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Hingsburger, Dave

Cover image courtesy of Brookes Publishing

Book Reviewed: Sexuality: Your Sons and Daughters with Intellectual Disabilities (with Karin Melberg Schwier)
Bio from the Author's Site: "Joe and I live in an apartment right smack dab in the center of Toronto. I have worked in the field of disability since graduating from university over 30 years ago. I became disabled a few years ago now and use a wheelchair when out in the world."
Author's Site: davehingsburger.blogspot.com/

Hirsch, James S.

Cover image courtesy of Houghton Mifflin

Book Reviewed: Cheating Destiny
Bio from the Book Jacket: "James S. Hirsch, a former reporter for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, is the author of Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter, Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy, and Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam. He is also a principal of Close Concerns, a consultancy and publishing company that specializes in diabetes. He lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sheryl, and their children, Amanda and Garrett."
Author's Site: www.closeconcerns.com/

Holburn, Steve

Person-Centered Planning Made EasyCover image courtesy of Brookes Publishing

Book Reviewed: Person-Centered Planning Made Easy (with Anne Gordon and Peter M. Vietze)
Bio from the Back Cover: "Steve Holburn, Ph.D., and Anna Gordon, M.S.Ed., are Research Scientists, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York."

Hollander, Michael

Helping Teens Who Cut by Michael Hollander PhDCover image courtesy of The Guilford Press

Book Reviewed: Helping Teens Who Cut
Bio from the Author's Site: "Michael Hollander, PhD, a recognized expert in the treatment of self-injury, has worked with adolescents and their families for more than 30 years. He maintains a private practice in psychotherapy, conducts DBT with adolescents at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, and serves on the psychiatry teaching faculty of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School."
Author's Site: www.mclean.harvard.edu/patient/child/dbt/bio-mhollander.php

Holzhauser-Peters, Leslie

Making Sense of Children's Thinking and BehaviorCover image courtesy of Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Books Reviewed: Making Sense of Children's Thinking and Behavior (with Leslie True)
Bio from the Back Cover: "Leslie Holzhauser-Peters has thirty years of experience working in the public school setting in the fields of Special Education and General Education. She has worked as a speech-language pathologist, supervisor and curriculum consultant, and has authored several publications. Over the past few years she has acted both as an advocate and an speech-language pathologist to her co-author's son Joshua."

Hoopmann, Kathy

Cover image courtesy of Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Book Reviewed: All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome and All Dogs Have ADHD.
Bio from the Back Cover of Cats: "Kathy Hoopmann is the author of the Asperger Adventure series for younger children -- Blue Bottle Mystery, Of Mice and Aliens and Lisa and the Lacemaker -- as well as an adolescent novel, Haze, all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers."
Author's Site: www.kathyhoopmann.com/about.html

Hudson, Jill

Out and AboutCover image courtesy of PriceGrabber

Book Reviewed: Out and About (with Amy Bixler Coffin)
Bio from the Back of the Book: "Jill Hudson, MS, CCLS, is a certified child life specialist. Trained at Johns Hopkins, she formerly worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She received her master's degree in autism/Asperger Syndrome from the University of Kansas. She is the author of Prescription for Success: Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Medical Environment and Cabins, Canoes and Campfires: Guidelines for Establishing a Camp for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Jill consults and presents nationally and internationally."

Hughes, Carolyn

Peer Buddy ProgramsCover image courtesy of Brookes Publishing

Book Reviewed: Peer Buddy Programs for Successful Secondary School Inclusion (with Erik W. Carter)
Bio from the Back Cover: "Carolyn Hughes, Ph.D., is Professor of Special Education and Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University."

Hughes, Patrick Henry

I Am PotentialCover image courtesy of Da Capo Press

Book Reviewed: I Am Potential (with Patrick John Hughes and Bryant Stamford)
Bio from the Author's Site: "Patrick Henry Hughes, a twenty-year-old musician and student at the University of Louisville, won Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award 2006. A nationally known pianist, singer, and trumpeter, he has performed at venues as diverse as the Kennedy Center, the Grand Ole Opry, and the Orange Bowl."
Author's Site: www.patrickhenryhughes.com/index.html

Hughes, Patrick John

I Am PotentialCover image courtesy of Da Capo Press

Book Reviewed: I Am Potential (with Patrick Henry Hughes and Bryant Stamford)
Bio from the Author's Site: "Patrick John Hughes [and his son Patrick Henry Hughes] are a two-person member of the University of Louisville Cardinal Marching Band. They have appeared on Extreme Makeover: Home EditionOprah, Ellen, ESPN, and other media. They live with their family in Louisville, Kentucky."
Author's Site: www.patrickhenryhughes.com/index.html

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