About the Authors
Marilyn Lash, M.S.W.
Currently a Director and founder of Lash and Associates Publishing/Training Inc., Marilyn is committed to providing practical information in user friendly language that is based on clinical research and best practices in the field. Her involvement of parents and educators in the development of this manual reflects a philosophy that families and schools must strive to work together to become partners in their role as service providers. Families and educators are pivotal partners in the student’s development, recovery and education following a student’s brain injury.
Marilyn’s work over more than 30 years in medical, rehabilitation, educational and vocational settings has reinforced her belief that bridges need to be built between systems in order to avoid the fragmentation and frustration that families so commonly experience. Trained as a social worker at Boston University School of Social Work, she has experience as a clinician, researcher, trainer and administrator but her greatest interest is in program development.
She serves on various national and governmental task forces on brain injury and children with special needs to advise on health policy and research initiatives as well as on editorial boards of rehabilitation journals. Author of over 45 publications, Ms. Lash speaks nationally on psychosocial and educational issues for youths with brain injuries and their families. She is curently the Chairperson for the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina.
Gary Wolcott, M.Ed.
An experienced counselor, administrator and trainer, Gary Wolcott has long been an advocate for families of children with brain injuries as well as a consultant with school systems. He was instrumental in raising the national awareness of rehabilitation professionals and educators about the long-term cognitive effects of brain injuries in children and their impact on learning.
He has been the Director of Education for the National Head Injury Foundation, founded a management and training consulting business, and worked as a researcher and educational specialist at the Research and Training Center in Rehabilitation and Childhood Trauma at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston.
Gary Wolcott is now based in the Portland, Maine area providing consultation and training services. He currently serves as Director of Education, Training and Staff Development at Goodwill Industries of Northern New England.
Sue Pearson, M.A.
Sue Pearson has worked as the state consultant for students with brain injuries for 12 years. Employed by the Iowa Department of Education, she worked with 15 brain injury resource teams across the state, creating communication networks with hospital and rehabilitation personnel, educational professionals and families. These networks continue to assist students with the transition from hospital based care to educational services in their local communities. The joint efforts of the Iowa Department of Education and the University of Iowa Center for Excellence on Disabilities serve as a model for other states to recognize and meet the special educational needs of students with brain injuries.
Trained as a special educator, Sue Pearson’s major areas of study include orthopedic disabilities and learning disabilities. Building on her work in developmental disabilities for the past 25 years, she has conducted numerous workshop and conference presentations for educators, families and medical staff in Iowa and across the country. She has written extensively on the topic of school reentry and has been involved in the production of several training videos for educators and families, including Pieces of the Puzzle: An Introduction to Brain Injury.
Currently, Sue is employed by the University of Iowa as the Interdisciplinary Training Coordinator for the Iowa Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Program. This program is sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and strives to train future leaders who will be working with children and young adults with disabilities.
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