Special-Needs Book Authors

Book Reviewed: Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child (with James G. Wengle)
Bio from the Back Cover: "Dr. Brian W. McCrindle MD, MPH, FRCP(C), is a full-time Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto and is a Senior Scientist and Staff Cardiologist at The Hospital for Sick Children. He holds the CIBC World Markets Children's Miracle Foundation Chair in Child Health Research at The Hospital for Sick Children. He regularly appears on television and radio as an expert on obesity-related diseases among children and adolescents."
Author's Site: www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/M/Brian-McCrindle-staff-profile.html

Book Reviewed: The Picture Cookbook (with Joyce Dassonville)
Bio from the Book's Back Pages: "Ehren is a graduate of The Art Institute of Vancouver's Dubrulle Culinary Arts program, where he completed courses in culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, as well as a professional practicum at a hotel bakery. After he graduated, Ehren accepted a full-time position at Terra Breads Bakery in Vancouver and (at the time of printing) has worked there for three years." He is the son of co-author Joyce Dassonville.
Author's Site: picturecookbook.com/index.html

Book Reviewed: Math Doesn't Suck
Bio from the Book Jacket: "Best known for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing, Danica McKellar is also an internationally recognized mathematician and advocate for math education. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in Mathematics, Danica has been honored in Britain's esteemed Journal of Physics and The New York Times for her work in mathematics, most notably for her role as coauthor of a groundbreaking mathematical physics theorem, which bears her name (The Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem)."
Author's Site: www.mathdoesntsuck.com/

Book Reviewed: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Children with Special Needs (edited, with Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Karen Simmons)
Bio from the Book's Back Pages: "Heather coauthored Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Sou, Chicken Soup for Every Mom's Soul, and Chicken Soup for the Sister's Soul, and is currently working on a book for adults with disabilities. While enjoying her role as full-time mom to Kyla and working on her next Chicken Soup title, she is also a partner in Balance Day Spa in Santa Monica along with her sister Katy."

Book Reviewed: Disconnected Kids
Bio from the : "A world-renowned chiropractic neurologist, professor, and researcher in childhood neurological disorders, Dr. Robert Melillo is the creator of the Brain Balance Program and director of the Brain Balance Centers. Since 1994, his program has helped approximately 1,000 children with autism, Asperger's syndrome, ADHD, dyslexia, Tourette syndrome, and other disorders. He lives in Rockville Centre, New York, with his wife and three children."
Author's Site: www.brainbalancecenters.com

Books Reviewed: Sibshops (with Patricia Vadasy) and Thicker Than Water
Bio from the Publisher's Site: "Don Meyer is the director of the Sibling Support Project and creator of Sibshops, lively programs for brothers and sisters of kids with special needs. He is the author of Views from our Shoes and The Sibling Slam Book, also published by Woodbine House. He lives with his wife and four children in Seattle, Washington." -- woodbinehouse.com
Author's Site: www.siblingsupport.org/

Book Reviewed: The Bipolar Teen (with Elizabeth L. George)
Bio from the Back Cover: "David J. Miklowitz, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His award-winning research on family-focused treatments for bipolar disorder has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, and the Robert Sutherland Foundation. Dr. Miklowitz is the author of the bestselling Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide and of Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach."
Author's Site: psych.colorado.edu/~clinical/miklowitz/

Book Reviewed: Sensational Kids (with Doris A. Fuller)
Bio from the Book Jacket: "Lucy Jane Miller, Ph.D., OTR, is the founder of the only research program dedicated to SPD in the world and the sole researcher to be awarded an NIH grant to study the disorder. She founded and continues to serve as research director for the KID Foundation, which provides parent support, education, and advocacy, and conducts research about SPD. She also directs the STAR (Sensory Therapies and Research) Center, where she treats children and adults, and is an associate clinical professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she maintains her longtime association with Children's Hospital in Denver. Dr. Miller lives in Littleton, Colorado."
Author's Site: www.starcenter.us/index.html

Book Reviewed: The Short Bus
Bio from the Book Jacket: "Jonathan Mooney graduated from Brown with an honors degree in English. A recipient of the distinguished Truman Fellowship for graduate study in the fields of creative writing and disability studies, he is also the coauthor of Learning Outside the Lines. Jonathan is the president of Project Eye-to-Eye, a nonprofit mentoring and advocacy organization for students with learning disabilities. He lives in New York City with his wife, Rebecca."
Author's Site: jonathanmooney.com/

Books Reviewed: Parenting an Adult with Disabilities or Special Needs and Parenting Your Complex Child
Bio from the Back of the Book (Parenting an Adult): "Peggy Lou Morgan has worked with the disabled for more than 35 years, including more than 10 years setting up services and placements for her clients. Morgan adopted a multiply disabled child 24 years ago and is the author of Parenting Your Complex Child. She lives in LaPine, Oregon."
Author's Site: www.peggyloumorgan.com/