May
18
ADHD Checklists: Monitoring Treatment Over Time
ByIn this new video: Medication Mastery Video #2 - I share how checklists are used by doctors (and YOU!) to assess and monitor treatment for ADD and ADHD.
Just click play above to start the video.
Download link (just right click to save the video to your computer).
Links to the checklists mentioned on this video:
- SNAP-IV: Visit here to get a copy of this form.
- ASRS: The Adult ADHD Self Report Scale.
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Best,
Dr. Kenny
9 Comments
May 19th, 2009 at 2:47 am
This video was a great reminder. Initially my childs counselor asked for the checklist to be completed by my childs teacher and daycare provider. It has been two years and neither of the two doctors my daughter has seen has asked for a follow up checklist.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I work at a rehabilitation clinic which offers ADHD support meetings to parents of ADHD children. This video was great. I can now pass on the information to our parents to help them with their children.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:30 am
How simple and logical —and how typical that our doctors haven’t thought to tell us to do it. My child has been on Ritalin LA for years and no one (including me, unfortunately) has thought to review with the checklist. Thank you so much.
May 21st, 2009 at 1:18 pm
this was a good reminder to parents to do this even on there own. just to see how your child is progressing wk to wk or month to month.
thanks
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:54 am
I am so glad you mentioned the checklist. Both my children have been on medicaion for years and the only time we did a checklist was at the very beginning. Thank you for a reminder of getting a checklist done and how often!
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:16 am
I am 66 years old and have been on stimulant meds for about 2-3 years; I have been able to focus and accomplish more after getting on meds than I have in my entire life. It has also helped me with a depression that has hounded me for many years–I am not on an anti-depressant but use to be before stimulant meds. Specifically, I am on 70 mg Vyvanase. Our son, now 18 and ready for college has been (reluctantly) on meds since 8 or 9 years old. He has always taken them, but we have given them to him but now he is about to be in college by himself and we worry that he might not continue to take them on his own. However, he recently got a speeding ticket which I believe he may have linked to his not taking stimulant meds–he is on 50 mg Vyvanase so I believe that this reluctance, at least temporarily has been overcome by this “natural consequence” of getting the speeding ticket– I honestly believe that the med reduces his level of impulsivity. Even with meds, he still has had his ups and downs throughout high school. I believe that even though he has seen MDs and therapist about his adhd, he has been reluctant to confront his differences but has denied that meds help him. Fortunately, he does not have any significant LDs concurrent with his ADHD. He is an adopted son and through studying the nature of his diagnosis I discovered my own ADD (inattentive subtype). I would love for him to be a regular reader of your emails and informative videos but again I don’t know how much understanding of himself he is willing to take on. He is going to a community college next year. Thanks for your informative emails. I have forwarded some of your emails to him.
John Vassar
PS– I am a Professor of Management at a university.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:40 am
Hi John,
Thanks for your comment and for suggesting your son get my emails. He can receive them by signing up at: http://www.theadhddoctor.com - or even on this site. (I deleted his email address from your comment - and we can’t subscribe him - he has to request the info by subscribing for himself).
Thanks for sharing your story.
Best,
Dr. Kenny
May 27th, 2009 at 12:34 am
Hi - Dr. Kenny - I really like these shorts videos giving us tips that are informative. I can’t concentrate for a very long time, so these are just perfect. I have a severe cast of inattentive ADHD, OCD, and anxiety disorder.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:56 am
Hi, My name is Ida. I am working as an early childhood consultant in Indonesia. My trainee, teachers, found problems in making lines between ADHD or students who are active and still in explorative play.
My question relating to your form, after we fill in the form, in what area we can assume that the child is having ADHD or not. Therefore, we can take action by suggesting parents/adult to bring the child to experts.
Many thanks