Dr. Kenny Borgas

Dr. Borgas is a bilingual and Spanish-speaking licensed and nationally certified School Psychologist (NCSP). He has extensive experience in providing neuropsychological , psychoeducational, and behavioral assessments to children and adolescents. Dr. Borgas has provided pediatric neuropsychological assessment services to children of all ages 3 to 19. Dr. Borgas has over 25 years of clinical experience providing assessment, therapeutic, and consultation services to public schools and their families. He has worked with and helped identify children with learning disabilities, intellectual delays, ADHD, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Language Impairments, Cognitive-Processing deficits, and giftedness. He has worked with and provided therapeutic counseling services to children with issues of Anxiety, Selective Mutism, Depression, Phobias, Self-Esteem, Anger Management, Peer relations, Motivation, Self-Awareness, Defiance, Lying, and Impulsive behaviors, among others. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been the primary choice of therapy, as well as Social-skills training, Contingency Management, Play Therapy, Supportive Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Projective techniques, Storytelling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Family Therapy.

Dr. Borgas has expertise in providing language proficiency and bilingual assessments as it relates to second language acquisition and academic performance. As a member of multidisciplinary teams, Dr. Borgas has developed interventions designed to address a child's weaknesses through the implementation of 504 plans and Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). He has written and published "Intelligence Theories and Psychological Assessment: Which Theory Guides Your Interpretation of Intelligence Test Profiles?" in the School Psychologist, APA Division of School Psychology, 1999. Vol. 53,[1]. Dr. Borgas has served as Chair of the Bilingual Assessment Committee and developed best assessment practices for Spanish speaking school-aged children throughout the state of Florida.

In his spare time, Dr. Borgas is a student in the style of Wing Chun Kung Fu and holds a black belt in Moo Duk Kwan.