C O T T I N G S C H O O L A N N U A L R E P O R T

It is the end of the day and Nikita is home with her family to
do homework, have dinner and enjoy some quiet moments
with her mother to close out the evening. They are a busy
blended family. An Equity Analyst, Preeti Sayana puts in a full
day at the office and returns to cook dinner for her children and
husband. She never stops running, but the reason she can keep going, she says,
is because Nikita is safe at Cotting.
“I was concerned about safety issues,” Preeti says, “and social pressure. At Cotting Nikita is
watched at all times and she feels no pressure to conform to any mold or ideal. She can be herself.
She is so happy there! She particularly enjoys the after-school programs in sports and karaoke.”
Nikita is “super smart in math,” Preeti apprises, but “what is more relevant for her is to work on
skills for independence.” Since coming to Cotting two years ago, Nikita is more independent and
more confident, her mother reports. Now, her personal self-help skills come more readily, without
prompting, than before.
Preeti enthuses, “I am able to function at work and travel wherever I need to, even internationally,
because the people at Cotting will make sure that Nikita is fine. I don’t know what I would have done
if I hadn’t found Cotting. It is small and manageable, with every resource Nikita could need. And the
staff is amazing!” she concludes.
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“I am able to function at work
and travel wherever I need to
internationally because the people at
Cotting will make sure that Nikita is
fine. I don’t know what I would have
done if I hadn’t found Cotting.”
~ Preeti Sayana