you may simply want a clearer understanding of a pattern that has followed you for years. If you are unsure whether this type of assessment is right for what you need, ask me before you book.
If you specifically need a medical diagnosis — for example for medical treatment — this educational assessment is not a substitute for that pathway.