Caring for People with Multiple Disabilities : An Interdisciplinary Guide for Caregivers

Book by French, Cindy

Cindy French, O.T.R., received a B.S. in occupational therapy from the University of Kansas and is certified in pediatric NDT treatment. Currently in private practice in the Denver area, she consults for several group homes for children and adults with developmental disabilities and for several local preschools. Although her curret professional emphasis is on pediatric treatment, she has worked in a variety of settings with clients of all ages.

Robin Tapp Gozalez, M.A.,. CCC-SLP, received a M.A. in speech and language pathology from the Uiversity of Denver and is certified in pediatric NDT treatment. She is in private practice, serving primarily pediatric NDT treatment. She is in private practice, serving primarily pediatric clients. As a consultig speech-laguage pathologist to several group homes for school-aged childre with multiple hanicaps, she provides ogoing inservice trainig to professional and paraprofessional staff members. She is also employed by a state-run residential, ducational, and vocational traiing center for people with developmental disabilities.

Jan Tronson-Simpson, R.P.T., received a B.S. in physical therapy from the University of Colorado and is certified in pediatric NDT treatment. She has been in private practice, specializing in infants and children who have developmental disabilities and neurological impairments. She consulted for several group homes for children and adults with developmental disabilities. Her previous position was as a pediatric specialist at Lutheran Medical Center, where she was part of a team that developed a pediatric program to follow up and treat high-risk infants. She has recently relocated to Saudi Arabia, where she has bee providing NDT treatment to Saudi infants, children, and youg adults at Dhahran Health Center.