ADHD Evaluation 

in Olathe

Find the Answers That Help

You’ve watched your child lose focus, miss details, forget directions, or melt down over everyday demands. Getting ADHD Testing in Olathe can help you understand what’s behind those struggles and what support will help next.

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Serving families in Overland Park, KS Leawood, KS Shawnee, KS Olathe, KS Lee's Summit, MO and nearby communities.

What You Keep Noticing

These concerns often affect home, school, and social life at the same time.
At Home
  • Directions get forgotten
  • Homework takes too long
  • Routines fall apart
  • Emotions shift quickly
At School
  • Doesn’t complete assignments
  • Needs frequent redirection
  • Work gets misplaced
  • Focus fades fast
Socially
  • Interrupts others often
  • Misses subtle cues
  • Frustration rises quickly
  • Friendships feel strained
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How We Build a Full Understanding

We take the time needed to understand the full story.
ADHD evaluation
Everyday Patterns

What you see at home matters, so we start with your concerns, your child’s daily struggles, and the changes you’ve noticed over time.

School Functioning

Teacher input helps us compare classroom performance, attention, work habits, and behavior with what happens outside of school.

Cognitive & Academic Skills

We assess reasoning, memory, processing, and academic performance to see how your child learns and whether another issue affects progress.

Executive Functioning

Organization, planning, impulse control, emotional regulation, and follow-through often drive the stress families feel most, so those skills receive close attention.

Clinical Observation

Throughout testing, we observe how your child begins tasks, handles challenges, responds to feedback, and manages frustration.

Diagnostic Clarity

Our ADHD testing in Olathe should go beyond surface symptoms and help show whether anxiety, learning differences, or other concerns also contribute.

You’ll Leave With Clearer Next Steps

This process gives you specific answers about what fits, what’s getting missed, and what support could make the biggest difference. →

ADHD evaluation
  • Does my child truly have ADHD? You’ll get diagnostic clarity based on history, testing, and clinical judgment.
  • What type of ADHD fits best? We identify inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, or combined patterns when they apply.
  • How strongly is this affecting daily life? You’ll learn how symptoms interfere with school, routines, and relationships.
  • Could something else explain the struggle? We look at anxiety, learning issues, and overlapping concerns that can look similar.
  • What strengths does my child bring? You’ll see abilities, assets, and areas of resilience alongside the challenges.
  • What support should we start at home? You’ll get practical ideas for routines, homework, transitions, and emotional regulation.
  • What should our school be doing differently? Recommendations can guide accommodations, interventions, and productive school conversations.
  • What happens after the evaluation? After ADHD testing in Olathe, you’ll leave with a clearer plan and fewer unanswered questions.

Who This Evaluation Helps

Ages: early childhood through early adulthood
This evaluation helps children, teens, and young adults whose attention, organization, self-control, or school performance raises concern for ADHD. Testing is most reliable starting around age 6.

You're in the right place if:

  • Teachers report attention problems
  • Homework ends in conflict
  • Your child loses track
  • Organization feels unusually hard
  • Impulsivity causes daily stress
  • School performance does not match ability
  • You need clearer answers

You might need a different evaluation if:

  • Social communication concerns are the main pattern you want explained
  • Reading, writing, or math struggles stand out more than attention
  • Defiance, aggression, or major mood symptoms lead the concern
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What the Assessment Process Involves

What to Expect

Step 1: Initial Consultation 
We start with your concerns, your child’s history, and the patterns affecting home, school, or both. This conversation helps us understand what’s prompting the evaluation now.

Step 2: Information Gathering
We gather input from multiple perspectives, using parent forms, rating scales, teacher feedback, and past records to help us compare symptoms across settings and build a stronger clinical picture.

Step 3: Clinical Sessions
Your child completes individualized testing in a supportive setting. We assess attention, executive functioning, memory, processing, and related skills that can impact a diagnosis.

Step 4: Feedback Session
We review the results together, in plain language, so you understand what fits, what doesn’t, and what support makes sense next.

Step 5: Written Report Delivered
You’ll receive a detailed written report that explains the results clearly and gives you practical information you can use right away, including:

  • Diagnostic findings and clinical impressions
  • Clear explanation of your child’s profile
  • Strengths and areas of concern
  • School-based recommendations and accommodations
  • Next steps for support and follow-up

What You Walk Away With

You’ll leave with clear answers, practical guidance, and a better sense of what to do next.

Better Understanding
You’ll understand whether an ADHD diagnosis fits and what may be driving the focus, behavior, and follow-through struggles.

Useful Home Strategies
You’ll get recommendations you can apply to routines, homework, transitions, and emotional regulation.

School Documentation
Your report can support conversations with teachers and school teams about accommodations and other needed support.

A Clearer Direction
Coming to us for ADHD testing in Olathe helps families move forward with more confidence, whether the next step involves school support, therapy, coaching, or a referral.

Why families trust

Dr. Tish Taylor

for their child's ADHD testing in Olathe

Dr. Tish Taylor has spent more than 25 years helping children and families understand attention, learning, and behavior challenges. Her ADHD evaluations are known for going beyond a simple screener and giving families a more complete understanding of how a child thinks, learns, and functions.

She does not assume every child’s ADHD looks the same. Instead, she takes time to understand their patterns, strengths, challenges, and concerns that may overlap with ADHD, such as anxiety, executive functioning weaknesses, or learning differences. Dr. Tish Taylor provides a comprehensive, personalized approach so you know you’re cared for and cared about.

Most importantly, families leave with answers they can understand and recommendations they can actually use at home, at school, and in daily life.

Faq.

How is this different from a short ADHD screening?

Our process differs from short ADHD screening because I use a comprehensive evaluation protocol, not a quick checklist. I review history, gather input from home and school, assess thinking and executive functioning, and look carefully at whether another concern may be contributing. My goal is to give you a clear answer and a plan you can use.

How will this evaluation help us work with the school?

Yes, the evaluation you receive helps you work with the school. because I include findings and recommendations that school teams can understand and use. If the results support it, the report can guide conversations about classroom strategies, accommodations, and formal support. I want you to leave with documentation that helps the next conversation go better.

Can anxiety look like ADHD?

Yes, anxiety can look like ADHD, which is why I don’t stop at surface symptoms. Worry, overwhelm, and emotional stress can affect focus, task completion, and behavior. I look at your child’s full pattern of behavior so I can tell whether ADHD, anxiety, or both are playing a role. 

What if my child’s grades are fine, but daily life still feels hard?

A child can still need ADHD Testing in Olathe even when grades look fine on paper. Many bright children hold things together academically while still struggling with organization, follow-through, emotional regulation, or exhaustion behind the scenes. I look beyond grades alone, so families understand what their child’s daily functioning really looks like.

Does your evaluation include prescribing ADHD medication?

No, I don’t prescribe ADHD medication because I am a licensed child psychologist, not a medical prescriber. What I do provide is a detailed evaluation that can help your pediatrician or psychiatrist make more informed decisions. If medication support seems appropriate, I can also help point you toward the next step.

Can this evaluation also look at learning issues?

Yes, this evaluation can also look at learning issues when the concerns overlap with attention, school performance, or work completion. ADHD and learning differences often show up together, and I don’t want families to miss that. That is why I assess cognitive and academic skills as part of building a more complete understanding.

ADHD Evaluation In Olathe

Our Leawood office is centrally located and easy to access from Overland Park, KS Shawnee, KS Olathe, KS Lee’s Summit, MO and surrounding areas. We proudly support families and schools across Johnson County and the greater Kansas City community.