Founder, President and Host of The Special Needs Talk Radio Network. “The Coffee Klatch – Information and Inspiration For Special Needs Parents and Educators” Marianne seeks to give parents what they so desperately need, empowerment. Through her talk radio interviews she has brought hundreds of thousands of parents cutting edge researchers, world renowned psychiatrists, specialized psychologists, internationally respected children’s foundations, special education law experts and the creative thinkers of our time. In addition to the scientific and clinical information, what Marianne truly aspires to give parents is hope.
Marianne created The Coffee Klatch to give parents of special needs children a forum to find the best resources and information available. Her network now hosts ten outstanding shows covering all aspects of special needs parenting. Empowering and enlightening parents of children with differences has been her goal. What you see is not always what you get. Marianne encourages you to dig deep, always searching for answers and never give up hope. There are answers and The Coffee Klatch Special Needs Network is here to help parents and educators find them. As she ends her show each Sunday “You are your child’s best advocate, if not you then who, become an informed, educated parent” Parents need an advocate as well and that is the role Marianne gladly takes, she is often called “The Parents Advocate”. “Accepting the diagnosis is one thing, accepting the life it will bring is something completely different, and much more important. With true acceptance comes the strength and calm parents need to move forward” ~ Marianne Russo
Educating a child with a mental illness, Autism or a physical special need is difficult, “If it’s one thing I’ve learned it is that no matter whether it is physical or emotional, the emotions parents of children with special needs feel is universal” Marianne, through her interviews, encourages parents to stand up to conformity to find the differentiated education that will bring out their child’s gifts and not their deficits, create self esteem and not failure. Her message to parents and educators is simple, “These kids are not just special in their needs but in their brilliance as well“. Marianne hosts “The Coffee Klatch” bringing you focused in depth interviews with the most respected experts in the world. She also weaves interviews with special guests discussing messages of neurodiversity, fostering and embracing differences, differentiated education and creating our next independent thinkers. Marianne also hosts “INSPIRE” a show bringing you stories from some of the most intriguing, inspiring and ground breaking people you will ever meet. Their stories of triumph and hope enforce what she often says “”It’s time to appreciate the wonder and marvel of different”.
Marianne Russo Public Relations is a boutique PR and social media consulting firm catering to the special needs community. As with The Coffee Klatch Special Needs Talk Radio, Marianne Russo Public Relations networks the special needs community by connecting her clients with professionals, special needs families and educators. When it comes to real estate it is location, location, location. When it comes to public relations it is connections, connections, connections. Marianne’s contact list is overflowing and impressive. Through her work she has developed relationships with some of the most respected and sought after mental health experts and foundations in the world and brought hundreds of thousands of parents and educators together with her clients through her advertising placements. Marianne works to create a strong social media presence for her clients giving them the visibility needed to be relevant in todays high tech world.
Author – The Life Unexpected: Discovering the wonder and marvel of different
The Life Unexpected is a survival guide for parents and educators who are navigating the muddy waters of raising or teaching special needs children. Marianne Russo, the creator of The Coffee Klatch Special Needs Talk Radio Network, takes readers from that first step of accepting the reality of their new lives to the true meaning of advocacy, empowerment and hope.
The chapters are weaved with touching, personal and sometimes funny accounts of her journey raising two daughters with uniquely, different special needs along with quotes and advice from the outstanding world renowned experts she has interviewed on her radio show. Whether you are just starting out on this incredible journey or have been traveling the unchartered waters of special needs parenting for a while, The Life Unexpected brings a new perspective and understanding to these incredible kids and their incredible parents. To Know the road ahead ask those coming back – Chinese Proverb
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Exceptional interviews with the most renowned experts in child and adolescent mental health via The Coffee Klatch Special Needs Talk Radio.
Dr Allen Frances – Saving Normal
Dr Ross Greene – The Explosive Child – Collaborative Problem Solving
Dr Allen Frances Chair DSMIV – Changes to the DSM and your child with mental illness
Dr Russell Barkley – ADHD from childhood to adulthood
Finally Hope – Juvenile Bipolar – Dr Demitri Papolos
Dr Steve Kurtz – Child Mind Institute – ADHD
The Truth about ADHD Meds w Dr Charles Parker
Dr Burbrick Child Mind Institute – OCD and Anxiety disorders in children
Dr Duncan McKinlay – Nix Your Tics – Tourette Syndrome
Dr Dale Archer – Better Than Normal
James Redford – The Big Picture – Dyslexia
Post Traumatic and Adjustment Disorders in Children and Teens
Understanding and Treating Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Ashok Gupta – Retraining the Amygdala for fear and pain disorders- Fibromyalgia
Separating Anxiety – Whats Normal and What’s Not
Intensity and the myth of ADHD
Expectations… Who are they for? Setting goals without outside pressure
Dr Linda Silverman – Giftedness 101 – The gifts not the deficits
Neurodiversity In The Classroom w Dr Thomas Armstrong
Marc Elliott – What makes you tic – Tourette Syndrome
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Depression and Anxiety in teens
Examining a flawed system that traps our kids
Carter Lee Surviving Sexual Abuse
Inspire with Angie Eaton – Unraveling a mental illness to find a gift
Marriage and relationships when raising a mentally ill child
Kidlutions – Helping a child or teen through grief and mourning
Dr Charles Parker – What neuroscience is telling us
Dr Jerry Weichman – Speaking to your kids about child abuse
Neuroplasticity – Integrated Listening Systems
Depression and your Child Series Part II – 10 Myths about Child and Adolescent Depression
Depression and Your Child Part III – 7 Things A Child With Depression Needs To Know
The High Cost Of A Quick Fix For Children With Behavioral Issues
Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
Do you hear music? See numbers as colors? Synesthesia the series
How Is Social Media Affecting Teenagers Anxiety
40-60% of kids with Sleep Apnea also get a diagnosis of ADHD – Coincidence or Misdiagnosis
What does the future hold for customized psychiatric medications?
From Worrier to Warrior – Helping the anxious child or teen
Misunderstood and Unidentified African American Gifted Kids
Headaches, Migraines and Behavioral issues in children and teens
The Anxious Child with a Learning Disability and Anxiety
No One To Play With …. The Social Challenges of kids with learning disabilities and ADHD
Common Core Standards – How they affect your child or teen with learning disabilities or ADHD
Dr David Russ – Turning Fear into Freedom – Child Anxiety
Chrisa Hickey – Mental Health Advocacy
The Secret Life and Shame of physically abused parents
Dr Demitri Papolos – The Fear of Harm Phenotype in child bipolar – A moms story
Dr Eric Hollander – OCD and related disorders
Teen Sexuality, ADD, and The Spectrum
Dr. Hallowell – ADHD strengths and challenges
Brain on fire – The inflammation connection between mental illness and mold w guest Dr Mary Ackerly
Teaching Kids to be Good People
Understanding Neuropsych and Psychoeducational evalueations
Parenting and education the Gay Lesbian Bisexual child or teen
Hope for the violently aggressive child w Dr Ankerman – Meltdowns Rages and Adrenalin disregulation
Mentally Gifted Not Disordered with Dr Gnaulati
The Best ADHD basics you will ever hear by two experts in layman terms
Post traumatic Stress Disorder in children with the Child Mind Institute Series
Transitioning kids with ADHD into college and adult life w The Edge Foundations Robert Tudisco
Behavioral changes with concussions in children and teens – Child Mind Institute Series
Annie Fox Preparing your tween for the new school year
Dr Cheryl Arutt – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in children
Dr Jerry Weichman – Adolescent Skill Development
Dr Lynne Kenney – The Limbic System
Michael Woods – Crisis Behavior Intervention
Dr Gluckman – The inflammation connection to child mental illness
Talking Teenage- Teenage as a second language
The Bipolar Child Dr Demitri Papolos
Heartspring- Setting the standard in residential care
Innerchange – Residential Treatment Center
Sandra Yuen – My Schizophrenic life
Dr Russell Hyken – Therapeutic Residential Placements and Psychoeducational Evaluations
Can kids with ADHD succeed academically and socially?
Sensory Processing Disorder – What it is and what it is not
When to Worry About Worry – Child anxiety disorders
Dr Carl Pickhardt – Why Good Kids Act Cruel and Boomerang Kids
Judge Alex Ferrer and Judge Glenda Hatchett – Bullying
Brain Insights Early Brain Development
Jen Laviano – Special Education Attorney
Dr Michele Borba – Overcoming parental school anxiety
The tragedy of Kelli and Izzy Stapleton – a family in crisis
Our kids new addiction – Social Media, Online Gaming – Texting
Dr Lynne Kenney – Neurobiological disorders
Mainstream or Special Placement w Ask Stefanie
Dr Allen Frances First interview – The DSMV
Dr Susan Swedo – PANDAS Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder and OCD
Dr Robin Silverman – Good Girls Dont Get Fat – Bulemia and Anorexia
Dr Earl Henslin – Brain Imaging determining treatment of mental illness
Fear of Harm Phenotype in Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder
Financial Planning for Families of Struggling Teens
The Pediatricians Role In Treating Special Needs Kids and Teens
Susan Inman – After Her Brain Broke
Dr Roya Ostovar – Sensory Processing Disorder
Actor Dash Mihok and Jaylens Challenge – Bullying No Way
Dr Jennifer Kolari – Anxiety disorders in children
Susan Resko – The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Dr Thomas Armstrong – Neurodiversity
Dr Lucy Miller – The Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
Met Life – Broken Security Blanket Estate Planning
Dr Barry Sears – The Zone Diet – Inflammation connection to mental illness
Dr Thomas Armstrong – Multiple Intelligences
Dr Alison Baker – Columbia Psychiatry – Preventing School Tragedies
Stefanie Weiss – Choosing a mental health professional
Understand and Parenting Gay and Lesbian Children and Teens
Juvenile Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Understanding Psychoeducational and Neuropsych evaluations on Ask Stefanie
Teaching kids to be good people with Annie Fox
OCD and Related disorders with Dr Eric Hollander on Ask Stefanie
The secret shame, fear and denial of physically abused parents
When to worry about worrying on Ask Stefanie
School Struggles and the Shut Down Learner – Dyslexia and ADHD w Dr Richard Selznick
Expectations Who Are They For – Parenting without outside pressure
Areva Martin: The legal implications of special needs blogging
Ashok Gupta: Retraining The Amygdala for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Separation Anxiety – Whats Normal Whats Not and What to do about it
Understanding and Evidence Based Treatments for Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Teens
Behavioral Changes with Concussions and Mild Brain Injury
Transitioning ADHD teens into college and adult life
Turning ADHD into a positive w Dr Richard Selznick
Dr Fischer – The Fit Doctor – Getting and Staying Healthy while special needs parenting
Possible New Treatment for child and teen OCD
Dyslexia from the Parents Perspective on School Struggles
Missed Giftedness in ADHD and Autism
Missed Giftedness in Adults – When adults uncover their childhood struggles
Fending Off Eating Disorders in Teens on the Dr Russell Hyken Show #Anorexia #Bulemia
Trichotillomania in Children and Teens
Transferrable Attachment for Struggling Teens
No One To Play With, Social Problems of LD and ADD Children.
Back to Normal: Why Ordinary Childhood Behavior Is Mistaken for ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Mainstream or Special Placement on Ask Stefanie
Hope for the violently aggressive child or teen w Dr Ankerman
Dr Stuart Fischer The Fit Dr – Getting healthy and feeling beautiful as a special needs parent
Transition the ADHD teen into college and beyond w The Edge Foundation
Turning the ADHD diagnosis into a positive on School Struggles
Behavioral changes with concussions and mild brain injuries – Child Mind Institute Series
Can kids with ADHD succeed in school and social settings
James RedFord – The Big Picture Movie – Dyslexia
Turning an ADHD Diagnosis Into A Positive
Dyslexia from the parents perspective
Top Tips for starting the new school year right
The Pediatricians Role in caring for special needs kids
AUTISM AND ASPERGER’S SYNDROME INTERVIEWS:
Dr Temple Grandin – Different Not Less
Temple Grandin – Thinking In Pictures
Temple Grandin – Rebecca Banks – Diane Kennedy
The DSMV Changes and your child/teen with autism
Temple Grandin – Diane Kennedy – Rebecca Banks
Bright Not Broken – Autism
Dr Temple Grandin – Fear as Core emotion in Autism
Dr Temple Grandin – The Autistic Brain – Thinking Across The Spectrum
All Five Editors of The Thinking Persons Guide to Autism
Rethinking Autism – Dana Commandatore
The Girl Who Spoke In Pictures
Metlife – Broken Security Blanket – Financial and Estate planning for special needs families
Dr Allen Frances Chair of the DSMIV Task Force
Jim Tracy – Editor Apostrophe Magazine
Susan Richardson – Reiki and alternative treatments for Autism
Louise Sattler – Signing Families
Bruce Sallen A Dads point of view
Speaking to your Child about the Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal w Dr Jerry Weichman
Dr Ron Minson – Neuroplasticity changing the brain with integrated listening systems
Dr Zachary Warren Vanderbilt Kennedy Autism Center
Lewis Stark – The humorous side of Autism with Autism Daddy
Teaching LIfe Skills with Autism w Chantal Sicile Kira
Dr Russ – Turning Fear into Freedom
The Eating Game and Gluten Free Diets
Dr Samango Sprouse – Dyspraxia – Dyslexia – Apraxia
Derek Hoere – Bringing Ayn Home – An Autism families worst nightmare
Dr Barry Sears creator of The Zone Diet – The Inflammation Connection
Priscilla Gilman – The Antiromantic Child – Hyperlexia
Joel Yanofsky – Author of Bad Animals – A Dads view of autism
Todd Drezner – Producer Loving Lamposts
Eileen Miller – Behind The Pictures w surprise interview with daughter
Multi Platinum Grammy award winner Micheal Buckholtz – Aid For Autistic Children
Amalia Starr – Autism into adulthood
Dynavox – Assistive Technology
Jen Laviano – Special Education Attorney
Ann Barbano Producer of The Autism Maze
Areva Martin The Every Day Advocate
Exploration of Autism across cultures
Dr Valerie Hu – The Biochemistry and Molecular biology of Autism Subgroups
Dennis Debaudt – Leading authority on emergency worker training for autism
Lou Giuffre – Lifeprotekt GPS Autism Tracking System
Dr Peter Bearman – Columbia Autism Study
John Elder Robison – Look Me In The Eye
Dr James Coplan – Making Sense of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Taylor Morris – A Glimpse into the other world of Autism by a girl who lives there
Carol Kranowitz – The Out Of Sync Child
Dr Alex Kolevzon Clinical Director of Seaver Autism Center – Sociology of Autism
Elaine Hall – Now I See The Moon – Autism
Relate to Autism – A unique approach to treatment
Dr Thomas Armstrong – Finding the gift in any disorder
BRIGHT NOT BROKEN
Overexcitabilities in Autism and ADHD w Dr Linda SilvermanMeet the authors of Bright Not Broken
Bright Not Broken – Drs. James Webb and Edward Amend,
The Laymans Guide to The DSMV and Autism
Examining a Flawed system that traps our kids
Rare brilliant interview with Lorna Wind and Judith Gould
Dr Fred Volkmer – Yale Autism Study
Understanding Social Thinking in Autism and ADHD
Nancy Ratey – Using strengths and special interests
Visual Spatial Abilities – Visual Thinkers
Survival Guide for Aspergers kids
Dr Fred Volkmar Yale Child Development
Jennifer Cook Otool – Asperkids
Adam Feinstein – The History of Autism
Understanding Social Thinking and 2e: Giftedness, Asperger’s, ADHD guest Michelle Garcia
Intensity, Giftedness and The ADD Myth guest Martha Burge
Gifted, ADHD and Asperger’s, Using Strengths and Special Interests guest Nancy Ratey
Visual Spatial Abilities guest Dr. Jonathan Wai
The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders guest Elizabeth Verdick
NAGC- Finding Help, Support and Resources for Gifted and 2e children
The Together Teacher Author Maia Heyck-Merlin
Twice Exceptional, Who They are: Asperger ADHD Gifted guest Dr. Layne Kalbfleisch
Examining A Flawed System That Traps Our Kids – Autism ADHD
Animals Companions and Careers with guest Dr Temple Grandin
Suki Wessling – From School to Homeschool Should You Homeschool Your Gifted Child
Giftedness 101 w guest Dr Linda Silverman
THE MAVERICK MIND SERIES WITH DR CHERI FLORANCE – HIGHLY VISUAL THINKERS
Part 1 – INSPIRE – A mothers search to unravel her child’s behaviors uncovers a brilliant mind
Part II – Dr Cheri Florence the pioneer in uncovering Maverick Minds – What is a Maverick Mind
Part III – Dr Cheri Florance – Identifying The Maverick Mind
Part IV – Five Steps to Brain Engineering with Dr Cheri Florance
Part V – The Joy Of Becoming Symptom Free – Maverick Mind
SEASON TWO
Parental advocating for the highly visual Maverick Mind
What is your childs true brain and learning potential – Re-engineering the brain for learning
AUTISM AS THEY GROW
Wayne Gilpin – Future Horizons
Housing and Independent Living
What to do when your autistic child is sick
When parent and child are on the spectrum
OUR KIDS CAN THRIVE
Dealing with Holiday Meltdowns
Strategies for calming over responders
Designing Equipment for Special Needs
Sensory Processing and Anxiety
THE INCLUSIVE CLASS
Is inclusion right for your child
Myths and Facts about inclusion
Creating an inclusive classroom
How a highschooler changed a school
How to have a successful IEP meeting
Executive functioning in the inclusive class
Supporting the anxious student
College and the student with intellectual disabilities
Identifying and meeting needs of special needs students
YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHTS WITH JENN AND JULIE
What is IDEA and special education advocacy
Special Education eligibility and diagnosis
Addressing behaviors through an IEP
Dr Lynne Kenney turns the mic on Marianne on The Family Coach Interviews: Part 1- “One Motivated Mom Marianne Russo” http://bit.ly/gcgblm Part 2 – “Accepting The Diagnosis” http://alturl.com/5m3b8 Part 3 – “Understanding the Defiant Child” http://alturl.com/r6xj4
Marianne in the media
