diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
index fcf1ae7..60d26c6 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
@@ -382,6 +382,21 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 			return ushort.Parse(content);
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Parses the element content as a short.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="extends"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static short ReadElementContentAsShort(this IcdXmlReader extends)
+		{
+			if (extends == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("extends");
+
+			string content = extends.ReadElementContentAsString();
+			return short.Parse(content);
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Parses the element content as an enum.
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
index 6caecd0..1119b0c 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
@@ -406,6 +406,19 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 				return reader.ReadElementContentAsUShort();
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the content of an immediate child.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="xml"></param>
+		/// <param name="childElement"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static short ReadChildElementContentAsShort(string xml, string childElement)
+		{
+			using (IcdXmlReader reader = GetChildElement(xml, childElement))
+				return reader.ReadElementContentAsShort();
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the content of an immediate child.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -566,6 +579,25 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the content of the immediate child. Returns null if the child element was not found.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="xml"></param>
+		/// <param name="childElement"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static short? TryReadChildElementContentAsShort(string xml, string childElement)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				return ReadChildElementContentAsShort(xml, childElement);
+			}
+			catch (FormatException)
+			{
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the content of the immediate child. Returns null if the child element was not found.
 		/// </summary>