A Treasure Hunt for Mama and Me: Helping Children Cope with Parental Illness (Let's Talk) - Softcover

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Renee Le Verrier teaches at Massachusetts General Hospital's Parkinson's Partner Center and at Whittier Health Network's Stroke Rehabilitation Program as a Register Yoga Teacher (RYT) certified by the National Yoga Alliance. A stroke survivor living with Parkinson's disease, Le Verrier is the founder of LIM (Less Is More) Yoga, a partner advocate in research for the Parkinson Disease Foundation, an arts and movement program co-coordinator for the American Parkinson Disease Association and a board member for both BEATDystonia and the Spirited Movement Foundation. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from St. Lawrence University, New York, and lives in Massachusetts with her husband, her son, and a variety of pets. Dr. Samuel Frank is associate professor of neurology and co-director of neurology resident education at Boston University. After completing his fellowship in Experimental Therapeutics (movement disorders) at the University of Rochester, New York, he established clinics for active general movement disorders, Huntington's Disease and dystonia at Boston University and the New England regional veterans' hospital. Dr. Frank served as site investigator for clinical trials coordinated by the Huntington Study group, Parkinson Study Group, Michael J. Fox Foundation, National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. He is a member of the board of trustees for the Huntington Disease Society of American and serves as a member of the Patient Safety Subcommittee at the American Academy of Neurology.