• Length
• Raters (Multi-Informant Assessment)
• Languages

Length

The Conners 4 is available in three lengths: full-length (109–118 items), Short (49–53 items), and a 12-item ADHD Index (see Table 1.1 for a comparative overview).

• The full-length Conners 4 provides the most detailed information of all the forms and is typically used when comprehensive information is required.
• The Conners 4th Edition Short (Conners 4®–Short) is useful when administration of the full-length is not possible or practical (e.g., due to limited time or when multiple administrations over time are desired).
• The Conners 4th Edition ADHD Index (Conners 4®–ADHD Index) is a brief and focused scale that is particularly useful when the same individual will be completing the form multiple times (e.g., for treatment monitoring or research studies). It can also offer a quick check to see if further ADHD evaluation is warranted, particularly for pre-evaluation or group screening purposes.

Please see chapter 2, Administration, for further discussion about choosing the appropriate form length for an evaluation.

Raters (Multi-Informant Assessment)

The Conners 4 can be rated by parents (or guardians), teachers, and by youth using the Self-Report. The parent ratings reveal the youth’s behavior at home and in other environments where the parent can observe the youth. Teacher ratings reveal observations of the youth’s social, emotional, and academic functioning in a school setting. Self-report ratings can supplement parent and teacher reports by providing the youth’s perspective on their own functioning and provide a gauge of their level of insight into their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Self-reports provide valuable information about feelings and thoughts that may not be easily observable by others. The consistency of the content included in the Conners 4 scales and items across the parent, teacher, and self-report forms facilitates the comparison of information between these sources.

Languages

The Conners 4 Parent, Teacher, and Self-Report forms are available in English, U.S. Spanish, and French-Canadian. The U.S. Spanish and French-Canadian versions are linguistically and culturally sensitive adaptations of the English versions, with the cultural relevance of the items considered throughout the item development process (see chapter 6, Development). New translations and adaptations are frequently completed. For more information on the latest comprehensive list of languages please visit https://mhs.com/permissions-translations-and-licensing/.