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The Center
for Cognitive-Developmental Assessment and Remediation (BGCenter)
is composed of independent professionals, specializing with
services to the internationally adopted children and working
in their own offices and at the Center. We specialize in psycho-educational
issues of older (preschool and school age) internationally
adopted children.
Our chief
psychologist Dr. Boris Gindis offers initial psychological
screenings of adopted children for proper school placement
and services, developmental and cognitive assessments, psycho-educational
and neuropsychological evaluations, second opinion on the
existing evaluation, telephone consultations and ongoing support
in obtaining services and programs needed for your child.
Dr. Gindis' concentration and specialty are language/cognitive
disorders and learning disabilities in 4-16 year old internationally
adopted children and their remediation via all-inclusive individualized
remedial planning for school-provided services and programs
in the family and community.
We now have specialists
to do assessments in 3 major languages: Russian,
Chinese (and dialects)
and Spanish.
Our Russian Bilingual
Extension team includes various professionals trained
to work with internationally adopted children; all specialists
are bilingual and understand your child's language.
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Initial
Screening
Psychological evaluation in the native
language of your internationally adopted child for
the determination of proper school placement
We
now do initial screenings
in the Chinese language
too!
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Family,
Individual, and Group Therapies
Therapies to address
attachment issues, institutional behavior, and early
trauma
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Psycho-Educational
Assessment
Most
comprehensive psycho-educational evaluation for the
purpose of special education or private school placement
of your internationally adopted child
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Bilingual
Speech and Language
Assessment
This specialized
assessment (in the native language of your
child if necessary) will help to identify the area
of speech and/or language difficulties your child
may have.
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Second
Opinion Service
The
opinion of a specialist on the quality and drawbacks
of your internationally adopted child's previous assessment
and records
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Pre-adoption
Service
Review
of medical records, developmental history, videotapes
and photos of a prospective adoptee of 3 years and older
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