Dr. James Wiley has been featured as this week’s ImpactADHD Guest Expert of the Week. Impact ADHD is an organization dedicated to “Helping Parents Help Kids” who are diagnosed or suspected to have ADHD. A pediatrician who specializes in working with ADHD children, Dr. Wiley advocates for learning the difference between “being” ADHD and “having” ADHD and how to diagnose the disease.
Dr. Wiley rebutted the idea that there are certain Psychoeducational or Neuropsychological tests that classify someone as having ADHD. In reality, there are a number of criteria that a child must meet in order to be diagnosed with ADHD, as determined by a clinical psychologist, educator, or physician who has gotten to know the child well. To find out more about these criteria and how to determine if your child has ADHD, read Dr. Wiley’s article,
To find out more about these criteria and how to determine if your child has ADHD, read Dr. Wiley’s ImpactADHD article here: There is no Test for ADHD: Diagnosis Starts Here.
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