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Access a no cost biography with regard to autism & psychosis. Statistically, only 10 percent within the autism spectrum possess savant skills; only 25 percent realize typical functioning after involvement with earliest intervention strategies.
A little about Hello, Dr. Wells
Each chapter represents a year in one individual's unique autism experience, giving a multifarious perspective showing the complexity of such a label.
Hello, Dr. Wells provides viewpoints from teachers, doctors, specialists - and Valerie Ann, Sarah's mom. Sarah was diagnosed autistic at three years old, but then developed psychosis that leaned toward schizophrenia... at about ten years of age. Sarah went through what looked a lot like hell for a few years. With perseverance, her story now represents a pearl of great price with abounding sufficiency in many circumstances. Her longest known doctor feels this work to be accurate in relating Sarah's complicated presentations.
About Ann
My full name is Valerie Ann Dunham Bruce. I am a mother who chronicled my child's journey as she made her way through the formative years and eventually triumphed in spite of tremendous challenges from autism - that became schizophrenic type psychosis. In the beginning I figured no big deal, we'll get her normalized in no time and pretty soon she'll be asking for the car keys. It didn't work out that way and as my entire family and I continued to work through Sarah's worsening autism (psychosis) with her, we fell madly in love with her in all her glory.
I was born in Novato, California (1962). My family moved to Barstow, California when I was quite young and it was there that I grew up. I had a great time with the Skyline North gang. Actually we were not a gang - we were a club (ha). I followed a really great basketball player around until he asked me to marry him. He played for Point Loma College, where I worked while he worked on getting his degree. We were married in 1986 and had three kids in due time. My choice was to stay home with them while they were young. One of them needed me for quite a bit longer. I am grateful for her. We reside in South Dakota on 80 acres. I call it our promise land, because it gives Sarah peace.
Principals in Hello, Dr. Wells
Dr. Lloyd A. Wells
Vice-Chair of Mayo Psychiatry Department, in charge of education.
Recently stepped down as 20 year Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division.
Medical Director of inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit.
Holds Klingenstein Grant for medical student training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Eighty published papers, book chapters, and two books.
Barbara Dowling
MAT Special Education
MS Speech Language Pathology
MA Education Technology
2005 Teacher of the Year (Sioux Falls)
2006 Teacher of the Year (SD)
2008 National Head Start Fellow
Coordinator, State Wide Early Childhood Program for Hearing Impaired (Infants, young children and their families).
Speech Language Pathologist Pre K - 12
Early Childhood Special Education Educator
Bobbie Kohrt
Licensed Educational Psychologist and Autism Specialist, San Diego, California. Contact info: bobbiekohrt@yahoo.com
Principal of Principles!
"Well, my brothers and sisters, let's summarize. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must strengthen all of you". (1 Corinthians 14)
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