Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Part I: Background and Context of the Supplemental Security Income Disability Benefit Program for Children; 4 1 Introduction; 5 2 The SSI Program for Children; 6 3 National-Level Trends in the SSI Program for Children with Mental Disorders, 20042013; 7 4 State Variation in the SSI Program for Children; 8 5 Poverty and Childhood Disability; 9 Part II: Clinical Characteristics of Selected Mental Disorders; 10 6 Clinical Characteristics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; 11 7 Clinical Characteristics of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder; 12 8 Clinical Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder; 13 9 Clinical Characteristics of Intellectual Disabilities; 14 10 Clinical Characteristics of Learning Disabilities; 15 11 Clinical Characteristics of Mood Disorders; 16 Part III: Prevalence of Selected Mental Disorders; 17 12 Prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; 18 13 Prevalence of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder; 19 14 Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder; 20 15 Prevalence of Intellectual Disabilities; 21 16 Prevalence of Learning Disabilities; 22 17 Prevalence of Mood Disorders; 23 Part IV: Medicaid Analytic eXtract Study; 24 18 Medicaid Analytic eXtract Study; 25 Appendixes; 26 Appendix A: Deeming Eligibility Chart for Children; 27 Appendix B: SSA Childhood Mental Disorders Listing of Impairments; 28 Appendix C: The Listing of Impairments - Overview; 29 Appendix D: Surveys and Surveillance Systems That Collect Data on Mental Disorders Among Children; 30 Appendix E: Initial Allowance, Initial Determination, Allowance Rate, and Recipient Data for 10 Major Mental Disorders; 31 Appendix F: Medicaid Analytic eXtract Methods; 32 Appendix G: Medicaid Analytic eXtract Results; 33 Appendix H: Committee and Consultant Biographies