Rating scale	Behaviors/conditions assessed
Broadband assessments
Behavior Assessment System for Children²²	Hyperactivity; aggression; conduct problems; anxiety; depression; somatization; atypicality; withdrawal; attention problems; learning problems; lack of adaptability; lack of social, leadership, or study skills
Child Behavior Checklist/Teacher Report Form^23,24	Somatic complaints; social, thought, and attention problems; anxiety; depression; aggressive or delinquent behavior; withdrawal
Conners Rating Scales (long form)²⁵	Oppositional behavior; cognitive problems; hyperactivity; anxiousness/shyness; perfectionism; social problems; psychosomatic illnesses; restlessness/impulsiveness; emotional lability; DSM-IV symptoms scale, inattentive symptoms, and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms
Narrowband assessments
ADHD Rating Scale²⁶	DSM-IV symptoms of ADHD
Behavior Assessment System for Children—Monitor for ADHD^22,27	Problems with attention, adapting, and internalizing; hyperactivity
Childhood Attention Problems Scale²⁸	Attention problems, impulsivity, hyperactivity
Comprehensive Teacher's Rating Scale²⁹	Attention problems, hyperactivity, lack of social skills, oppositional behavior
Conners Rating Scales (short form)²⁵	Oppositional behavior, cognitive problems, hyperactivity, ADHD Index
Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale³⁰	DSM-IV symptoms of ADHD, compulsive disorder
Vanderbilt Assessment Scales³⁰	DSM-IV symptoms of ADHD; comorbid conditions, such as oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety, depression
Assessment of medication adverse effects
Side Effects Rating Scale³⁰	Sleeping problems, appetite problems, staring or daydreaming, withdrawal, anxiety, irritability, somatic complaints, emotional lability, dizziness, tics