ADHD Assessment and Diagnosis Across Settings Redone
Like any other condition, early detection and intervention are key to future success. In our ADD/ADHD LIVE Webinar series with Dr. Ronald T. Brown, a renowned ADHD expert, we will demystify the mystery of ADD/ADHD so that parents, teachers, clinicians and other care providers can learn about medication and behavioral strategies to help individuals with ADD/ADHD reach their greatest level of functioning.
Use of assessment and diagnosis to develop treatment plans
(i) Diagnostic tools
– What are they and when to use?
(ii) Teacher involvement: questionnaire
– Examples
(iii) Parent involvement: questionnaire
– Examples
Best practices: Treatment algorithm
(i) How to develop a treatment algorithm (balance between medication and behavioral)
Basic terminology (i.e. definition of functions)
Downloadable Tools:
- Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Summary of 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines (552 downloads )
- ADHD Clinical Practice Guideline for Evaluation Treatment (571 downloads )