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What is Attention
Deficit
Hyperactivity
Disorder?
No
There are
only rating scales and questionnaires that measure the presence of symptoms
(Canadian ADHD practice guidelines, 2010).
Rating
scales and questionnaires are an easy and efficient way of obtaining
information and documenting change over time; they are not diagnostic
(Canadian ADHD practice guidelines, 2010).
Evaluation
s must include a full medical and physical exam, clinical interviews with
parents, teachers, and the child.
We must
be cautious to rule out differential diagnoses; anxiety, depression, food
allergies, fetal alcohol syndrome, and family problems are just some of the
conditions that could be misdiagnosed as ADHD (ADD ADHD Information
Library, 2012).
We also
have to tease out comorbid disorders like oppositional defiance disorder, and
conduct disorder.
CONNERS 3RD
EDITION (CONNERS
3)
ADHD SYMPTOMS
RATING SCALE
(ADHD-SRS)
Description of
Conners 3
Description of
ADHD-SRS
Administration of
the Conners 3
and ADHD-SRS
an be completed by informants in
approximately 15-20 minutes.
evel B assessments.
Conners 3 Test
Development
ADHD-SRS Test
Development
Conners 3
Psychometric
Properties
Conners 3
Psychometric
Properties
Conners 3
Psychometric
Properties (cont.)
Conners 3
Psychometric
Properties (cont.)
ccurately discriminates
between ADHD subtypes,
other disruptive behavioural
disorders, and learning
disorders (Arffa, 2012).
ompared to similar
assessments it showed
reasonable evidence of
convergent validity when
compared with other similar
ADHD assessments (Arffa,
2012).
ADHD-SRS
Psychometric
Properties
ADHD-SRS
Psychometric
Properties
Personal Critique
of Conners 3 and
ADHD-SRS
Personal Critique
of Conners 3 and
ADHD-SRS
Conclusion
References