Caring for Children With ADHD: A Practical Resource Toolkit for Clinicians, 3rd edition
William Zurhellen, MD, FAAP; Herschel R. Lessin, MD, FAAP; Eugenia Chan, MD, MPH, FAAP; Carla Counts Allan, MS, PhD; Mark Wolraich, MD, FAAP; Eli Sprecher, MD, MPP; Steven W. Evans, PhD
Most children with ADHD have their first encounter for care within their primary clinician’s practice—their “medical home.”
These tools help you prepare for that encounter and beyond: readying your staff, screening, diagnosis, treatment, ongoing follow-up, and negotiating insurance payments for every step your patients need.
Quick Links: Clinical Practice Guideline | Preparing Your Practice | Initial Patient Intake | Comprehensive Assessment | Vanderbilt Rating Scales | Treatment and Follow-up
Editors’ Statements and Clinical Practice Guideline
• Authors, Editors, Contributors, Acknowledgments
• From Your Editors
• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents
• Key Action Statements from the AAP Clinical Practice Guideline
• The Algorithm
• The Barriers Statement
• The Diagnostic Process: The Role of Differential Diagnosis
Preparing Your Practice
• Introduction to the ADHD Care Algorithm
• Dealing With Barriers to Payment
• Rating Scales for ADHD and Concurrent Conditions
• Strengths and Evidence Quality of Recommendations
• Developing a Strategic Plan for Use and Management of Medication and Other Interventions
• Identifying Community Resources Available to Your Practice
• Communicating and Orienting Your Staff
• Coding and Financial Feasibility: Making ADHD Management Work for Your Practice
• ADHD Coding Fact Sheet for Primary Care Pediatricians
• Standardized Screening/Testing Coding Fact Sheet for Primary Care Pediatricians: Developmental/Behavioral/Emotional
Initial Patient Intake
• Initial Patient Intake: How to Start Out Working with the Patient-Parent Dyad
• Initial Triage Patient Intake: Completion Checklist
• Practice Strategic Patient Action Plan
Comprehensive Assessment—Adding History, Doing the Evaluation, and Coming to Diagnoses
• Comprehensive Assessment: An Overview
• Worksheet: Getting a Behavioral History
• Worksheet: Assessing Social History, Family Situation, and Emotional Trauma
• Comprehensive Assessment: Completion Checklist
• Clinician Action Checklist
Vanderbilt Rating Scales
• Vanderbilt Assessment Scale: ADHD Toolkit Parent-Informant Form | Spanish
• Vanderbilt Assessment Scale, Follow-up: ADHD Toolkit Parent-Informant Form | Spanish
• Vanderbilt Assessment Scale: ADHD Toolkit Teacher-Informant Form | Spanish
• Vanderbilt Assessment Scale, Follow-up: ADHD Toolkit Teacher-Informant Form | Spanish
• Vanderbilt Assessment Scales Scoring Instructions | Spanish
• Sample Cover Letter for Teacher Evaluation
Comorbidity Assessment
• Screening for Related Diagnoses: The Differential Diagnosis and Comorbid Conditions
• Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
• Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)—Parent Version
• Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)—Child Version
• Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen-Caregiver (CATS-C): 3–6 Years
• Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen-Caregiver (CATS-C): 7–17 Years
• Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS): 7–17 Years
• Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) Scoring
Collaborative Communication with Patients, Parents, Teachers, and Others
• Collaborative Communication With Patients, Parents, Teachers, and Others, Part 1: Preparing for the Discussion
• Collaborative Communication With Patients, Parents, Teachers, and Others, Part 2: Talking With the Patient and Family
Initiating Treatment and Managing Follow-up
Medications
• Next Steps in Medication Management: What Clinicians Should Know About Titration, Managing Side Effects, and Combining Medications
• Basic Facts: What Every Clinician Should Know Before Starting a Patient on Medication
• ADHD Basic Facts: What Every Parent Should Know Before Starting a Child on Medication | Spanish
• The Use of Psychostimulant Medication: Tips for Parents | Spanish
• The Use of Psychostimulant Medication: Tips for Teens | Spanish
• Sample Initial Titration Record
• ADHD Medication Guide (www.ADHDMedicationGuide.com)
Behavioral Interventions
• Understanding Behavior Modification for Children With ADHD
• Evidence-Based Behavioral Therapy for ADHD
• Behavioral Intervention Resources for Parents | Spanish
Educational Interventions
• Strategies for Managing ADHD in School Settings
• Homework Tips for Parents to Teens | Spanish
• What Every Pediatrician Needs to Know About ADHD and School
• Why Is My Child Having Trouble in School? | Spanish
• Why Am I Having So Much Trouble With School? | Spanish
• How to Establish a School-Home Daily Report Card
Getting Family Buy-In
• Getting Family Buy-In, Part 1: Barriers to Adherence
• Getting Family Buy-In, Part 2: Communication and Networking Strategies
• Working With Families Who Inquire About Complementary and Integrative Medicine for ADHD
• ADHD Fact Sheet (from Understood)
Monitoring as a Strategic Plan
• Monitoring Children and Adolescents With ADHD: A Strategic Plan
• Managing Comorbid Conditions
• Addressing Suicidal Ideation and Other Critical Situations
• Transitioning Adolescents With ADHD to Adulthood
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