Evaluation Services:

The Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Clinic's diagnostic evaluations include comprehensive clinical interviews, objective assessments of individuals' functioning across multiple settings, and computer-based tests of individuals' attention and response patterns under controlled conditions. The diagnostic information is evaluated by the America Psychiatric Association's diagnostic standards for Attention Deficit Disorders, and treatment plans are generated in collaboration with clients.

Treatment Services:

Treatment plans are designed for each individual, but common programs for many adults frequently include education and training on the nature of ADHD and its typical impact on adult life. Treatment programs also typically assist clients with improving organizational and other self-management skills, and with developing strategies for enhancing job-related functioning, as well as improving interpersonal relationships.

Treatment plans for children and teens are also individually developed but are typically done so in collaboration with parents. In addition to helping children and teens themselves understand ADHD and its impact on their functioning, professionals at the Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Clinic also present group and individual training programs for parents to help them help their children and teens with ADHD. The clinic currently offers two parent-training and treatment programs to meet these goals.

The first program is designed for parents of children between the ages of 5 and 12. It serves to train parents in effective behavior management, the proper use of incentives to encourage desired behavior, the proper use of time-out and other disciplinary strategies, effective ways to communicate with schools, and effective strategies to manage their children's behavior in public places.

The second program is designed for parents of teens between the ages of 13 and 18. It serves to train parents in the sources of teen misconduct, the effective use of incentives and contracts to encourage desired behavior, the proper use of grounding and other disciplinary methods, effective school advocacy, and extensive parent-teen communication training to improve the overall quality of family interactions.

Psychiatric Services:

The Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Clinic also make consulting psychiatric services available for clients who may need assistance with medications appropriate for the reduction and management of the symptoms of ADHD.

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR PARENTS
OF BEHAVIOR-DISORDERED CHILDREN

This parent training group provides child management techniques for ADHD and behavior-disordered children between the ages of 5 and 12. The program goals
are:

1. To increase parental knowledge of the causes of childhood misbehavior, and the principles and concepts underlying the learning of such behavior.
    

2. To improve parental management skills and competence in dealing with child behavior problems, particularly non-compliance.
    

3. To improve child compliance to directions and rules given by parents.

Based on Barkley's (1997) effective model of parent training, the group is educational in nature and consists of seven sessions covering the following
topics: