ADHD/ADD Evaluations

Flanders Pediatrics Providers have years of experience in evaluating and treating ADHD.

If you or your child’s teacher thinks that your child may have ADHD, we welcome you to bring that to our attention.

INITIAL CONSULTATION

Our office requires that each child undergoing an evaluation have a current well child exam/physical within one year of the evaluation, and then continue to have yearly well child exams. New patients wishing an evaluation must have the physical done first. We then ask you to make an appointment for an ADHD consultation. This appointment will last between 45-60 minutes. Prior to that appointment, you and the child’s teacher will need to complete ADHD Evaluation Forms.

We request that you provide the completed forms to us several days prior to your appointment. If not, you must bring these forms with you to the consultation appointment. If, however, the consultation is done during the summer months, we will ask you to have the teacher questionnaire completed when school resumes in the fall. A recent report card and any teacher's notes are very helpful. During the consultation, we will discuss the likelihood your child has ADHD. We will also discuss treatment options including the use of medications and their side effects.

RECHECKS AND FOLLOW-UP

If treatment is started, you will be expected to have monthly follow ups until the medication dose is optimal for your child. Once we all agree on the optimal dose, rechecks will be required every 3 to 6 months. During treatment, if it is necessary to change a dose or change to a new medication, an appointment will be required to discuss this change and then a one-month follow up appointment again after that.

We will not refill prescriptions if an appointment is overdue. However, we may choose to give you a single month's worth of medication, so that your child can continue to do well and you can make the required appointment. Frequent failures to show up for rechecks will result in our discharging you from our care.

MEDICATION REFILLS

We request that you notify us one week in advance if you need a refill of your child’s ADHD medication.