Guidelines and Policies for This Course
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supports the following guideline regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing monitoring of ADHD and its associated conditions. The guideline is intended to 
nform you of ways to optimize care for patients 4 to 18 years of age with confirmed or suspected ADHD.
- The AAP 2019 ADHD Guideline, Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children and Adolescents. Use the tab provided to view supplemental files:
- The ADHD PoC Algorithm, A Process of Care (PoC) Algorithm for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With ADHD
- The ADHD Systemic Barriers document, Systematic Barriers to the Care of Children and Adolescents With ADHD
1 Wolraich ML, Hagan JF Jr, Allan C, et al; Subcommittee on Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2019;144(4):e20192528
AAP Product Related to This Course
The AAP ADHD Toolkit, Caring for Children with ADHD: A Practical Resource Toolkit for Clinicians, 3rd Edition features a comprehensive collection of essential resources (most all-new for this edition) to help clinicians become more comfortable with providing a medical home for children with ADHD. This framework of tools, forms, templates, scales, and coding references is a complementary resource to the AAP 2019 ADHD Guideline—and to this EQIPP course—to enable and empower the clinician to provide needed care to children with ADHD from birth to adulthood.
A limited number of resources from the Toolkit have been included free of charge in this EQIPP course. The full collection of tools is available with a Pediatric Care Online subscription or AAP ADHD Toolkit purchase.