MY CHILD TODAY NAMES PAT GESUALDO TO ADVISORY BOARD

October 21, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Lifestyle News
Landing N.J. (October 21, 2007) - My Child Today, a unique consumer publication focusing on children with autism, mental illness and learning disabilities, today announced the appointment of Pat Gesualdo, Founder/CEO of the non-profit organization DAD (Drums and Disabilities), to its Advisory Board.

Having single handedly revolutionized the special education and music education professions with the DAD Program, Pat Gesualdo’s extensive experience will provide strategic depth to the My Child Today Advisory Board.

“We are very pleased to have Pat Gesualdo join our Advisory Board,” says Bruce Schoengood, founder and publisher of MY CHILD TODAY. “DAD is a wonderful program, and Pat brings passion, commitment, and vast experience to our common goal to help parents with disabled children. We look forward to working together to achieve this common goal.”

“It is a great honor to join forces with My Child Today magazine, in an effort to help inform and educate all the parents, teachers, and service providers, who raise and teach special needs children,” Gesualdo Says. MY CHILD TODAY is a great resource for the large numbers of people throughout the United States who are affected by disabilities.”

ABOUT MY CHILD TODAY

MY CHILD TODAY is a unique consumer publication to focus on children with autism, mental illness and learning disabilities. It will serve as an invaluable resource for both parents and industry professionals. The publication is devoted to informing and empowering parents as to how they can make the best choices for their children and family. Industry professionals can rely on MY CHILD TODAY as a resource guide for information that may fall outside their specialty. MY CHILD TODAY explores the significance of caring for children with a full spectrum of special needs. Autism, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, mental illness, learning disabilities and ADHD are the kind of disabilities that are addressed in the magazine. Visit MY CHILD TODAY at www.mychildmagazine.com.

ABOUT PAT GESUALDO

Pat Gesualdo is an award wining educator/author/drum virtuoso, who wrote the Groundbreaking research study on Drum Therapy®, which shows how drumming helps alleviate/manage symptoms of learning disabilities in children. He is the Founder/CEO of the non-profit organization DAD (Drums and Disabilities), which helps children fight the effects of Autism, Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, Tourette’s, ODD, OCD, and Apserger’s, in schools and communities throughout the world. Gesualdo also trains psychologists, occupational therapists, music therapists, and teachers of all subjects in his DAD Program curriculum, which is certified by the N.J. State Board of Education as an official teacher training provider program.

Numerous celebrities, sports stars, doctors, and major corporations have also joined forces with Gesualdo in his DAD Program efforts. He was nominated to Who’s Who in America, and as an associate voting member for the Grammy awards. He has also performed and recorded with various legendary musical artists, and lectures on his Drum Therapy® and DAD Program techniques, at major universities, clinic tours, and education conferences. Gesualdo also serves as the Special Education Program Director for Vater Percussion, and is the author of The Parent’s Guide To Learning Disabilities.

For more information, please contact Joe Ferro at 973-725-5150.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: JOE FERRO

(973)725-5150

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