By Dr. Ronald S. Federici, Board Certified Developmental Neuropsychologist Professor of Pediatrics , Neurology and Psychiatry-Military School of Medicine. While the role of the Developmental Neuropsychologist is to evaluate intellectual-cognitive, memory...

Dr. Ronald S. Federici / CEO-Care For Children International, Inc." The POST " ( Parent Network For Post Institutionalized Children, 1994, 1998 )Board Certified Developmental Neuropsychologist This article is an excerpt from Dr. Federici's book, Help For The Hopeless...

The neurodevelopmental sequelae of early deprivation were examined by testing (N = 132) 8- and 9-year-old children who had endured prolonged versus brief institutionalized rearing or rearing in the natal family. Behavioral tasks included measures that permit...

Institutional care is known to adversely affect physical growth in early childhood, but therehave been few opportunities to study the effects of continuous, severe deprivation duringthe first two decades of life. At the request of the Romanian government,...

Thousands of children with ill-defined neurologic conditions currently reside in pediatricneuropsychiatric institutes in Romania. A legacy of the the Ceausescu regime, theseinstitutions warehoused orphans from three years of age on deemed neurologicallydamaged or...

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo determine whether signs of disordered attachment were greater in young children being reared in moresocially depriving caregiving environments.Method  

With the changes in both domestic and international adoptions, many families are now adopting children over the age of 4- and 5-years-old following a long period of waiting for their “assignment”. In many cases in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine and former Soviet...

Why treating disorders in early childhood is necessary A child is constantly undergoing changes in the developmental years. It is important to keep this aspect in mind while a child is being diagnosed and treated for behavioral...

Adoption for many adults is a reasonable option that provides you with profound success. However, the truth is far away from this belief. Adoption in its true sense has the capacity to inflict a life-time of trauma on the adopted child, if proper care is not taken....

If your child is the victim of neuro-psychological disorder, or if you find your child showing symptoms of behavioral disorders and acute neuro-motor and adaptive malfunctions, then you can always consult the all-responsive, therapeutic approaches undertaken by Dr....

Psychologist Services in Northern VA and in-home services throughout the United States and abroad. Seeing your child in mental anguish can be a heart-wrenching experience. It might feel like there is very little you can do to alleviate their suffering, but we want you...

When it comes to any kind of therapy, be it medical or even counseling, professional experience does make a lot of difference. This is why Dr Ron Federici and his Care For Children International, INC comes in. Dr Ron Federici has almost 30 years of experience in the...

Care for Children International, Inc is a humanitarian organization with Dr. Ron Federici as the chairperson. He is one of the individuals who have altered the face of neuro-psychiatry with unique and innovative methods of treatments and therapies. He is one of the...

By Ronald S. Federici, PhD - Board Certified Developmental Neuropsychologist CEO, Care for Children International, Inc. Objectives: This presentation will provide clinical perspectives on the interplay between neurocognitive factors and attachment in...

Correlation of Neurocognitive Disorders, FASD, TBI and Social Reciprocity By Dr. Ronald S. Federici, Board Certified Developmental Neuropsychologist Professor of Pediatrics , Neurology and Psychiatry-Military School of Medicine While the role of the Developmental...

Introduction Severe psychosocial deprivation may result in psychosocial dwarfism, including stunted growth, retarded somatic maturation, retarded cognitive development, and other psychosocial and behavioral problems (Money, 1992). These children are often...

By Dr. Ronald S. Federici Introduction and Background Adoptions have always been a very important part of American culture with a recent "evolution" to a higher volume of international adoptions as opposed to adopting from our...

By Dr. Ronald S. Federici This article is an excerpt from Dr. Federici's book, Help For The Hopeless Child: A Guide For Families Over the past decade there has been a tremendous influx of children coming from post-institutionalized settings in various Easter Bloc,...

By Dr. Ronald S. Federici Presented at the Conference for Children and Residential Care Stockholm, Sweden May 3, 1999 INTRODUCTION International adoptions have become prominent worldwide with the United States receiving the largest amount of immigrant visas issued to...

By Dr. Ronald S. Federici While the role of the Developmental Neuropsychologist is to evaluate intellectual-cognitive, memory processing, learning aptitude, and problem-solving strategies, a critical duty may actually be in the evaluation of a child’s emotional...