Assessment resources

Try these PDF documents. They need to be downloaded.

“http://ici2.umn.edu/preschoolbehavior/tip_sheets/adhd.pdf
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder…a guide for teachers and parents
This Intervention Tip Sheet has been developed to assist teachers and parents in providing the best possible educational opportunities to students with emotional and behavioral disorders.

href=”http://boe.brax.k12.wv.us/Forms/ATTENTION-DEFICIT_HYPERACTIVE_Rpt.PDF”
Diagnostic Criteria for Attention-Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder
This is a very useful checklist to be used by teachers in detecting and assessing ADHD. The checklist uses the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM IV).

Thank you so much Vicki. The information was very helpful.

Marla

I’m glad it helped. If you want some background information, and classroom management tips, have a look at the following websites.

www.cdipage.com/teacher.htm
www.central.edu/education/REX/ADHD.html
www3.sympatico.ca/frankk/50class.html
www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.cfm#adhd3

Good luck,
Vicki

Thanks for the info-I plan to use it!!!
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I searched on Yahoo for some sites that may be of interest to you. I didn’t dream there would be this many GREAT sites on ADHD. The following is a list and description of some of the things I found—some may be more valuable to you than others.

www.mentalhealth.com- this provides description, diagnosis, treatment, research, booklets, and magazine articles on ADHD- looks like a super resource

www.drsheilabalog.bigstep.com/- this is a psychiatrist who can provide information of psychological and educational assessment

www.adhd.org.nz/- great online resource and support group for ADHD

www.adhacounselorguy.com- this is chock full of information on parenting and teaching children with ADHD

www.cdipage.com- thie is the Child Development Institute—it looked like one of the best websites I found. It includes books and tapes, homework help for ADHD and LD students, parents’ polls, etc

www.chadd,org- this provides a great deal of current research on ADHD, among other things

www.adhafraud.org- this contains articles, essays, and other information pertaining to the fraud of ADHD along with commentary and current news

odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/110/110- this website is mainly research on ADHD, treatments, and organizations

www.biopsychology.uni-essen.de/- this is a great amount of research on a variety od disorders, including ADHD

www.newideas.net- this is specifically an ADD/ADHD library

I hope these websites can help you. Many of these websites also provide links to other ADHD websites. Good Luck with your research! Monica