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Dr. Linda Barboa holds degrees in speech pathology and audiology psychology and early childhood education. She is an experienced speech-language pathologist with a background as a special education director director of a center for autism and university professor. She has worked as an educator in the United States and Europe and has presented numerous programs to professionals across the country. Dr. Barboa is the author of several books about autism including Stars in Her Eyes: Navigating the Maze of Childhood Autism Steps: Forming a Disability Ministry and Tic Toc Autism Clock: A Guide to Your 24/7 Parent Plan Its No Biggie: Autism in the Early Childhood Classroom and Oodles and Skoodles of Friends. Along with Jan Luck she is the co-author of the Albert series of books to help children understand autism. Dr. Barboa is the recipient of the prestigious JEFFERSON AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. She is the founder of an award-wi Dr. Brenda BK Bradshaw is the founder of Goldminds Publishing; an award-winning author; playwright; former elementary and middle school teacher special reading teacher and assistant professor of elementary education. BK has appeared on the podcasts The Autism Show Talkin Live with Eli Care Activities with Neil Hogbin. She has made appearances on Ozarks Live! news show in Springfield Missouri volunteered with the Horse Tales Literacy project and met with hundreds of children and teachers across the Ozarks in school and barn visits. She recently opened a school for students who need an alternative to traditional education Infinity Academy. As a research assistant in graduate school and as a classroom teacher and professor Dr. Bradshaw developed an interest in creating thematic units to help teachers utilize literature as a springboard to make ties to content across the curriculum. She has written numerous thematic units for classic children's literature her own books and