Provides child health care professionals and educators with a comprehensive set of empirically-driven guidelines for assessing children and adolescents who exhibit symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). This book offers guidelines for conducting an AD/HD assessment.

This volume provides child health care professionals and educators with a comprehensive set of empirically-driven, process-oriented guidelines for assessing children and adolescents who exhibit symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). This book: offers guidelines for conducting an AD/HD assessment; includes a detailed description of the defining features of AD/HD; comprehensively discusses how AD/HD and its associated features unfold across the life span; presents an in-depth critique of various assessment procedures. "Assessing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" steers the reader through the process of selecting measures and reaching accurate AD/HD diagnoses. The text also reviews the process of translating assessment data into treatment recommendations, giving feedback to children and families, and evaluating treatment efficacy.

Introduction. 1. Diagnostic Criteria: An Historical Perspective. 2. Primary Characteristics and Associated Features. 3. Implications for Assessment. 4. Assessment Procedures. 5. Establishing a Diagnosis. 6. Planning Treatment. 7. Providing Feedback. 8. Assessing Treatment Outcome. References. Appendices. Author Index. Subject Index.