If you want to run ADHD assessments that are clear, confident, and ethical assessments that truly make sense to both clinician and client, then you’ll love The ADHD Assessment Blueprint.
See what others miss → Run ADHD assessments that
put people first, evidence over stereotype, every time
Because this isn’t just another clinical manual → It’s the step-by-step framework that’s transforming how healthcare professionals across the UK assess ADHD
↓
Whether you’re a psychologist, psychiatrist, nurse prescriber, or GP developing your assessment practice, this guide will help you move from uncertainty to confidence,
from checklist to clarity, from bias to evidence
If you want to run ADHD assessments that are clear, confident, and ethical assessments that truly make sense to both clinician and client, then you’ll love The ADHD Assessment Blueprint.
See what others miss → Run ADHD assessments that put people first, evidence over stereotype, every time
Because this isn’t just another clinical manual → It’s the step-by-step framework that’s transforming how healthcare professionals across the UK assess ADHD
↓
Whether you’re a psychologist, psychiatrist, nurse prescriber, or GP developing your assessment practice, this guide will help you move from uncertainty to confidence,
from checklist to clarity, from bias to evidence
Why this Blueprint matters now
Across the UK, ADHD assessment pathways are changing fast.
Clinicians face growing waiting lists, inconsistent training, and increasing scrutiny from both the public and regulators
You’re expected to deliver assessments that are rigorous, timely, and neuroaffirmative, but the guidance is scattered across policies, PDFs, and debates on social media
that blur clinical facts with opinion.
It’s no wonder so many professionals say:
“I’m not sure what’s ADHD and what isn’t.”
“I want to do this right — but I need a framework I can trust.”
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint was created to answer exactly that need.
It gives you a structure that works, one that meets NICE, AQAAS and CAQAAS standards, integrates the latest research, and keeps the person, not the stereotype,
at the centre of every decision.
The clinician behind the framework
Hi, I'm Antonietta Pirillo
Dr. Antonietta Pirillo is a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director of The Spectrum Clinic (UK), where she leads a multidisciplinary team
specialising in ADHD, autism, and complex presentations.
Over the past decade, she has personally assessed hundreds of adults and children for ADHD, autism, and other mental-health conditions,
from high-flying professionals who’ve masked symptoms for years, to children navigating early education with undiagnosed neurodivergence.
She’s also trained hundreds of clinicians across the UK and Europe to recognise ADHD beyond stereotypes, showing psychologists, psychiatrists,
nurses, and allied professionals how to differentiate ADHD from anxiety, trauma, or mood disorders with confidence and compassion.
Her experience revealed one consistent truth:
When clinicians have a clear, evidence-led structure, they make better calls, and clients feel understood, not judged.
That’s what led to the Listen → Map → Decide framework
The story behind Listen → Map → Decide
When Antonietta first started assessing ADHD, she quickly realised how easily bias and uncertainty could distort a clinician’s understanding of the presentation.
Different clinicians would look at the same client and reach entirely different conclusions.
She wanted to change that.
So she built a process that bridges evidence with empathy — a framework that keeps the person’s story at the centre while maintaining the rigour of formal assessment.
Listen → Map → Decide is the result of over a decade of practice, training, and supervision.
It’s simple, memorable, practical and entirely aligned with NICE NG87, QS39, and RCPsych standards.
Here’s how it works:
↓
* Listen: Start with the person’s story — not the checklist. Understand their goals, strengths, and struggles before you even think about criteria.
* Map: Use structured tools and collateral to organise what you’ve heard into clear evidence patterns. Map symptoms, context, and impact across settings and time.
* Decide: Make transparent, defensible clinical calls — documenting your rationale in plain English so referrers, families, and clients can understand exactly how you reached your decision.
This sequence has now been taught to hundreds of professionals, and it’s changing how ADHD assessments are done across the UK.
Introducing
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint
This comprehensive, 60-plus-page guide distils Dr. Pirillo’s full methodology into a practical, easy-to-apply system you can use immediately in your clinic or service.
It’s designed for busy professionals who want clarity, not complexity.
Inside, you’ll find everything you need to run people-first, evidence-based ADHD assessments from start to finish.
What you’ll learn inside
1. The full Listen → Map → Decide Framework
A structured, neuroaffirmative workflow that aligns with national standards — helping you move from first interview to final report with precision and consistency.
2. The People-First Interview Script
Exact phrasing and prompts that reduce bias, uncover lived experience, and build therapeutic alliance from the first minute.
3. Differential Diagnosis Quick-Grids
Side-by-side comparisons that show you how to distinguish ADHD from anxiety, trauma, depression, bipolar spectrum, and autism. Clinically rigorous, yet simple to apply.
4. Documentation & Report Language Templates
Transparent, plain-English phrasing that makes your reasoning easy to follow and audit-ready.
5. Audit and Implementation Checklists
Ensure every assessment you complete meets NICE and QS39 benchmarks without adding hours to your day.
6. Medical and Risk Guardrails
Practical reminders to keep assessments safe, ethical, and well-bounded — including what to screen, what to rule out, and how to document uncertainty.
7. Real-World Case Examples
Annotated extracts that show how to apply the framework with both adult and child presentations, including complex comorbidities.
The Bonus → "Open Network" community
When you download the Blueprint, you also join the ADHD Match Clinician "Open Network" Community — free of charge.
This online network connects you directly with Dr. Pirillo and other professionals applying the framework in real practice.
You can:
* Ask clinical questions and share reflections on tricky cases.
* Join monthly live events and Q&A sessions with Antonietta.
* Access peer discussion threads, supervision-style insights, and continuing professional conversations.
Because the best learning doesn’t end when you close a book.
It happens through connection — and Antonietta designed this community to ensure you’re supported as you grow.
You’ll never look at ADHD assessment the same way again
Why clinicians love this approach
Professionals who’ve trained with Antonietta often describe a shift — from second-guessing themselves to feeling certain, composed,
and proud of their clinical decisions.
1. “Antonietta’s framework changed how I assess ADHD — I finally feel confident presenting to my MDT.”
2. “Her Listen → Map → Decide method turned chaos into structure. I can now explain my clinical reasoning without hesitation.”
3. “Every page reminds you that ADHD assessment is about people, not paperwork.”
These are the results that matter: assessments that are both compassionate and clinically solid.
Why it works
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint bridges three things most resources leave disconnected:
1. Clinical Evidence — built on NICE, RCPsych, and UKAAN standards.
2. Human Understanding — grounded in neuroaffirmative, people-first practice.
3. Practical Efficiency — designed for real services, not theory.
You’ll learn how to streamline your assessments without losing depth, how to document decisions that withstand audit or peer review,
and how to communicate findings so clients leave informed, not confused.
This isn’t about memorising criteria — it’s about mastering a process.
Download your copy today and start reading in minutes.
Apply the method in your next assessment tomorrow.
A word from Dr. Pirillo
“This book is for the clinicians who want a practical guide for their assessment process.
For those who want to combine science with empathy, rigour with humanity.
If that’s you, this Blueprint will change how you work — and how your clients feel about being assessed.”
Ready to elevate your ADHD assessments?
Download The ADHD Assessment Blueprint for £39
Get instant access + bonus free "Open Network" community membership
About ADHD Match
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint is part of ADHD Match, the first professional network built exclusively for verified ADHD healthcare professionals.
Dr. Antonietta Pirillo founded ADHD Match to raise standards, build confidence, and connect clinicians who believe ADHD assessment should be both scientifically grounded and person-centred.
The Paid Professional Membership offers ongoing CPD events, training, and monthly coaching for professionals who want to deepen their expertise and advance their career.
But you don’t need a paid plan to benefit.
Your free community access already connects you with the network — a space to grow, share, and stay updated.
Because learning doesn’t stop at diagnosis.
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint isn’t just a resource.
It’s a reset, for how we think about ADHD, and how we practise
See what others miss.
Run ADHD assessments that put people first — evidence over stereotype, every time.
Why this Blueprint matters now
Across the UK, ADHD assessment pathways are changing fast.
Clinicians face growing waiting lists, inconsistent training, and increasing scrutiny from both the public and regulators
You’re expected to deliver assessments that are rigorous, timely, and neuroaffirmative, but the guidance is scattered across policies, PDFs, and debates on social media
that blur clinical facts with opinion.
It’s no wonder so many professionals say:
“I’m not sure what’s ADHD and what isn’t.”
“I want to do this right — but I need a framework I can trust.”
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint was created to answer exactly that need.
It gives you a structure that works, one that meets NICE, AQAAS and CAQAAS standards, integrates the latest research, and keeps the person, not the stereotype, at the centre of every decision.
The clinician behind the framework
Hi, I'm Antonietta Pirillo
Dr. Antonietta Pirillo is a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director of The Spectrum Clinic (UK), where she leads a multidisciplinary team
specialising in ADHD, autism, and complex presentations.
Over the past decade, she has personally assessed hundreds of adults and children for ADHD, autism, and other mental-health conditions,
from high-flying professionals who’ve masked symptoms for years, to children navigating early education with undiagnosed neurodivergence.
She’s also trained hundreds of clinicians across the UK and Europe to recognise ADHD beyond stereotypes, showing psychologists, psychiatrists,
nurses, and allied professionals how to differentiate ADHD from anxiety, trauma, or mood disorders with confidence and compassion.
Her experience revealed one consistent truth:
When clinicians have a clear, evidence-led structure, they make better calls, and clients feel understood, not judged.
That’s what led to the Listen → Map → Decide framework
The story behind Listen → Map → Decide
When Antonietta first started assessing ADHD, she quickly realised how easily bias and uncertainty could distort a clinician’s understanding of the presentation.
Different clinicians would look at the same client and reach entirely different conclusions.
She wanted to change that.
So she built a process that bridges evidence with empathy — a framework that keeps the person’s story at the centre while maintaining the rigour of formal assessment.
Listen → Map → Decide is the result of over a decade of practice, training, and supervision.
It’s simple, memorable, practical and entirely aligned with NICE NG87, QS39, and RCPsych standards.
Here’s how it works:
↓
* Listen: Start with the person’s story — not the checklist. Understand their goals, strengths, and struggles before you even think about criteria.
* Map: Use structured tools and collateral to organise what you’ve heard into clear evidence patterns. Map symptoms, context, and impact across settings and time.
* Decide: Make transparent, defensible clinical calls — documenting your rationale in plain English so referrers, families, and clients can understand exactly how you reached your decision.
This sequence has now been taught to hundreds of professionals, and it’s changing how ADHD assessments are done across the UK.
Introducing
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint
This comprehensive, 60-plus-page guide distils Dr. Pirillo’s full methodology into a practical, easy-to-apply system you can use immediately in your clinic or service.
It’s designed for busy professionals who want clarity, not complexity.
Inside, you’ll find everything you need to run people-first, evidence-based ADHD assessments from start to finish.
What you’ll learn inside
1. The full Listen → Map → Decide Framework
A structured, neuroaffirmative workflow that aligns with national standards — helping you move from first interview to final report with precision and consistency.
2. The People-First Interview Script
Exact phrasing and prompts that reduce bias, uncover lived experience, and build therapeutic alliance from the first minute.
3. Differential Diagnosis Quick-Grids
Side-by-side comparisons that show you how to distinguish ADHD from anxiety, trauma, depression, bipolar spectrum, and autism. Clinically rigorous, yet simple to apply.
4. Documentation & Report Language Templates
Transparent, plain-English phrasing that makes your reasoning easy to follow and audit-ready.
5. Audit and Implementation Checklists
Ensure every assessment you complete meets NICE and QS39 benchmarks without adding hours to your day.
6. Medical and Risk Guardrails
Practical reminders to keep assessments safe, ethical, and well-bounded — including what to screen, what to rule out, and how to document uncertainty.
7. Real-World Case Examples
Annotated extracts that show how to apply the framework with both adult and child presentations, including complex comorbidities.
The Bonus → "Open Network" community
When you download the Blueprint, you also join the ADHD Match "Open Network" Clinician Community — free of charge.
This online network connects you directly with Dr. Pirillo and other professionals applying the framework in real practice.
You can:
* Ask clinical questions and share reflections on tricky cases.
* Join monthly live events and Q&A sessions with Antonietta.
* Access peer discussion threads, supervision-style insights, and continuing professional conversations.
Because the best learning doesn’t end when you close a book.
It happens through connection — and Antonietta designed this community to ensure you’re supported as you grow.
You’ll never look at ADHD assessment the same way again
Why clinicians love this approach
Professionals who’ve trained with Antonietta often describe a shift — from second-guessing themselves to feeling certain, composed,
and proud of their clinical decisions.
1. “Antonietta’s framework changed how I assess ADHD — I finally feel confident presenting to my MDT.”
2. “Her Listen → Map → Decide method turned chaos into structure. I can now explain my clinical reasoning without hesitation.”
3. “Every page reminds you that ADHD assessment is about people, not paperwork.”
These are the results that matter: assessments that are both compassionate and clinically solid.
Why it works
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint bridges three things most resources leave disconnected:
1. Clinical Evidence — built on NICE, RCPsych, and UKAAN standards.
2. Human Understanding — grounded in neuroaffirmative, people-first practice.
3. Practical Efficiency — designed for real services, not theory.
You’ll learn how to streamline your assessments without losing depth, how to document decisions that withstand audit or peer review,
and how to communicate findings so clients leave informed, not confused.
This isn’t about memorising criteria — it’s about mastering a process.
Download your copy today and start reading in minutes.
Apply the method in your next assessment tomorrow.
A word from Dr. Pirillo
“This book is for the clinicians who want a practical guide for their assessment process.
For those who want to combine science with empathy, rigour with humanity.
If that’s you, this Blueprint will change how you work — and how your clients feel about being assessed.”
Ready to elevate your ADHD assessments?
Download The ADHD Assessment Blueprint for £39
Get instant access + bonus free "Open Network" community membership
About ADHD Match
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint is part of ADHD Match, the first professional network built exclusively for verified ADHD healthcare professionals.
Dr. Antonietta Pirillo founded ADHD Match to raise standards, build confidence, and connect clinicians who believe ADHD assessment should be both scientifically grounded and person-centred.
The Paid Professional Membership offers ongoing CPD events, training, and monthly coaching for professionals who want to deepen their expertise and advance their career.
But you don’t need a paid plan to benefit.
Your free community access already connects you with the network — a space to grow, share, and stay updated.
Because learning doesn’t stop at diagnosis.
The ADHD Assessment Blueprint isn’t just a resource. It’s a reset for how we think about ADHD, and how we practise
See what others miss.
Run ADHD assessments that put people first — evidence over stereotype, every time.
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Contact US
© 2025 ADHD Match All Rights Reserved
Developed by - CBMG Alliance