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Bonnie Kimpling-Kelly Co-Editor
Bonnie is the President of A.C.T. Now, Ltd., and the
Program Director of P.A.T.H. Academy for Autism. She
was the teacher/behavior analyst for an A.B.A./V.B.
community school for seven years. Ms Kelly has
presented on various topics surrounding autism
throughout Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. She is
currently President of the Autism Society of
Northwest Ohio (ASNO), a sitting member of the Ohio
Autism Coalition (OAC).
Professional
memberships include the Association for Behavior Analysis
International, The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), and the
Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS). With over 19 years
of experience with individuals with ASD and dual diagnosis and 13
years of experience specializing in ABA (I.B.I.), Ms Kelly works
with families throughout the tri-state area to develop, implement
and supervise in-home and school programs. Her articles have been
published in Living Today Magazine, Boomers Today Magazine, and the
Autism Advocate Journal.
Lauri Rosen
Sack
Lauri Rosen is an accomplished
blogger and author of children's books, including an original book
series that is currently under development for television. A self
proclaimed kid at heart, Lauri is a leading expert in the writing,
editing, publishing, and marketing of children's books. She has been
a featured guest on national and regional radio, and she has been
the subject of featured newspaper articles including several in the
Houston Chronicle. She is also a sought after lecturer on the
importance of children's literacy, children's book selection and the
publication process.
Lauri is the founder and owner of
Children's Chapters-(www.childrenschapters.com
), a unique online retail website--specializing in original and
exceptional books for all children, including an extensive selection
for all children with special needs. Children's Chapters started as
a brick and mortar retail store in 1999, in Houston, Texas. Since
then, it has grown to be one of the largest online children's book
specialty websites. Lauri brings a wealth of information and
extensive book knowledge to the table, and it is her love of good
children's books that aids her in helping others understand and
deal with many of the challenges facing families of those with
special needs and provides valuable insight and resources to meet
them head on. Setting
her site apart is the fact that Lauri researches and reads each book
before posting it and sells with her heart, as well as that she
offers online Story Time for all kids. She also makes herself
accessible to all her clients, their children, and the community at
large, hoping to assist in any way she is able. Lauri has devoted
much of her time to being an advocate for special needs children and
children dealing with tough life issues including but not limited to
divorce, death, illness and substance and drug abuse. She is a voice
for many causes and has dedicated a substantial portion of her
website to books and other resources for the special needs community
and beyond. Lauri has two sons, ages 16 and 11.
Lorna d’Entremont
Bio: I am a retired teacher with 30 years in elementary
grades. Special needs interests me as a mother and
grandmother of children with Tourette and sensory
perception issues. I have a blog
http://kidcompanions.blogspot.com/ and tweet
about Special Needs and family in general. My daughter
and I designed and sell an oral-motor tool for sensory
seekers at
www.chewelry.ca. Our Kid Companions are also handy
fidget tools for ADHD. My second career and being a
grandmother keeps me young at heart.
Hoverboard
My son was diagnosed
with Autism at 8 (early on it was PDD-NOS and ADHD. This past
year he was also diagnosed with a Seizure Disorder. He is currently
in 8th grade and is not entirely mainstreamed though he is considered
high-functioning he can very easily become overloaded.
Hoverboard has several
favorite subjects in school; Science, History and Reading. Just aced
Civil War Exam and Timeline Project!
My son likes me
to use his air name when referring to him online. Its Hoverboard.
He used that name on his radio show he was doing last year and hopes
to resume this year.
Hoverboard loves
video games, music and reading. He knows a lot about the computer
and working on his typing skills. He can look to the heavens at night
and tell you all the constellations! He will soon be learning how to
train Dragon (Naturally Speaking) that is all without the help of
the Chicago Public School System, I might add
Please visit
Hoverboard's World
with your kids for some fun. He would
like to share that he completely intolerant of bullying and thinks
it really wrong of people.
Other contributors!
Keri Bowers - normalfilms.com -
Mapping Transitions
Erik Estabrook - author -
Poetry for Hope
Maria Iliou - author -
Poetry for Hope
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