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Michael BuckHoltz - Buck Nation - Aid For Autistic Children Jun 13, 2011

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You all know him as Buck Nation the Multi-Platinum Music Producer, he is also an Aspergerian autism educator and advocate. Michael joins us to discuss another of his most significant accomplishments, Founder and CEO of The Aid For Autistic Children Foundation created to reduce the financial burden on poverty stricken and disenfranchised families and caretakers coping with autism, through debt forgiveness, so attention and resources can be focused on creating a proper living and learning environment for their autistic loved one. Incredible man.

Sex and Your Teen - Mike Domitrz Date Safe Project Jun 09, 2011

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Mike Domitrz Founder & Executive Director of The DATE SAFE Project Inc. joins us to discuss keeping our teens safe in a sexual world. Mike provides real solutions to touch conversations for parents, schools and educators. How to build a relationship of open communication and the BIGGEST mistake parents make when talking to their teens about sex.

Dr Sandy Gluckman - The Inflammation Connection Jun 09, 2011

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Dr Sandy Gluckman joins us to discuss he Inflamation Connection to anxiety disorders in children and teens and how to TAKE CHARGE in advocating for your child's treatments. From Dr Gluckmans website: The degree of stress-related problems in children is reaching epidemic proportions. Children are experiencing stress. This is a reality. Stress triggers conditions such as underachievment, low motivation, inattention, meltdowns, to anxiety, bullying, depression, OCD, ADHD, autism, eczema, asthma, allergies, and more. So what do we do when this happens?We describe these symptoms to the doctor, who then diagnoses the ‘disorder’, gives the child a label and then treats the ‘disorder’ with medication. The symptoms may go away or decrease but we have not identified and treated what caused the stress-related symptoms in the first place. You may be surprised to know that the child’s learning, behavior or healthy issues are most often caused by something unhealthy that is happening in the child’s body, that has remained hidden and untreated. My quest is to update and change the way that parents and teachers think about, and deal with, stress and stress-related symptoms in children by showing them how to identify, treat and remove the root cause of children’s learning, behavior and health challenges.

Talking Teenage - Teenage As A Second Language Jun 06, 2011

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"TALKING TEENAGE" Dr's Barbara R. Greenberg, & Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder You know them and love them as authors of "Teenage As A Second Language - A Parents Guide To Becoming Bilingual"

The Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation Jun 02, 2011

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Dr Demitri Papolos author of The Bipolar Child and Executive Director of Research at the Juvenile Bipolar Foundation joins us again with Executive Director Inger Sjogren to discuss the latest in child bipolar research and the Fear Of Harm phenotype. The FOH phenotype will change the way clinicians and researchers look at this complex disorder and redirect the focus on this disorder. Dr Papolos was our guest previously and was one of our most listened to and applauded interviews. If you missed Dr Demitri Papolos on his first interview you can listen here http://t.co/Hax3gUx

Mayer Johnson May 30, 2011

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Mayer Johnson the leading provider of symbol-based products, special education products, and special needs software for more than 25 years.joins us to tell us about the best products for your special needs child on Blog Talk Radio

Michael Barton - Director The Epilepsy Foundation May 26, 2011

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Michael Barton, Director of Development The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida an organization that serves as a source of expert opinion to the Epilepsy Foundation on matters relted to the casue, diagnosis and treatment of patients with epilepsy and related disorders" Michael joins us to discuss the latest programs, research and support for families and announces the Chase Challenge

Chris Vacek - Heartspring A Worldwide Center for Children May 23, 2011

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Chris Vacek CIO of Heartspring A Worldwide Center for Children With Special needs - Special Education advisor and autism parent http://www.heartspring.org/

Sera Rivers - Non Verbal Learning Disabilities May 19, 2011

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Sera Rivers - Raising a child with non-verbal learning disability. Writer for Psychology Today Meet this amazing - and adorable - mom who has not only become educated herself but is educating others with her beautiful writings and advocacy author of the column A Lonely Education. Sera also writes and advocates for single parents raising special needs children. If you have a child w nonverbal learning disabilities or if you are a single parent struggling to navigate the system listen and call in.

Derek Amato - Musical Savant Ingenious Minds May 16, 2011

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Derek Amato is truly one in a billion. He is possibly the only person in the world to have acquired musical ability after a traumatic brain injury. A severe concussion left him with the ability to play piano, an instrument he had never played before. He now plays professionally and earns his living as a musician. Now, the music never stops. He sees it constantly streaming in front of his eyes in the form of black and white squares that compel him to play. Derek journeys to the Mayo Clinic to meet with one of the world's top neurologists to try and find a way to control the incessant stream of music: an incredible gift that is also his curse. Take a look at his story on Ingenius Minds http://science.discovery.com/videos/ingenious-minds-derek-amato/