by drfederici | Aug 7, 2022 | Dr. Ron Federici Articles
By Dr. Ronald S. Federici Introduction and BackgroundAdoptions 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 United States social systems....
by drfederici | Aug 7, 2022 | Dr. Ron Federici Articles
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...
by drfederici | Aug 7, 2022 | Dr. Ron Federici Articles
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...
by drfederici | Aug 7, 2022 | Dr. Ron Federici Articles
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...
by drfederici | Jul 31, 2022 | Dr. Ron Federici Articles
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,...