Special-Needs Book Authors
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Book Reviewed: The Shut-Down Learner
Bio from the Back Cover: "Dr. Selznick is a psychologist, a nationally certified school psychologist, a graduate school professor, and the Director of the Cooper Learning Center at Cooper University Hospital in Voorhees, NJ. The Cooper Learning Center is the leading program in its region, offering not only assistance with children, but also parent and teacher training programs. Dr. Selznick also functions as a school consultant, and throughout the year he speaks to numerous parent groups, schools, and regional conferences on topics such as dyslexia, shut-down learners, and ADHD."
Author's Site: www.shutdownlearner.com/
Book Reviewed: Making Peace with Autism
Bio from the Back Cover: "Susan Senator is the mother of three boys, the oldest of whom has autism. She is a writer, speaker, and advocate for children and the disabled. Her writing on autism has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe."
Author's Site: www.susansenator.com/
Book Reviewed: Parenting with Positive Behavior Support (with Meme Hieneman and Karen Childs)
Bio from the Back of the Book: "Jane Sergay, M.Ed., is Parent Education Specialist, Department of Adult and Community Education, Comprehensive Family Literary Services, School District of Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida."
Book Reviewed: Please Don't Label My Child (with Emily Heckman)
Bio from the Book Jacket: "Scott M. Shannon, MD, is a pediatric psychiatrist who is board-certified in general psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry, and holistic medicine. A past president of the American Holistic Medical Association, he currently has a private practice in holistic child psychiatry and serves as medical director of four residential treatment centers for children and teens in northern Colorado. Dr. Shannon shares his vision for transforming the care of children with chronic illness of any nature via The Center for the Whole Child. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife and two children."
Author's Site: www.forthewholechild.org/
Book Reviewed: How Does Your Engine Run? (with Mary Sue Williams)
Bio from the Author's Site: "Sherry Shellenberger and Mary Sue Williams are occupational therapists who have a joint vision to enhance the school experience of children. ... [They] have over 30 years of experience working with and learning from a variety of children, parents, and teachers in urban and rural school districts as well as clinic, home, and camp settings. They have focused on developing practical ways to teach people of all ages how to incorporate sensory integration theory into every day living. ... As co-owners of TherapyWorks, Inc., Mary Sue and Sherry have published numerous products relating to self-regulation."
Author's Site: www.alertprogram.com/
Book Reviewed: Autism: Asserting Your Child's Right to a Special Education
Bio Excerpted from the Front of the Book: "David Sherman is a senior partner at Sherman & Ziegler, special education attorneys, San Francisco, California. Mr. Sherman's legal practice is devoted to special education with a focus on autism cases. He assists special needs children and their families to successfully protect their rights and navigate the legal system, as well as consulting nationally with parents via email and by telephone."
Book Reviewed: A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism
Bio from the Back of the Book: "Laura Shumaker is a regular contributor to NPR Perspectives and a columnist for The Autism Perspective. Her essays have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Contra Costa Times, the East Bay Monthly, and Hallmark magazine, as well as the Wednesday Writers anthology Something That Matters (Harwood Press, 2007). Laura and her family live in Northern California."
Author's Site:www.laurashumaker.com
Book Reviewed: Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
Bio from the Back Cover: "Chantal Sicile-Kira is the author of Autism Spectrum Disorders, which was named Outstanding Book of the Year by the Autism Society of America. She is a national speaker and advocate who has been involved with autism spectrum disorders for nearly twenty years, first as a professional and then as a parent. She currently hosts a weekly radio show on Autism One Radio. Chantal is active in many nonprofit autism organizations and, with the help of her teenage son, trains future autism professionals."
Author's Site: www.chantalsicile-kira.com/
Book Reviewed: Getting the Best for Your Child with Autism
Bio from the Back Cover: "Bryna Siegel, PhD, is Director of the Autism Clinic and Co-Director of the Autism and Neurodevelopment Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco. She has worked with children with autism and their families for 25 years, and has developed diagnostic tools and guidelines used by professionals nationwide. Dr. Siegel is an active lecturer and consultant whose previous books include the bestselling World of the Autistic Child."
Author's Site: psych.ucsf.edu/faculty.aspx?id=212
Book Reviewed: Enhancing Everyday Communication for Children With Disabilities (with Michael Arthur-Kelly and Nancy Butterfield)
Bio from the Back Cover: "Jeff Sigafoos, Ph.D., is Professor, School of Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart."
Selznick, Richard
Book Reviewed: The Shut-Down Learner
Bio from the Back Cover: "Dr. Selznick is a psychologist, a nationally certified school psychologist, a graduate school professor, and the Director of the Cooper Learning Center at Cooper University Hospital in Voorhees, NJ. The Cooper Learning Center is the leading program in its region, offering not only assistance with children, but also parent and teacher training programs. Dr. Selznick also functions as a school consultant, and throughout the year he speaks to numerous parent groups, schools, and regional conferences on topics such as dyslexia, shut-down learners, and ADHD."
Author's Site: www.shutdownlearner.com/
Senator, Susan
Book Reviewed: Making Peace with Autism
Bio from the Back Cover: "Susan Senator is the mother of three boys, the oldest of whom has autism. She is a writer, speaker, and advocate for children and the disabled. Her writing on autism has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe."
Author's Site: www.susansenator.com/
Sergay, Jane
Book Reviewed: Parenting with Positive Behavior Support (with Meme Hieneman and Karen Childs)
Bio from the Back of the Book: "Jane Sergay, M.Ed., is Parent Education Specialist, Department of Adult and Community Education, Comprehensive Family Literary Services, School District of Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida."
Shannon, Scott M.
Book Reviewed: Please Don't Label My Child (with Emily Heckman)
Bio from the Book Jacket: "Scott M. Shannon, MD, is a pediatric psychiatrist who is board-certified in general psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry, and holistic medicine. A past president of the American Holistic Medical Association, he currently has a private practice in holistic child psychiatry and serves as medical director of four residential treatment centers for children and teens in northern Colorado. Dr. Shannon shares his vision for transforming the care of children with chronic illness of any nature via The Center for the Whole Child. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife and two children."
Author's Site: www.forthewholechild.org/
Shellenberger, Sherry
Book Reviewed: How Does Your Engine Run? (with Mary Sue Williams)
Bio from the Author's Site: "Sherry Shellenberger and Mary Sue Williams are occupational therapists who have a joint vision to enhance the school experience of children. ... [They] have over 30 years of experience working with and learning from a variety of children, parents, and teachers in urban and rural school districts as well as clinic, home, and camp settings. They have focused on developing practical ways to teach people of all ages how to incorporate sensory integration theory into every day living. ... As co-owners of TherapyWorks, Inc., Mary Sue and Sherry have published numerous products relating to self-regulation."
Author's Site: www.alertprogram.com/
Sherman, David A.
Book Reviewed: Autism: Asserting Your Child's Right to a Special Education
Bio Excerpted from the Front of the Book: "David Sherman is a senior partner at Sherman & Ziegler, special education attorneys, San Francisco, California. Mr. Sherman's legal practice is devoted to special education with a focus on autism cases. He assists special needs children and their families to successfully protect their rights and navigate the legal system, as well as consulting nationally with parents via email and by telephone."
Shumaker, Laura
Book Reviewed: A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism
Bio from the Back of the Book: "Laura Shumaker is a regular contributor to NPR Perspectives and a columnist for The Autism Perspective. Her essays have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Contra Costa Times, the East Bay Monthly, and Hallmark magazine, as well as the Wednesday Writers anthology Something That Matters (Harwood Press, 2007). Laura and her family live in Northern California."
Author's Site:www.laurashumaker.com
Sicile-Kira, Chantal
Book Reviewed: Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
Bio from the Back Cover: "Chantal Sicile-Kira is the author of Autism Spectrum Disorders, which was named Outstanding Book of the Year by the Autism Society of America. She is a national speaker and advocate who has been involved with autism spectrum disorders for nearly twenty years, first as a professional and then as a parent. She currently hosts a weekly radio show on Autism One Radio. Chantal is active in many nonprofit autism organizations and, with the help of her teenage son, trains future autism professionals."
Author's Site: www.chantalsicile-kira.com/
Siegel, Bryna
Book Reviewed: Getting the Best for Your Child with Autism
Bio from the Back Cover: "Bryna Siegel, PhD, is Director of the Autism Clinic and Co-Director of the Autism and Neurodevelopment Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco. She has worked with children with autism and their families for 25 years, and has developed diagnostic tools and guidelines used by professionals nationwide. Dr. Siegel is an active lecturer and consultant whose previous books include the bestselling World of the Autistic Child."
Author's Site: psych.ucsf.edu/faculty.aspx?id=212
Sigafoos, Jeff
Book Reviewed: Enhancing Everyday Communication for Children With Disabilities (with Michael Arthur-Kelly and Nancy Butterfield)
Bio from the Back Cover: "Jeff Sigafoos, Ph.D., is Professor, School of Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart."
