About
the Expert:
Joanne
Oppenheim
Joanne is one of today's most trusted authorities on
child development and education. She is the author of more than forty
books for and about children including Kids & Play and Buy
Me, Buy Me! She is a regular guest on NBC's TODAY Show and runs
her business along side her daughter, Stephanie, attorney and cofounder
of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, and son, James, an attorney and computer
consultant, both parents themselves.
 To
contact Joanne:
joanne@toyportfolio.com
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, Inc.
40 East 9th Street
Suite 14M
New York, NY 10003
(212)598-0502
website: www.toyportfolio.com
About
the Expert:
Sharlene Habermeyer
Sharlene Habermeyer, M.A., author of Good Music, Brighter Children
has spent the last 19 years researching and lecturing throughout the
United States on the effects of music in the brain development of young
children. She is a writer, speaker, and consultant, holds a masters
degree in education and has written information on infusing music into
an already established curriculum. Sharlene is a member of the National
Coalition of Music Educators (MENC), a board member of the South Bay
Community Concert Association and serves on the Teacher's Advisory Board
for the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. She chairs the yearly
Palos Verdes Fine Arts Festival, the Cultural Unity Through the Arts
Festival and is the director of the Palos Verdes Regional Orchestra.
Sharlene has been seen on KCET, Lost Angeles, (PBS) KOCE, Orange County,
(PBS) and Loudon County News, Virginia.
 To
contact Sharlene:
shabermeyer@yahoo.com
1-800-549-3844
or visit her website at www.musical-expressions.com
About
the Expert:
Peggy North-Jones
Peggy North-Jones is a family educational consultant
and child development specialist based in St. Louis, Missouri. She has
worked with children and families for 30 years. In addition, she is
a lecturer and consultant and has a business presenting seminars THIS
IS MY FAMILY!
Born and raised in the New York area,
she received HER B.A. in Psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University
in Pittsburgh and has done graduate work at Washington University in
St. Louis. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Family and Marriage
Counseling at St. Louis University. As a national speaker and trainer,
Ms. North-Jones has given hundreds of presentations in the areas of
family life education, family wellness, time and stress management,
and general parenting issues.
She is the mother of two grown children, a delightfully serious and
goal-directed daughter who is a journalist in Washington, DC and a creative,
high-spirited, active son who is a Sophomore in college in Arizona.
To contact
Peggy:
THISISMYFAMILY@MSN.COM
(314) 995-4669
About
the Expert:
Dr. Tim Jordan
Dr. Tim Jordan is a Behavioral Pediatrician and national spokesperson
for children and families. He wears many hats including husband of 20
years and father of three children ages 13, 17 and 18.
Dr. Tim
Jordan completed a Behavioral Pediatric Fellowship at Harvard Medical
School studying under Dr. T Berry Brazelton in 1986 and was a member
of the Brazelton Seminar series as a featured speaker for many years.
He has made numerous appearances on local and national radio and TV
and has his own parenting call-in radio show called Families First!
on talk radio 97.1 FM on Sunday afternoons 12-2 p.m. CST broadcasting
from St. Louis, Missouri. The show has now become syndicated and new
cities are being added weekly.
On the
professional side, Tim counsels children and teens for issues ranging
from sleep problems, biting at preschool, self esteem concerns, to parent-teenager
conflicts. He enjoys educating parents about developmental stages and
behavioral concerns of all ages.
Dr. Jordan
and his wife, Anne, own a seminar company called, " Children &
Families, Inc." from which they operate self-esteem building summer
camps for children and teenagers, parenting and couple's classes, and
retreats for children and teenagers. Dr. Jordan is also an author of
three books and an audiotape series for parents and people who work
with children and teenagers.
Dr. Tim
Jordan's web site is:
www.Timjordanmd.com
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