Dr. Ronald S. Federici/Staff

Developmental Neuropsychologist
(Specialty in Pediatrics/ Adolescents)
President/CEO, Care for Children International, Inc.
Diplomate-American Board of Professional Neuropsychology (ABPN)
Diplomate-American Board of Medical Psychotherapists (ABMP)
Diplomate-Fellow in Advanced Psychopharmacology (FICPP)
Diplomate-American Board of Disability Analysts (ABDA)
Fellow-American College of Professional Neuropsychology
Diplomate - American Academy of Behavioral Medicine

Dr. Ronald Federici is regarded as the country's expert in the neuropsychological evaluation and treatment of children having multi-sensory neurodevelopmental impairments, particularly children who have been adopted, both domestically and internationally. Dr. Federici is called upon to evaluate and treat the most complex cases (typically "second opinion and end of the road cases") and has an international following.

Additionally, Dr. Federici lectures and trains nationally and internationally, and is an accomplished author of his principle book entitled "Help for the Hopeless Child: A Guide for Families (With Special Discussion for Assessing and Treating the Post-Institutionalized Child), Second Edition", in addition to multiple professional publications.

Dr. Federici has worked abroad in institutional settings for over a decade, and leads a team of international adoption medicine experts with goals in comprehensive evaluation and de-institutionalization programs. Dr. Federici provides training, educational work shops and supervision in the areas of severe developmental disorders and raising the post-institutionalized child. He has appeared on multiple television shows, and has been the focus of numerous publications regarding complex children with severe developmental and emotional disorders.

Nadya Molina has served as a Professional Consultant to Neuropsychological and Family Therapy Associates for many years, and has lectured and trained many groups with Dr. Federici both Nationally and Internationally. She has expertise in working with Post Institutionalized children of all ages who require a "Functional Behavior Assessment"; Applied Behavioral Analysis; Verbal Behavior Therapy and implementing safe and comprehensive "Family Intervention Programs" . Nadya is regarded as the country's expert in providing "de-institutionalization and family preservation training" for families having very troubled and out of control post-institutionalized children.

Nadya is the Director of Alternative Behaviors in Northern Virginia, which provides "in-home' interventions for all categories of developmentally challenged children.

Masters of Special Education in Severe and Profound Disabilities, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Bachelor of Elementary Education in Special Education (Mental Retardation), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico; Commonwealth of Virginia, Postgraduate Professional License, Emotional Disturbance K-12, Specific Learning Disabilities K-12, Elementary Education PREK-6, Mental Retardation K-12, Severe Disabilities K-12; Maryland State Department of Education Certificates, Advanced Generic Special Education grades 1-8; and Severe and Profound Handicaps; Behavior Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools; Inclusive Schools Facilitator, Fairfax County Public Schools; Teacher since 1990, working with the following populations: autism spectrum disorders, emotional disabilities, gifted and talented, learning disabilities, mental retardation, and severe-profound disabilities; Volunteer Work, 1987-1990, working with all students, from the preschool program to the senior department in a self-contained special education school; The ARC-Riggs Bank N.A. Educational Leadership Award, June 7, 2001.

Heather T. Forbes, LCSW, is the co-founder and owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute. She is an internationally published author on the topics of adoptive motherhood, raising children with difficult and severe behaviors, and self-development. Forbes lectures, consults, and coaches throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, with families in crisis working to create peaceful, loving families. She is passionate about supporting families by bridging the gap between academic research and "when the rubber hits the road" parenting. Much of her experience and insight on understanding trauma, disruptive behaviors, developmental delays, and adoption-related issues comes from her direct mothering experience of her two internationally adopted children.

1. Dare to Love: The Art of Merging Science and Love Into Parenting Children with Difficult Behaviors.

2. Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Children with Severe Behaviors, Volume 1.

3. Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Children with Severe Behaviors, Volume 2.

4. 100 Daily Parenting Reflections

Forbes knows first hand what it feels like to be a parent at your absolute brink with a child. She says, "Yes, I've been there curled up on the floor with you, feeling terrified of the future and not knowing where to turn to for help because all the advise only seems to make things worse!" Her parenting model has helped to shift children from not simply a place of behavioral change but to a place of deep healing and connection. Forbes' work has helped parents reclaim their hope, their love of parenting,and their certainty about the future.