My approach is driven by my lifelong personal experience with ADHD, being the parent of kids with ADHD, and a pediatrician specializing in ADHD for 20 years.
If your child is struggling with laziness, defiance, social challenges, sibling conflicts, feelings of overwhelm, or low self-esteem, ADHD may be a contributing factor.
As a pediatrician, I had little training in ADHD but when it affected my family, I made a deep dive into best practices for the evaluation, diagnosis. and treatment of ADHD. I want to share those insights with you.
For years parents and kids affected by ADHD have shared their stories with me. I’m so grateful for the experience and wisdom they’ve shared and I want to share it with you.
There is still stigma and misinformation about ADHD and I want to share with you the science and language of compassion that will help your family understand the truth.
Medication helps connect the focus network and things stop going in one ear and out of the other. It’s important to treat the medical component of ADHD but it’s just the start.
Your child still needs you to understand their challenges and help them build the skills they need to be their best.
Your child isn’t ADHD. Your child is a person. ADHD is a neurological medical condition. And treating it shouldn’t change the person! It should decrease the symptoms of ADHD!
For years parents and kids affected by ADHD have shared their stories with me. I’m so grateful for the experience and wisdom they’ve shared and I want to share it with you.
Your understanding will help take you and your family from FRUSTRATION to FOCUS.
Dr. Wiley weaves bits and pieces of this information into office visits with his patients over months and they have been asking for this “all in one place” resource for years. It’s finally here!
Chapter 1. What is “Focused Parenting”?
Chapter 2. What is ADHD?
Chapter 3. Is it ADHD?
Chapter 4. Medication Management (The 5 D’s of optimal medication treatment)
Chapter 5. Behavior management: What doesn’t work.
Chapter 6. Behavior management: What does work.
Chapter 7. FAQs from the clinic (What I think about diet, electronics, and video games)
Chapter 8. A day in the life of an ADHD parent (and tips for smoother routines)
Chapter 9. What if it’s not just ADHD?
Dr. Wiley created this course for you! His patients and followers on social media have encouraged him to provide this type of resource for years. It’s here!
You are the most valuable asset your child has and if you’ve read this far, you’re looking for the answers the course provides
Empower your parenting so you can empower your child to meet the medical, educational, and social challenges that ADHD brings into their life.
“Dr. Wiley is absolutely wonderful with my grandson. He has helped us when no one else could! His staff is also very hard working and friendly.”
– Martha
“Dr. Wiley really cares about his patients. He has made my son feel very comfortable about ADHD. He is an excellent physician and solution seeking listener. Our family highly recommends him”
— Amber
“Dr. Wiley is compassionate, witty, and knows how to make his patients and parents comfortable”
— Layne
Dr. Wiley attended medical school at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and The Children’s Hospital of Alabama. He is board-certified in pediatrics.
Dr. Wiley practiced general pediatrics at Dothan Pediatric Clinic in Dothan, AL for almost 20 years before moving to Mobile in 2008 and founding FocusMD. He served as President of the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as District X Vice-Chairperson and ADHD content expert for Quality Improvement projects with the national American Academy of Pediatrics. He has been listed in America’s Best Doctors and America’s Top Pediatricians and was named Master Pediatrician by the Children’s Health System in Alabama.
Dr. Wiley is married and he and his wife enjoy spending time with their grown children. He also enjoys fly fishing and watercolor painting.
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