Teen ADHD
Teen ADHD treatment
Enhance treats teen ADHD with an assessment, therapy and family sessions, in outpatient or virtual care that often runs after school.
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Clinically reviewed by Christina Khouie, MA, LMFT, our founder, on September 30, 2026. Enhance is accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by the California Department of Health Care Services.
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ADHD in teens
How ADHD shows up in a teenager
NIMH describes ADHD as a neurodevelopmental condition, which means it affects how the brain develops. In a teen, it can look like unfinished work, losing track of time, blurting things out, and risky choices, including with driving and substances. Your teen is not simply refusing to try.
The assessment
A clinician takes a history from you and from your teen, and checks whether anxiety or depression could explain the same problems. The clinician decides which questions and tools the assessment needs.
The skills
Therapy, including CBT, helps your teen practice starting work, keeping track of time and planning the next step, and you take part in that practice. A 504 plan or an IEP comes from the school, so Enhance does not write one.
If your teen is thinking about suicide or is in danger right now, call 988 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Levels of care
Where teen ADHD treatment happens
Teen ADHD treatment at Enhance happens in outpatient sessions, often after school, or in virtual sessions from home.
Inpatient
- Where you sleep
- On site, with clinical staff
- How much of your week
- All of it
- Who it suits
- Needs more than a day program
- What usually comes next
- PHP
Partial hospitalization (PHP)
- Where you sleep
- At home
- How much of your week
- Most of each day
- Who it suits
- Can sleep at home safely
- What usually comes next
- IOP
Intensive outpatient (IOP)
- Where you sleep
- At home
- How much of your week
- Part of the week
- Who it suits
- Keeping up work or school
- What usually comes next
- Outpatient
Outpatient
- Where you sleep
- At home
- How much of your week
- Regular sessions
- Who it suits
- Doing well with therapy
- What usually comes next
- Ongoing care
Admissions will tell you on the first call which level of care fits your teen.
When to call
What parents can do at home
You can try these steps at home, but they do not replace a treatment plan.
- Give one written list for the evening instead of a long talk.
- Set a start time for homework, in the same place every day.
- Sit nearby for the first ten minutes of homework, then leave.
- Keep bedtimes steady, including on weekends when you can.
- Tell the school in writing what you are seeing at home.
- Ask about anxiety, mood and substance use, not only about grades.
Ask for more than skills work if
- Mood or panic seems to be the bigger problem.
- You think your teen may be using drugs.
- Safety is already a concern, including driving.
If there is immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. For a mental health crisis, call or text 988.
Often with ADHD
Conditions the assessment also checks
The assessment also checks for anxiety, depression and substance use, which can show up alongside ADHD.
What happens when you call
See what happens when you call admissions or send us the form.
You call, or send the form
You tell admissions what is happening and whether you think your teen's ADHD might fit.
We check your benefits
With your permission, we contact your insurer and find out what your plan covers.
You hear what it means
Admissions explains your deductible, your copay and which level of care your plan supports, in plain terms.
You decide
If you want to go ahead, admissions walks you through what happens next.
Benefits vary from plan to plan, and checking them does not guarantee coverage.
(714) 862-1907Cost and coverage
What your plan may cover
What you pay depends on your deductible, your copay and the level your insurer approves. Admissions checks your benefits with the insurer and tells you the figures before you decide anything.
We're in network with most insurance plans. If your plan isn't listed, call us and we'll check it for you.
Some plans we accept
- Ambetter
- MHN
- CalPERS
- Covered California
Common questions about teen ADHD
If your question is not answered here, call admissions at (714) 862-1907.
Who can diagnose a teenager with ADHD?
A qualified clinician can diagnose ADHD after taking a history. More than one kind of specialist can do this, and admissions will tell you who does the assessment at Enhance.
What therapy helps teens with ADHD?
Therapists use skills work, often CBT, that you and your teen practice together over several sessions. If your teen also has anxiety or depression, that care can happen alongside it.
Can you get the school to write a 504 plan?
No. A 504 plan or an IEP is the school's process, and Enhance does not file one. We can talk with you about what you are seeing so you can describe it clearly to the school.
Will you recommend medication?
Only a prescriber can recommend medication, and only after assessing your teen. Whether medication is part of the plan is a clinical decision for that prescriber.
Talk with admissions about teen ADHD
Bring what the school has told you and what you see at home in the evenings. That is enough information for the first call.
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