NRC Director Tim MacGeorge discusses ADHD Awareness Week and recently updated clinical ADHD guidelines with local Washington DC Fox Affliate anchor Allison Seymour.
The updated guidelines were issued Oct. 16, 2011 during ADHD Awareness Week by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and provide guidance to pediatricians and primary care physicians for the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of childrern and adolescents age 4-18.
Ask the Expert: Chat Relationships: Survival Tips for the non-ADHD Spouse/Partner,the next chat in our Ask the Expert series, will be held Feb. 22 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern time. Our guest expert will be Terry Dickson, MD, ACG.
The chat transcript from Handling ADHD and Homework Struggleswill be available by Jan. 26 to CHADD members, who also have access to transcripts from all previous chats.
See our chat schedule for information on upcoming chats.
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CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
For ten years, CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities has been working on a number of important public health concerns, including developmental disabilities that affect individuals across the lifespan. NCBDDD is the center that partnered with CHADD in 2003 to establish the National Resource Center on ADHD. Congratulations NCBDDD!
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