Medical ADHD assessment for children, teens and adults | specialist physicians
A private ADHD assessment at EliteMed in Modi'in is carried out by specialist physicians only: a pediatric neurologist and an ADHD specialist for children and teens, and a psychiatrist for teens and adults. The assessment includes a full clinical evaluation, exclusion of other causes of attention difficulties and treatment when needed, and ends with a medical report accepted by education and health frameworks. Appointments are available within days, without a referral, at the Ayala 360 Center.
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When an ADHD assessment is worth doing
Attention difficulties are among the most common reasons for seeing a pediatric specialist, and in recent years also for adults who recognise in themselves a pattern that has followed them since school. The assessment is a medical work-up: is this attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, does something else explain the difficulty, and what will help. In the public system the wait for an assessment by a specialist physician is long, and even afterwards a further assessment is sometimes required to obtain accommodations. Situations that justify booking an assessment:
- A child whose kindergarten or school teacher reports difficulty concentrating, restlessness, impulsivity or trouble finishing tasks, and the report is repeated from different settings.
- A gap between the child's ability and actual achievement that has lasted more than a few months and is not explained by a temporary situation.
- A child diagnosed in the past whose treatment is not helping, whose side effects are troublesome, or who needs an updated assessment for exam accommodations.
- A teenager before matriculation exams or before military service who needs a valid assessment and a proper medical report.
- An adult with a persistent difficulty with organisation, procrastination, completing tasks at work, working memory or emotional regulation, usually with a similar story from childhood.
- A student who needs an assessment for accommodations in academic studies.
- A parent of a diagnosed child who recognises the same patterns in themselves, because ADHD tends to run in families.
- Attention difficulties that appear together with anxiety, low mood, a sleep disorder or tics, and need a work-up that separates the causes.
- A second opinion on an existing diagnosis or on medication.
An ADHD assessment is not the emergency evaluation for a child with a sudden drop in function, loss of skills or an abrupt behavioural change. Those situations need an urgent medical work-up first, with the pediatrician or in the emergency room.
How the ADHD assessment is done at EliteMed
The assessment at EliteMed is a medical assessment, meaning it is carried out by a specialist physician qualified to diagnose and treat, and is not a computerised test alone. It begins with a long appointment: the physician takes a developmental and medical history, listens to the parents and the child, or to the adult themselves, reviews questionnaires from different settings and earlier assessments, and examines the child. An important part of the assessment is excluding other causes that look like attention difficulties: sleep disorders and snoring, a hearing or vision problem, anxiety, depression, a learning disability, epilepsy with absence episodes, or the effect of medication. The visit ends with a diagnosis and a plan, and where needed the start of treatment.
What sets the assessment apart:
- Specialist physicians only. Children and teens are assessed by a pediatric neurologist or by an ADHD specialist from a children's hospital, and teens and adults by a senior psychiatrist. Both fields work in the same building, so a case involving anxiety or mood is discussed between the physicians.
- Assessment and report on site. ADHD assessments are performed at the center with formal reports accepted by education and health frameworks for accommodations and entitlements, without a further assessment elsewhere.
- Telling ADHD from what is not ADHD. When the assessment raises the possibility of a sleep disorder, a hearing problem or epilepsy, the work-up continues with the pulmonology and sleep service, ENT or neurology at the same center.
- No public-system waiting lists. An assessment appointment is usually available within days. For a child in functional decline or before an imminent exam date there is a track within 24 to 48 hours.
- No referral needed. A private assessment requires no referral or Form 17. Bring teacher or kindergarten questionnaires, report cards, earlier didactic or psychological assessments, medical summaries and a medication list.
- Treatment and follow-up with the same physician. When medication is decided on, the choice, the follow-up of response and side effects and the adjustment are done by the physician who made the diagnosis, so there is no need to find a separate treating doctor.
- Assessment in English. The assessment is available in English, which matters for children and adults whose first language is English.
- Insurance. Consultations qualify as private specialist consultations, reimbursable under most private policies (Harel, Phoenix, Menora and others) and health-fund supplementary plans (Shaban), subject to policy terms.
Who this suits: parents looking for a private ADHD assessment in Modi'in by a physician rather than by an institute that relies on a computerised test alone, teens before matriculation exams, and adults who finally want a proper answer. Serves Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Shoham, Hashmonaim, Beit Shemesh and Rishon LeZion, and English-speaking families from across central Israel.
What the assessment includes, step by step
Clinical interview and history
A detailed conversation about developmental, educational and medical history, about function at home, at school and socially, and about the symptoms over time, because ADHD begins in childhood even when it is diagnosed in adulthood.
Questionnaires from several sources
Structured questionnaires completed by parents and teachers, and for adults also by a partner, to check whether the difficulty appears in more than one setting, as the diagnosis requires.
Medical and neurological examination
A physical and neurological examination of the child, including hearing and vision when there is a suspicion, and a review of growth, sleep and nutrition, to make sure the difficulty is not the result of another medical problem.
Differential diagnosis
Exclusion or identification of conditions that mimic ADHD or accompany it: anxiety, depression, learning disabilities, sleep disorders, epilepsy, tics and Tourette syndrome, or autism spectrum disorder.
Adult ADHD assessment
A psychiatric evaluation of an adult who recognises difficulties with organisation, procrastination and inner restlessness, with a review of mood, anxiety and sleep, and a plan combining accommodations, strategies and medication when appropriate.
Updated assessment for accommodations
A repeat assessment for a teenager or student diagnosed in childhood who needs a valid report for matriculation exams, academic studies or other frameworks.
Medication
When medication is appropriate, the physician explains the options, starts at a suitable dose, follows the response and side effects and adjusts treatment over time, in coordination with parents and the school.
Parent guidance and a functional plan
Practical recommendations for home and school, and referral to behavioural treatment, remedial teaching or parent guidance when needed, as part of a plan that does not end with a prescription.
Second opinion
A senior physician's review of an existing diagnosis, a report from an earlier assessment or treatment that is not helping, to confirm that the diagnosis is right and the treatment is suited.
The urgent assessment track: 24 to 48 hours
An ADHD assessment is not usually urgent, but some dates do not wait: a rapid functional decline in a child, an accommodations committee or an imminent exam date, the start of a school year or military service, or a severe side effect from existing treatment. The center therefore runs an urgent track: you contact the intake line, a health coordinator reviews the request, the age and the appropriate physician, and the assessment is booked within 24 to 48 hours, subject to availability. So that the assessment is complete even on the fast track, it is important to arrive with questionnaires from the school and with earlier assessments. The track is not a substitute for an urgent medical work-up in the emergency room when there is a sudden, sharp behavioural change.
Preparing for the assessment and what happens afterwards
Before the visit, ask the kindergarten or school teacher to complete a questionnaire or write a short description of function in class, and collect report cards, earlier didactic or psychological assessments, medical summaries, hearing and vision tests and a medication list. For adults it helps to bring primary school report cards if they were kept, and to ask a partner to complete a questionnaire. Arrive rested and calm, and do not try to prepare the child to perform: the physician wants to see the everyday situation. You leave with a written medical report containing the diagnosis, the reasoning, recommendations for accommodations at school or work, and the treatment and follow-up plan. When medication is started, a follow-up visit is scheduled for adjustment, and when a further work-up is needed, such as a sleep evaluation or a neurological examination, it is coordinated at the same center.
The physicians who assess ADHD at EliteMed
ADHD assessments at EliteMed are performed within the center's neurology and child development service and its psychiatry service: neurologists and an ADHD specialist for children and teens, and a senior psychiatrist for teens and adults. You can see the physicians on the neurology doctors listing and the psychiatry doctors listing, and the full services on the private pediatric neurologist in Modi'in and private psychiatrist in Modi'in pages.
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Frequently asked questions
A medical diagnosis of ADHD is made by a specialist physician: a pediatric neurologist, a pediatrician with training in the field, a child and adolescent psychiatrist or an adult psychiatrist. Computerised tests and didactic or psychological assessments can support the picture but do not replace the medical evaluation. At EliteMed the assessment is carried out by specialist physicians only.
Assessment is generally accepted from school age, when demands for sustained attention rise and different settings can be compared. A preschool child with marked restlessness or regulation difficulties can also be evaluated, but at that age the usual recommendation is parent guidance and follow-up. For adults there is no age limit: the condition is that the difficulty began in childhood and has persisted.
Yes. ADHD assessments are performed at the center with formal reports accepted by education and health frameworks for accommodations and entitlements. The report contains the diagnosis, the reasoning and the recommendations. The accommodations themselves are set by the framework according to its procedures, and it sometimes asks for a complementary didactic assessment as well.
Yes. Adult ADHD assessment is carried out by a senior psychiatrist and includes an in-depth interview, questionnaires, a review of mood, anxiety and sleep, and a link to the childhood history. It ends with a diagnosis and a plan that can include accommodations at studies or work, strategies and medication when appropriate, with follow-up by the same physician.
The assessment itself ends with a report and recommendations. When the physician recommends medication and the family or the patient agrees, the choice, the follow-up of response and side effects and the adjustment are done by the physician who made the diagnosis, at follow-up visits. The decision on medication is always shared and explained, and behavioural recommendations and parent guidance are also available.
The fee is given when you book, before the visit, and depends on the type of assessment and the age. The consultation qualifies as a private specialist consultation, reimbursable under most private policies and health-fund supplementary plans, subject to policy terms, and the center provides an invoice and a medical summary for the claim. The center is at the Ayala 360 Center, 21 HaMelachot Street, Building B, 5th floor, Modi'in, with free parking nearby.