The Center
for Cognitive-Developmental Assessment and Remediation (BGCenter)
is composed of independent professionals, specializing with
services to internationally adopted children and working in
their own offices and at the Center.
We work with preschool
and school age children (4-18 years old) and their families.
We now have psychologists to perform various assessments in
3 major languages: Russian,
Chinese and
Spanish.
Our chief
psychologist Dr. Boris Gindis offers a whole
range of highly specialized services: from parents' consultations
to most complex psychological assessments of children (initial
psychological screenings in your child's native language,
developmental and cognitive assessments, psycho-educational
and neuropsychological evaluations).
Dr. Gindis' concentration is an assessment
of internationally adopted children with FASD, language
and cognitive disorders and learning disabilities, children
with behavioral and emotional disabilities rooted in the
early trauma and deprivation. Special attention is given
to accurate diagnosing of these children and their remediation
via all-inclusive individualized remedial planning and services
available at schools, in the family, and community.
At the BGCenter we now perform a
combined developmental neuropsychological and educational
assessment, most appropriate for children with traumatic
and culturally different past who have to switch their language
at adoption.
Our Russian
and
Spanish Bilingual Extension
teams include various professionals trained to work with internationally
adopted children; all specialists are bilingual and understand
your child's language.
The federal law (IDEA-2004 Section
300.43, FR Doc 06-6656, Federal Register: 8/14/2006,
Volume 71, Number 156) requires that by the age
of 16 a student with IEP has an Individual Transition
Plan.
Psychological evaluation in the native
language of your internationally adopted child for
the determination of proper school placement. We do initial psychological
screenings in the Russian, Chinese
& Spanish
languages!
Most comprehensive psycho-educational
evaluation for the purpose of special education or
private school placement of your internationally adopted
child.
This specialized assessment (in the native language
of your child if necessary) will help to identify
the area of speech or language difficulties your child
may have.
A combined
assessment
is recommended for a child, exhibiting symptoms of
cognitive impairment, learning disability, and/or
significant developmental disorder, the nature of
which needs to be understood to develop a comprehensive
remedial program for this child.
