This toolkit is designed to assist clinicians in providing quality care for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It can provide the basis for a coordinated, integrated, and multidisciplinary system of care.

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This toolkit contains the following tools:

• NICHQ ADHD Primary Care Initial Evaluation Form - This tool helps organize the various pieces of information needed to make a diagnosis of ADHD. This form also can serve to ensure the child has received a treatment plan, appropriate referrals, and a followup appointment
• NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale: Parent Informant - This form is to be completed by the parent and can be used to establish the high frequency of symptoms to make the diagnosis of ADHD. The scale can also screen for coexisting conditions
• NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale: Teacher Informant - This form is to be completed by the teacher and can be used to establish the high frequency of symptoms to make the diagnosis of ADHD. The scale can also screen for coexisting conditions
• NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Followup: Parent Informant - This form is for use by the parent and is used to help assess the treatment's effectiveness
• NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Followup: Teacher Informant - This form is for use by the teacher and is used to help assess the treatment's effectiveness
• Scoring instructions for the NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales - Provides a set of directions for scoring the assessment and followup scales
• Sample NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale: Parent Informant
• Cover letter to teachers: This serves as a means of communication from the clinician and an introductory letter that may accompany the assessment scales that the clinician requests from school. This sample can serve as a template a clinician can adapt to fit his/her own practice and approach.