NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale for ADHD, Teacher Follow-up

Description

The NICHQ (National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have sponsored a set of tools for evaluating children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) developed at Vanderbilt University. The follow-up scale monitors the core 18 symptoms for ADHD, child performance and adverse effects of medications based on the observations of a teacher. This can be monitored over time to determine the child's need and response to interventions.

Parameters:

(1) symptoms (18)

(2) performance (8)

(3) adverse effects (12)

Symptoms Responses	Points
never	0
occasionally	1
often	2
very often	3

Performance Responses	Points
excellent	1
above average	2
average	3
somewhat of a problem	4
problematic	5

Adverse Effects	Points
none	0
mild	1
moderate	2
severe	3

total symptom score for questions 1 to 18 =

= SUM(points for symptoms questions 1 to 18)

average performance score

= SUM(points for all 8 performance questions) / 8

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Specialty

ICD-10