2. Interview with the child and the parents or carers to gather information about:
- The child's presenting difficulties including history of the presenting problem
- family history
- family constellation and family functioning
- the child's developmental history - trying also to illicit any difficulties with co-ordination or speech and language and any history of tics or vocalisations.
- the child's medical history including attendance at accident and emergency departments
- the child's anxiety levels
- self esteem of child
- the child's peer relationships and social skills
- the wider system such as LEA and/or social services involvement
- expectations of the child and parents/or carers re-any possible diagnoses and further management.
N.B. the emphasis of questioning should be on the ICD-10 and/or DSM-1V criteria for HKD/ADHD. The clinician may find it helpful to have one or both of these criteria to hand at the time of the initial assessment.
