ADD Centers

Comprehensive Services for Children, Adolescents and Adults with ADHD and Their Families

With over 50 years combined experience in behavioral health field, Howard Klapman, M.D. and Alan R. Graham, Ph.D. have joined forces to create the ADD Centers. The decision to create the Centers is based on the premise that a coordinated, organized approach to the assessment and treatment of ADD/ADHD is the optimal method for addressing the complex needs of ADD individuals of all ages.

Common symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) are:

< Inattention: difficulty sustaining attention, often makes careless mistakes, fails to follow through on instructions, does not finish schoolwork, chores or duties in the workplace, difficulty organizing activities, does not seem to listen, loses things , easily distracted, forgetful

< Impulsivity: often blurts out answers before questions have been completed, has difficulty awaiting turn, interrupts or intrudes on others

< Hyperactivity: fidgets, cannot sit still, runs or climbs excessively (restlessness in adolescents and adults), always ‘on the go’, difficulty in engaging in leisure activities quietly, talks excessively.

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What We Do

While there is no cure for ADD, there are treatments and interventions that can help the ADD individual live a happy, fulfilling life. The best way of approaching the problem is from a "multimodal" perspective. The Center staff looks at the different aspects of the problems you or your child have and uses different strategies to address those concerns. While all individuals do not need comprehensive intervention, the following list can reassure you that everything, within reason, is being done for you or your child.

< Assessment

< Education

< Counseling

< School Placement

< Parent Training

< Consistent Support

< Medication

< Social Interventions

< Skill Building Groups

Psychiatric consultations with Dr. Klapman are provided at 

9701 Knox, Suite 215 

HOWARD KLAPMAN, M.D. Medical Director, was trained at Northwestern University and Children’s Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Michigan. He began his career in 1963 as Chief of Psychiatry at Illinois State Pediatric Institute, now the Illinois Institute of Developmental Disabilities, and opened his private practice in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. Dr. Klapman has extensive experience in special education, including 20 years as consultant to the Special Education District of Lake County. He led the treatment team at SEDOL and worked on the landmark case involving Public Law 94-142, wherein "every child is entitled to a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment". This included ADHD children even before the present syndrome was identified. Dr. Klapman has held numerous academic appointments at Chicago area medical schools. He is on the hospital staffs of Rush North Shore, Lutheran General, and Christ Community Hospitals. Dr. Klapman is currently the Acting Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program at Lutheran General Hospital.