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Caring for Children with ADHD: A Resource Toolkit for Clinicians

December 22, 2011

ADHD – NICHQ Toolkit National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality To download the entire toolkit as a zip file, click here. To download individual documents from the Toolkit, use the links below. 01 - Introduction Diagnosis 02 - Primary Care Initial Evaluation 03 - Vanderbilt Assessment Scale – Parent Informant 04 - Vanderbilt Assessment Scale – Teacher Informant 05 - Vanderbilt [...]

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The Proper Purpose of Assessments in the IEP process: It’s a Lot More Than Reporting a Score.

September 22, 2011

The Proper Purpose of Assessments in the IEP process: It’s a lot more than reporting a score. NYSBA Elder and Special Needs Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2012 (in press). This is a prepublication copy. By Anthony Rifkin We’ve all experienced not quite being able to remember something. It’s on the tip of our [...]

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2011/2012 CHADD Meeting Schedule

July 13, 2011

Meetings take place at 5:55 PM at 65 East 89th Street Oct 3, 2011 Nov 7 Dec 5 Jan 9, 2012 Feb 8 (Wednesday) Mar 5 Apr 2 May 7 Jun 4 For the latest information bookmark this page , and check back often!

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ADHD And the Role of The Educational Therapist

June 8, 2011

CHADD NYC Audio Presentation – June 2011   Susan Micari, MS, Ed. Board Certified Educational Therapist 365 West End Avenue, suite 101 New York, NY 10024 susan.micari@gmail.com www.susanmicari.com Board of Directors The Association of Educational Therapists

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The Most Efficient Way to Respond to Your Emails

February 2, 2011

Responding to Emails:                                                                                                               (By Harold R. Meyer and Susan K. Lasky) Read the email carefully.  Decide how much time you will need to reply, then set a timer to keep track of the amount of time you spent responding to this email. Highlight questions that require an answer (hit ‘Reply’ then you can highlight, underline or list them separately). Reply as [...]

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The Multimodal Treatment of ADHD Study (MTA):Questions and Answers

January 11, 2011

The Multimodal Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Study (MTA):Questions and Answers NIMH Revised November 2009 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common psychiatric disorder in childhood. Several interventions are effective in treating children with ADHD, including medications and behavior therapy. To examine how intensive treatment with medications compares with intensive behavior therapy, [...]

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The Overlap Between ADHD and Bipolar Disorder

January 11, 2011

Cathryn A. Galanter, M.D. discusses the overlap between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder as well as how to differentiate between the two.

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Why ADHD Is on the Rise

December 1, 2010

This article (and others) is available at everydayhealth.com Why ADHD Is on the Rise? Statistics show that more children are being diagnosed with ADHD each year. Why? Read about possible explanations in Everyday Health’s exclusive expert roundtable discussion. Everyday Health: Why are so many more children being diagnosed with ADHD now than in the past? [...]

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