ADHD - When to Refer to Center for Child Development

ADHD - When to Refer to Center for Child Development

ADHD - When to Refer to Center for Child Development

October 2026

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical practice guidelines direct primary care clinicians to evaluate, diagnose, and manage Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents ages 4 to 18 using a structured, evidence-based approach.

At the Center for Child Development, we want to support you in managing most cases with confidence while making specialty care accessible when it’s truly needed. Collaboration ensures every child receives prompt, evidence-based treatment in primary care while reserving specialty resources for the cases that need them the most. We invite you to watch Samual Gable, PhD, a child psychologist at the Center for Child Development: Before you Refer - Optimizing ADHD Assessment in Primary Care:

Watch the webinar

Time stamp of topics:
• Overview of ADHD
0:00 – 5:26
• Screening Tools in Primary Care
5:27 – 8:58
• Comorbidities & Differentials
8:59 – 38:35
- Anxiety and Mood disorders
8:59 – 25:24
- Neurodevelopment disorders
25:25 – 34:58
- Specific learning disorders
34.59 – 38:35
• Special Populations
38:35 – 44:03
- Young Children (4-5)
38:36 – 40:25
- Adolescents
40:26 – 44:03
• Staging Diagnosis and Referrals
44: 04 – 56:32
To refer a patient:
  1. In Children’s Epic or Epic Care Link: place an ambulatory referral to Mental and Behavioral Health and select psychological testing.
  2. External providers, choose one of the following:
  • In your instance of Epic - Place an external referral order to CHW MENTAL AND BEHAVIORIAL HEALTH note ADHD evaluation
  • Fax (414) 607-5288
  • Online ambulatory referral

 

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