Chris Bogart, PhD

A licensed clinical psychologist who has worked in both the private and public sectors for the past thirty years, Dr. Bogart works with children, adolescents and adults, conducting comprehensive psychoeducational and AD/HD evaluations as well as therapy services. Chris provides program consultations to local schools, as well as supervision to doctoral and post-doctoral students in psychology. Dr. Bogart serves on the Board of Trustees of Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities and as a consultant to New Canaan Country School, having served on their board for seven years. He also serves as School Psychologist for Seven Acres Montessori and The Children’s School.

Prior to co-founding the Sasco River Center, Dr. Bogart had founded and grown the Southfield Center for Development, one of the first multidisciplinary child development centers in Connecticut. Prior to that founding, he held various clinical positions including staff psychologist at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City and Director of Psychology at the Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, New York. While serving as director, Dr. Bogart organized and administered an American Psychological Association approved externship training program for clinical psychology and social work graduate students. He supervised staff psychologists on children’s and adolescent inpatient units and he devised a hospital-wide behavior modification program for the children. Dr. Bogart has provided numerous classes, lectures and training programs on various topics such as parent education, executive functions assessment and coaching, psychological testing, and stress management. He has also conducted research studies in various areas including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Social Skills Training, and depression in children.

Dr. Bogart received his undergraduate training at Georgetown University and received his doctoral degree from The American University in 1986.