Parenting · for parents waiting for a child's autism or ADHD evaluation
EvalReady is an observation log for parents waiting for a child's autism or ADHD evaluation. When something happens, you pick a category such as sleep, talking or big feelings, write a line in your own words, and attach a photo or video if you took one. The entries build a dated timeline, and before the appointment you bind them into one PDF book for the clinic, with every video listed so you can play it from your phone. EvalReady keeps records; it does not screen, score or diagnose.
Tap Make the book and the scattered entries line up by date, a cover settles on top with your child's name and the months covered, and the pages are bound with a firm tap you can feel. It works with three entries as well as three hundred; the cover simply shows the dates you really have. Inside the PDF are a contents page, the notes in date order, a count of entries per category and a numbered list of your videos.
One tap picks the category, then a line in your own words. The time is stamped for you and can be moved, because the thing that happened at nap time often gets written up after dinner. A category with no note saves too, so a long day never needs a paragraph.
Photos and videos also sit on their own date-ordered timeline, and a tap plays a clip full screen. A PDF cannot hold video, so the book lists each clip with a thumbnail, date and number. At the appointment you hand over the phone and play them in that same order.
The wait for a child's autism or ADHD evaluation can run for months, and the things you will be asked about keep happening the whole time: the night your child was awake until two, the morning they put two words together for the first time, the hard moment at the supermarket doors. Most parents end up with a notes app, a camera roll where the clips sit between birthday photos, and a few messages to a partner. On the day, someone asks when it started and how often, and the answer is somewhere in all of that.
EvalReady keeps those moments in one place, in date order, with each photo or clip attached to the note it belongs to. It is built for the parent typing with one thumb at the end of a long day, and for the morning when you can hand a clinician something organized instead of trying to remember half a year out loud.
The first screen asks only what you call your child, and a nickname is fine. Birth month is optional. There is no account to create, and the evaluation date can wait until you have one. After that the app opens straight onto a new note.
Categories use everyday words: Sleep, Eating, Talking, Play, Senses, Repeated behaviors, Big feelings, Daycare and school, Proud moments, and Other, and you can add your own. They are folders for finding things later, not a list of symptoms. Proud moments is there on purpose. A record that only holds the hard days is not a full picture of your child.
Photos and videos can come from the library, several at a time, or straight from the camera. When you import a clip, its recording date becomes the time of the note, so a video from last Tuesday lands on last Tuesday.
If you want a nudge, a daily reminder can be switched on at the time you choose, usually the evening. It stays off until you turn it on, and its wording never mentions autism, ADHD, evaluations or development, so nothing private shows up on a lock screen.
The PDF opens with a cover that carries your child's name or nickname, the dates the notes cover, the day it was made, and a footnote saying it is a parent's observation record, not a medical record or a diagnosis. A contents page follows, then every note in date order with its category, time and your words, with photos printed small beside the note they belong to.
Near the back are a plain table of how many entries fall under each category and a video list with a thumbnail, recording date and caption for each clip. The table counts and nothing more; it never says anything went up, went down or got worse. Paper size follows your region, Letter or A4, and the file goes out through the share sheet or AirPrint after a one-line reminder that it contains sensitive notes.
The file is made fresh from your notes each time and cleared from the phone once it has been shared, so no stray copies are left lying around.
Once the clinic gives you a date, add it and a countdown card appears at the top of the timeline. Seven days before, a reminder suggests getting the book ready, and another comes the day before. The date can change as often as the clinic changes it. After the day passes the card shows it as done, and you can keep writing notes and set a new date for a follow-up visit.
The home screen shows how many notes you have and how many weeks you have been keeping them, with the Make the book button always in reach. A separate view counts entries by week and by category as simple bars, with numbers and dates only.
Notes, photos and videos stay on your phone. EvalReady has no account and no server, makes no network requests, and carries no analytics. You can lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID or your device passcode, which matters when a phone gets passed around the family.
Delete all data in Settings removes everything in one step: the notes, the photos and videos kept by the app, thumbnails, any PDF still in the cache, and scheduled reminders. The app then starts again from the first screen.
There is no screening questionnaire, no score and no milestone checklist. EvalReady never labels a note as a sign of anything, never tells you a behavior is increasing, and never suggests what to write. It does not recommend treatments, therapists or clinics. There are no intensity sliders or duration fields either. A parent's own description is the point, so the note box stays a plain text box.
EvalReady is a record-keeping tool for parents. It does not screen for, diagnose or assess autism, ADHD or any other condition, and it is not medical advice. Questions about your child's development belong with your child's doctor or evaluation team.
No. It records what you observe and arranges it by date and category. It does not ask screening questions, calculate a score or suggest whether your child has any condition. That judgment belongs to the professionals who evaluate your child.
On your phone. EvalReady has no account and makes no network requests, so nothing is uploaded anywhere. Photos and videos you attach stay with the note they belong to, and the PDF is only created when you ask for it.
Yes. The date starts as not scheduled, and you can add or change it whenever the clinic confirms. Everything you write before then goes into the book the same way.
A PDF cannot play video, so the book has a video list with a thumbnail, date, caption and number for every clip. At the appointment you open the media timeline on your phone and play the clips in the same numbered order.
Yes. Binding works with a handful of entries; the cover shows the dates you actually have, such as notes since March 30, and you can make a new book whenever more have built up.
Turn on the app lock and EvalReady asks for Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode before it opens. Reminder notifications are worded so that nothing about your child's evaluation appears on the lock screen.
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