General Info

Michael J. Oswald has been in private practice since 1995 AS a child and family therapist and behavior consultant. Providing treatment and behavior consultations for children and families with behavioral. Emotional and developmental concerns. HE works with mental health. Mental retardation populations and children with special needs. Writing and illustrating these books enabled HIM to combine ALL HIS loves. HE earned a bachelor of fine arts in illustration and ART education from philadelphia college of ART in 1972 (NOW university of the arts). After working with children in DAY care and camp settings and getting the challenging ones HE realized working with children was HIS career path. MR. Oswald received a master of arts in group dynamics with special children from goddard college in 1975. HE participated in the extern program AT the philadelphia guidance clinic from 1992 94. Receiving a certificate in family therapy. The current serious stories for children: special people was published in 2011. The stories are titled MY friend TED, a BOY name monk. The girl WHO knew enough and I feel, a BOY named monk was written with a nine year OLD client. The stories depict very real children and HOW they successfully work to meet their challenges. They MAY exhibit the characteristics of ADHD. ASBERGERS syndrome or autism spectrum. In 1978. The first serious stories for children was created to assist with HIS work. The stories were called: the wrong TOY. Shopping trip. Friends. The accident and anger. They dealt with real life situations ANY child might experience and HOW they deal with TI. It Wasn't until 2000 when HE published dear jenny. About HIS youngest daughter jenny. That HE returned to writing and illustrating stories. Included in the book were your arrival. Getting bigger and your first BIG adventure. While going to school. Jenny searches for GOD. And JENNY'S NEW PET are available AS download only on the WEB site. In 2002. HE published serious stories for children. With five stories. Redesigned by MR. Oswald on the computer. That serious stories for children includes stories about real life situations ANY child could face: a TOY their parents Won't BUY for them; friends WHO have a fight; HOW ONE feels when a friend gets hurt. In 2006. Three years apart was published about a NEW sibling joining the family. HIS grandchildren were the model for the story.