About the Author

  Laura E. Marshak, Ph.D., is a professor of counseling at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  She is also a founding partner and psychologist at North Hills Psychological Services where she works with many parents of children with disabilities in Pennsylvania.

  Fran P. Prezant, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, is Director of Research and Evaluation at Abilities! (formerly National Center for Disability Services) in New York.  Trained as a speech and language pathologist, she has been a parent trainer, program director, university instructor, researcher and consultant.  Her recent work on focused on cultural and arts access for people with disabilities, parent perceptions of professional interactions, and disability representation in children’s literature.