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Summary
1 hour CE
National Institutes of Mental Health
This course summarizes the symptoms, causes and treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children, adolescents, and adults. Included are discussions about differential diagnosis, assessment protocols, what is known about the causes of ADHD, and which educational, behavioral, and pharmacological interventions have been demonstrated in recent research to be superior to other treatments.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this program, you should be able to:
- Differentiate symptoms that are diagnostic of ADHD from those that are not
- Differentiate factors that cause ADHD from those that do not
- Name two treatments shown by the MTA study to be superior to others
- Identify the responsibilities of the school in educating students with ADHD
Difficulty Level: Beginning to Intermediate
Pub. Date 2003
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