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A researcher’s work pays off Bowling Green psychologist is published in academic journal our child’s behavior, or maybe we blame the child,” Mueller said, “and sometimes that makes us Robert Mueller, a psychologist sad or depressed or angry and at East Meadow’s Bowling Green resentful, and that could get in Elementary School, has spent the the way of what we want to do to past six years researching tech- help our kids.” niques to help parMueller has a ents of children with 4-year-old son, Anautism spectrum disdrew, and a 2-yearorder. old daughter, Emily. His work paid off He earned a doctorlast month, when his ate from St. John’s findings were pubUniversity in 2015, lished in the Journal when he began his of Child and Family research on his disS t u d i e s, a p e e rsertation under the reviewed academic supervision of Assojournal published by ciate Professor LauSpringer Sciren Moskowitz, who ence+Business Meco-authored the dia. research paper. Mueller, 35, of Moskowitz, 41, of ROBERT Commack, recently Queens, has two spoke with the Her- MuEllER daughters, Arabella, a l d a b o u t h i s Psychologist, 6, and Nora, 1. When research paper, titled Bowling Green Arabella was born, “Positive Family her mother thought I n t e r ve n t i o n fo r Elementary School she’d have an easy Children with ASD: time being a parent Impact on Parents’ because of her work as a psycholCognitions and Stress.” ogist, she said. But some things The focus of his research was are easier in theory. helping parents combat negative “And that’s the hard part,” thought patterns that can impede Moskowitz said, “because what their ability to help their chil- gets in the way is emotion . . . You dren. When a child misbehaves, “Maybe we blame ourselves for Continued on page 3
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lEADERS OF THE pack: Members of East Meadow’s Holy Trinity Orthodox Church were in Eisenhower Park last Saturday to raise money to fight hunger at home and overseas.
Smaller annual walk for hunger maintains past years’ spirit By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com
The gathering at East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park last Saturday for the 11th annual CROP Hunger Walk was smaller than in years past, but no less committed to raising funds for the local and international relief efforts that are its hallmark. The walk was sponsored by Church World Service, an international interfaith aid organization whose mission
is coordinated locally through H o ly T r i n i t y O r t h o d ox Church in East Meadow. Coronavirus pandemic protocols meant that much of the pre-event fundraising was done virtually, but a band of several dozen met to walk the mile-long route. As in years past, the event concluded with music and pastries. Holy Trinity serves parishioners throughout southeastern Nassau County, and has members from as far away as Queens and Suffolk counties.
Church World Service is a cooperative ministry of 37 denominations founded in 1946, in the wake of World War II, to support a wide variety of needs, including victims of war, natural disasters, hunger, homelessness and poverty. The first walk was held in 1969. Twenty-five percent of the funds raised go to a charity the local sponsor selects — in this case, the Long Island Continued on page 3
t’s wonderful to see what progress students could make with the right support system in place.