ADHD in Children
A workbook for parents: gather concrete observations, ease everyday life and prepare well for a doctor's appointment.
€4.00 · 11 pages, A4, PDF
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The Vanderbilt parent rating scale is a basis for the conversation with your child's doctor, not a standalone diagnostic tool. An ADHD diagnosis in children rests on information from more than one setting and a clinical conversation. Parents don't have to make a diagnosis – what helps is to gather concrete observations, ease everyday life and prepare the conversation with the professional well. That is exactly what this workbook is for.
What's inside
- How to use the workbook – the questionnaire as a basis for the conversation, not a diagnosis
- Baseline: enter the Vanderbilt areas, since when and where they show most strongly
- Observation log: concrete situations at home over two to three weeks
- Get feedback from school or childcare – questions for the teacher or educator
- Structuring everyday life: fixed routines for morning, homework and evening
- Attention and homework – a setup that often helps
- Behaviour and cooperation – and the limits of going it alone
- Strengthening your child: make strengths visible, explain in an age-appropriate way
- Preparing for the doctor's appointment – checklist, where to turn, conversation notes
- Notes and source
Free preview: Observation log (page 4)
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Scientific basis
- Wolraich, M. L., Lambert, W., Doffing, M. A., Bickman, L., Simmons, T., & Worley, K. (2003). Psychometric properties of the Vanderbilt ADHD diagnostic parent rating scale in a referred population. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 28(8), 559–567. — NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale, © 2002 American Academy of Pediatrics & NICHQ – free to use with attribution.
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