PATRICIA COGEN M.A., Ed.D | Individual & Family Therapist – Child Development Specialist
Description: Bilingual psychological, cognitive, developmental, language and educational evaluations and therapy for internationally adopted children
child psychologist (180) neuropsychological (39) cognitive assessment (9) cognitive remediation (4) psycho-educational assessment (2) telephone consultation (2) gindis (1) initial screening (1) developmental assessment (1) speech/language evaluation (1)
Putin's bloody aggression against Ukraine keeps the entire world in tension and anxiety. But your situation is special: your children, now mostly in their adolescent or even young adult years, were adopted from both Ukraine and Russia! Some still have biological relatives or friends in both countries.
Let me give you two specific examples. There is a family I started working with well before the Russian invasion. Their son Nicholas is a 15-year-old boy adopted two years ago from Ukraine. Second is Alex, a 13-year-old, who was adopted 10 years ago from Russia. After February 24, Nicholas developed difficulty sleeping, lost concentration and interest in school and became preoccupied with thoughts about the other children still living in his orphanage. He worried about their survival and about the welfare o
Alex came home from school this past week. He seemed very upset, walked to his room, and just sat there, refusing to speak. He later revealed that his classmates had told him he was evil because he was Russian. He felt embarrassed about being Russian, and worried if he really is bad because he is Russian. What if everyone hates him now and in the future? Nicholas and Alex's stories reflect the huge spike in anxiety, sadness, guilt, fear, shame, and worry we are seeing among both Ukrainian and Russian adopte
PATRICIA COGEN M.A., Ed.D | Individual & Family Therapist – Child Development Specialist