About Me
My name is Kseniya Bragan. I am a mom to a rambunctious 3 year old boy. My professional passion has always been with working with kids and their parents. I have professional experience working with typically developing children ages 2 to 12 and children and adults with developmental disabilities. I have been a behavior analyst (BCBA) for 11 years. My practice is focused on neurodiversity affirming and child centered therapy. I have certification in Early Start Denver Model and training in the verbal behavior model, natural environment teaching, and pivotal response teaching. In regards to teaching parents, I find that providing connection, and using gradual release of responsibility model and behavior skills training. This means I explain, show, and give feedback as you parent in real time or discuss a parenting situation with me. I have helped parents make big and small changes since 2013 and seen big impacts on children and family harmony.
Areas of Expertise
Neurodivergence
Behavior and Emotional Regulation
Communication Development
Developmental Delay
Sleep Support
Feeding Support
Potty Training
My Philosophy
Co-Regulation and Boundaries
Co-regulation means that when stressful things are happening or kids are upset, we provide them with emotional support. Boundaries mean we think about the rules that we need to have functioning and peaceful lives and we don’t change those rules based on behavior. These two things work together to help us and our children. When they are enforced together, our children experience natural consequences of their actions while learning emotional regulation.
I believe the best discipline happens when we teach kids how to handle the various situations that life will inevitably throw their way. You should provide your child with emotional comfort, but you shouldn’t prevent them from getting upset. Children won’t learn how to handle challenges by you removing the obstacle, instead, we want to teach them that they can face the challenges of life and that you will be there to support them. I help you find ways to gradually increase the level of challenge your child is facing, so that they are working within their capabilities but still growing.
Expectations and Parent Support
I believe a big struggle facing parents today is that we live in a society where the expectations are unrealistic and not developmentally appropriate, so I help parents figure out what appropriate expectations should be and how to arrange their environment to support those expectations.
People can’t parent all day every day without help, doing it perfectly with no breaks. A lot of parents are struggling because they’re not filling up their own cup. I help parents learn that sometimes the biggest thing they need is learning regulation strategies for themselves so that they can help their children regulate as well.