Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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Useful links

Australia

• HealthInsite – a website funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing that aims to provide Australians with easy access to quality information about human health.
  
  
• Better Health Channel – a website established by the Victorian Government that aims to provide the community with access to online health related information which is quality assured, reliable, up-to-date and locally relevant.
  
  
• Child and Youth Health - an independent State Government health unit, funded primarily by the South Australian Department of Human Services, that provides health and parenting information based on the latest research and best practice, and provides a range of primary health care programs.
  
  
• Opening All Options – a website, funded by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training, that provides information and resources about learning disabilities.
  
  
• Australian Psychological Society – professional association for psychologists in Australia.
  
  
• Wrap Around Kids – a program designed to provide teachers with practical classroom strategies for managing different learning styles and behaviours of children with ADHD and other disorders or disabilities.  It provides a communication framework for regular sharing of information and expertise between families, teachers and other managing professionals.
  
  
• Learning Links – an Australian charity and non-profit organisation, offering information, support and services to children who have learning difficulties, disabilities and/or developmental delays and their families.
  
  
• Children’s Hospital Education Research Institute (CHERI)  - an institute located at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in NSW that conducts research into the educational and psychosocial aspects of children with learning problems. The CHERI team also conducts educational assessments for some of these children and provides information and resources to families and professionals.

Overseas

• ADDA: Attention Deficit Disorder Association – an American non-profit organisation that provides information, resources and networking to adults with ADHD and to the professionals working with them.
  
  
• ADDISS: National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service – a UK non-profit organisation that provides information and resources about ADHD to anyone who needs assistance.
  
  
• ADD Resources – an American non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting, educating and serving as a resource for people with ADD.
  
  
• CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – an American non-profit organisation that provides science-based, evidence-based information about ADHD to parents, educators, professionals, the media and the general public.
  
  
• NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health – American Federal agency for research on mental and behavioural disorders.
  
  
• The National Resource Center on ADHD - a clearinghouse, funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that provides information and resources about ADHD.
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that aims to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats.
  
  
• National Center for Health Statistics – U.S. principal health statistics agency. The 2000 CDC Growth Charts are accessed from this website.

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