Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

We do not treat children with ADHD as their main diagnosis; however, we do treat children who have developmental disabilities as well as ADHD.

• Behavior Treatment Services - Provides assessment and short-term treatment for children and teens with developmental delay or disability and challenging behaviors.
• Community Consultation Program - Provides technical assistance, training, and continuing education to schools, community and state agencies that provide services to children with learning and behavioral challenges.
• OPWDD Community and Home Intervention and Response Program (CHIRP) - Provides services to individuals with a developmental or intellectual disability living in Monroe County with significant behavioral difficulties.

• Child Neurology - Provides treatment to children with a primary diagnosis of ADHD.
• Pediatric Sleep Medicine Service - Evaluates and treats sleep problems.

• ADHD Resource Center - Aims to empower consumers through patient education and contains consumer-friendly definitions, answers to frequently asked questions, clinical resources, expert videos, and abstracts from the JAACAP, Scientific Proceedings and Facts for Families relevant to ADHD.
• National Resource Center on ADHD - Provides information on the ADHD disorder which affects how millions of children and adults function on a daily basis. The NRC was created to meet the information needs of professionals and the general public.
• Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) - Provides information, resources, and networking to adults and family members and to professionals. Resources on the website are available in English and Spanish.
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) - Has over 16,000 members in 200 local chapters throughout the U.S. Chapters offer support for individuals, parents, teachers, professionals, and others. Resources on the website are available in English and Spanish.
• National Resource Center on ADHD - Provides information on the ADHD disorder which affects how millions of children and adults function on a daily basis. The NRC was created to meet the information needs of professionals and the general public.
• Life and Learning Services - Provides answers, guidance, and information to help parents, educators, and healthcare professionals to address the needs of children and adults who struggle with learning disabilities.
• Parent Medication Guide for ADHD (downloadable pdf)

Recommended Books

• ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know by American Academy of Pediatrics; Joseph F. Hagan; Mark L. Wolraich-ISBN: 9781610022644 Publication Date: 2019-05-21
• Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson; Richard Guare-ISBN: 9781593854454 Publication Date: 2009-01-02
• Taking Charge of ADHD, Third Edition by Russell A. Barkley-ISBN: 9781462507894 Publication Date: 2013-04-15
• No More Meltdowns by Jed Baker-ISBN: 9781932565621 Publication Date: 2008-04-01
• Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka-ISBN: 9780062403063 Publication Date: 2015-09-08
• The Everything Parents's Guide to ADHD in Children by Jerome J. Schultz; Carole Jacobs; Isadore Wendel-ISBN: 9781605506784 Publication Date: 2010-07-18

Book for Kids

• The Survival Guide for Kids with ADHD by John F. Taylor-ISBN: 9781575424477 Publication Date: 2013-08-06
• Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention by Kathleen G. Nadeau; Ellen B. Dixon; Charles Beyl (Illustrator)-ISBN: 9781591471554 Publication Date: 2004-08-15
• Mrs. Gorski I Think I Have the Wiggle Fidgets by Barbara E; Mike Gordon (Illustrator)-ISBN: 9781603368179 Publication Date: 2015-03-22
• Cory's Stories by Jeanne Kraus; Whitney Martin (Illustrator)-ISBN: 9781591471547 Publication Date: 2004-08-15