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MY CHILD TODAY MAGAZINE NAMES DRUM VIRTUOSO
TO ADVISORY BOARD
Landing N.J. (October 19, 2007) - My Child Today, a unique consumer publication focusing on children with autism, mental illness and learning disabilities, today announced the appointment of drum virtuoso, author, and Vater Percussion special education program director Pat Gesualdo to its Advisory Board.
Having single handedly revolutionized the drum education and special education professions with his 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 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 winning drum virtuoso, author, clinician, and Vater Percussion special education program director. Gesualdo single handedly redefined the drumming world and the education profession with his Groundbreaking research study on Drum Therapy®.
Gesualdo has also performed and recorded for various Columbia, Warner Brothers, Atlantic, RCA, and Paramount Pictures artists and special projects, and has worked on industry projects with members of Deep Purple, Kiss, Quiet Riot, Rainbow, Halford, and the Metropolitan Opera among others.He is also 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, with drumming. Gesualdo also trains psychologists, occupational therapists, music therapists, teachers of all subjects, and drummers throughout the world, in his DAD Program techniques. DAD is certified by the State Board of Education as an official teacher training program, and numerous celebrities, sports stars, doctors, politicians, and major corporations have 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.
Gesualdo also lectures and performs in clinic tours, and at major universities and music industry conferences. He is the author of the online column Success With Your Sticks, and The Parent's Guide To Learning Disabilities.
For more information, please contact Joe Ferrro at 973-725-5150, or visit the official Pat Gesualdo websites:
www.myspace.com/patgesualdo
www.vater.com
www.dadprogram.org
www.myspace.com/dadoprogram