Special-Needs Book Authors

Book Reviewed: What Did You Say? What Do You Mean?
Bio from the Back Cover: "Jude Welton has a 9-year-old son with Asperger Syndrome (AS). Although originally trained as a child psychologist specializing in autism, she is a freelance writer, writing mainly on the arts. She recently started writing about and for children with AS."

Book Reviewed: Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child (with Dr. Brian W. McCrindle)
Bio from the Back Cover: "James G. Wengle, MSc, is a Clinical Research Project Coordinator in the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Unit at The Hospital for Sick Children and is also a certified Can-Fit-Pro Personal Trainer. He has personally overcome childhood obesity."

Book Reviewed: Building a Joyful Life with Your Child Who Has Special Needs (with Linda Roan-Yager)
Bio from the Book's Front Pages: "Nancy Whiteman is the mother of two daughters. She holds a BS in Human Development from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Nancy lives with her family in Boulder, Colorado."

Book Reviewed: The Child with Special Needs (with Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Robin Simons)
Bio from the Book Jacket: "Serena Wieder, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of infants and young children. Associate Editor of the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, she is on the faculty of the Infant Mental Health Program at the Washington (D.C.) School of Psychiatry and is a consultant, program director, and board member of ZERO TO THREE: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. She has published widely in the professional literature, and conducted more than thirty major training workshops in the diagnosis and treatment of complex developmental problems."
Author's Site: www.icdl.com/

Book Reviewed: How Does Your Engine Run? (with Sherry Shellenberger,)
Bio Excerpted 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/index.php

Book Reviewed: Thinking Person's Guide to Autism (with Shannon Des Roches Rosa, Jennifer Byde Myers, Liz Ditz, and Carol Greenburg)
Bio from the Back of the Book: "Emily Willingham earned her doctorate in biological sciences after realizing that a B.A. in English was not the moneymaker she’d anticipated. Upon completing a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric urology, she turned to teaching and writing full time, authoring The Complete Idiot's Guide to College Biology and blogging at both A Life Less Ordinary and The Complete Idiot's Blog for College Biology. Living the life of a writer, teacher, and editor up to her ears in science, Emily cannot believe her good fortune, which she shares with a direct descendant of the Vikings and their three sons, all of whom show similar tendencies to a love of all things biology."
Author's Site: biologyfiles.fieldofscience.com

Book Reviewed: A Parent's Guide to Special Education (with Alan W. Brue)
Bio from the Back Cover: "Linda Wilmshurst is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology) and is currently a licensed school psychologist in Florida."

Book Reviewed: Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs
Bio from the Back Cover: "Judy Winter is an award-winning journalist on special needs parenting issues and the recipient of the 2002 Exceptional Parent Award. She parented a child with cerebral palsy for thirteen years."
Author's Site: judywinter.com/index.html

Book Reviewed: The Autism Encyclopedia (with John T. Neisworth)
Bio from the Publisher's Site: "Pamela S. Wolfe is Associate Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University." -- jkp.com

Book Reviewed: Alphabet Kids
Bio from the Publisher's Site: "Robbie Woliver is a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning journalist and editor who was a columnist for Newsday, senior editor at Village Voice's suburban edition, writer for The New York Times and editor-in-chief of the Long Island Press, where he also helmed the newspaper's award-winning series "Our Children's Brains." He is the author of several books: Wyoming & March, Bringing It All Back Home, Hoot!, Creation and If I Knew Then, which won the 2005 Independent Publisher Book Awards for "Outstanding Book of the Year" and "Most Inspirational to Youth." In 2009, he was the recipient of the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, and Alphabet Kids garnered him another Independent Publisher Book Award. He lives in New York with his wife, Marilyn, son, Cory, and daughter, Emma." -- jkp.com

Book Reviewed: Managing Family Meltdown (with Andrea Page)
Bio from the Back Cover: "Linda Woodcock is the National Lead on Parent and Family Training for The Studio III Group, an organization specializing in non-aversive behaviour management. Linda also has a son on the autism spectrum with challenging behaviours."
Author's Site: studio3.org/

Book Reviewed: Blue Sky July
Bio from the Back of the Book: "Originally from North Wales, Nia Wyn has worked as a journalist in Wales and London. She now lives in Cardiff with her nine-year-old son, Joe, where she is studying for an MA in Creative Writing."