Showing posts with label #Alan Cohen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Alan Cohen. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Crocodile Mothers Eat Their Young - A Child's Story of Abuse and Survival

Child's story of abuse and survival
Alan has a BA in Political Science and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Connecticut Law School.  He has practiced law for 35 years and was Chief Counsel for the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.  He was on the Board of Directors ofLifelong Learning Centers, a company operating educational programs for children living in various federally assisted apartment complexes.  

He is the author of Crocodile Mothers Eat Their Young which is a novel based on his experiences as a foster parent.  He and his wife, Barbara, became foster parents in the late 1990s and do workshops aimed at foster parents of teenagers.

Listen to his inspiring and educational interview here: