Dr. Pedraza is originally from South America. He completed General Psychiatry at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn NY, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr Pedraza is a highly regarded clinician with special expertise in the areas of ADHD, Aggression and Disruptive Behavior Disorders. Dr. Pedraza developed and directed the ADHD specialty Clinic at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Over the last few years he spent a significant amount of time supervising residents and fellows in psychopharmacology and new psychiatric evaluations.

He also has special expertise in treating anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder and mood disorders in children. Dr. Pedraza has been working within Mount Sinai’s ADHD division since he started his child psychiatry fellowship, and he has participated in multiple studies focusing on clinical and translational research. Recently he has focused on developing an innovative tool to help in the diagnosis of ADHD and related disorders. Dr. Pedraza has published multiple articles and book chapters on the treatment of ADHD and Disruptive Behavior Disorders in adults and children. He is also a certified ADHD evaluator for the NFL and Chief of Psychiatry at St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital in NJ.

Dr. Pedraza is assistant professor of Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine and Faculty of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine – Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC. Dr. Pedraza is board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Deanna Hyslop is a child behavior specialist who offers individualized, compassionatecare that includes closely partnering with the family, parent training, and incorporating the child as the leader in each step of the skill development process. She assesses and treats behavioral skills in children, adolescents, and young adults, including: social and emotional skills, executive functioning, daily living skills, and communication skills.

Deanna works closely with the parents, child, and school to utilize proactive strategies and coping techniques built around the child’s specific strengths and processing modalities. Her hopes for each family and child is that they feel empowered, gain self- compassion and feel more relaxed in managing challenges so they can focus more on their interests, visions, and bonds with one another.

Deanna specializes in social and emotional challenges, executive functions, ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder and related developmental disorders. She has almost 15 years of experience working within private, public and specialized schools, as well as in private practice and in-home based therapy.

Her research and training has focused largely on behavioral change in the natural setting, skill acquisition, assessment tools for classrooms and parents, teaching behavioral sequences, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, executive functioning, social skills and self-regulation. She holds a master of science in behavior analysis from Northeastern University where she studied learning theory and human behavior and received extensive clinical experience through the program’s partnership with The New England Center for Children.

She is a NYS-licensed and board certified behavior analyst. Deanna also gained her expertise in executive function, ADHD, appreciative inquiry and positive psychology from both the Advanced and Family coaching training programs at the ADD Coaching Academy (ADDCA), and is a certified provider of the UCLA-Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) social skills treatment.

Mary E. Miele is an education consultant with over twenty years of experience within the New York City private and public school systems. Mary’s unique approach to consulting has been developed through her experience as a classroom teacher, learning specialist, adjunct professor of special education, parent, and as the creator of Evolved Education, a company that provides tutoring, test preparation and school consulting services.

Miele’s areas of expertise include supporting students with ADHD, anxiety, ASD, OCD, language-based learning disabilities, non-specific learning disabilities and disorders, reading disorder, processing issues, auditory & visual processing disorders, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, sensory processing disorder, executive functioning delays, as well as students who are twice exceptional, gifted or otherwise neurodiverse.

Mary incorporates innovative education solutions that often include school placement, but also may include coaching, tutoring, or alternative education experiences. Mary is driven in her pursuit to unlock each student’s potential.

Miele holds a B.S. and an M.A.Ed. from New York University Steinhart School of Education and is permanently certified as a teacher of special education (K-12) by New York State and New York City. She is also a New York State-certified reading specialist (K-12). Miele is a recipient of a Curriculum Grant Award from The Spence School as well as an Impact II Grant Award.

Miele’s teaching experience includes work at: Hunter College; The Spence School; The Hewitt School; The Nightingale-Bamford School, and NYC DOE. Active as a parent in the New York City public and private school system, Miele has served as officer on the Executive Board of Parent Associations as well as Parent-Teacher Associations.