Beyond the Spectrum.. every age, every need

March 9, 2022 | Episode  79

Actor, Warrior, & Advocate, Greg Grunberg visits with Shawn & Brian to discuss being a father to a child with epilepsy, his mission to remove the stigma associated with it, & his non-profit organization.

Greg Grunberg is best known for his role as X-wing pilot Snap Wexley in “STAR WARS”, as well as “STAR TREK”, “A STAR IS BORN” and alongside Al Pacino in the Barry Levinson film ‘PATERNO.’  As well as on his many memorable series “HEROES”, “CASTLE ROCK”, “LOST”, “ALIAS” and “FELICITY”.

Currently Grunberg stars alongside Kevin Smith in the cult classic “MAX RELOAD & THE NETHER BLASTERS” as well as the much beloved “BIG ASS SPIDER”. 

Greg has written pilots & films and co-wrote the graphic novel series “DREAM JUMPER” for Scholastic. Book 2 is available everywhere now.

Grunberg hosted and produced alongside Kevin Smith the pop-culture talk show “GEEKING OUT” for AMC and currently is a staple on the popular gameshow “25 WORDS OR LESS”. 

He has podcasts “TALK ABOUT IT”, “VESTED INTEREST”, & “AN ACTOR, COMEDIAN & A MUSICIAN WALK INTO A BAR”. Currently he is shooting his popular YouTube series “THE CAREGIVER“ for the Epilepsy community.

Grunberg started his celebrity rock band “THE ACTION FIGURES“ (TheActionFiguresBand.com) with fellow actors Jesse Spencer, Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, and Scott Grimes benefiting TalkAboutIt.org, his foundation to raise awareness for people with Epilepsy as his eldest son has the condition.

Grunberg has been voted one of the most interesting actors to follow on Twitter & IG.

“It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.”

- Sylvester Stallone

The Action Figures:  https://www.theactionfiguresband.com/

Talk About It Company!:  https://talkaboutit.org/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/greggrunberg/

Podcast:  https://talkaboutit.org/epilepsy/podcast

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/greggrunberg

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ggrunberg1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzBigEQ7WrjBJ4Q-I1l9y6A

The Caregiver Series:  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwURcYZFvmI4kgBF87rkwKQfRHLVudox_

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                              Is there a right or wrong term that should be used to identify your child with special needs?

Shawn & Brian discuss the  topic of labels, how various members of society use them to identify themselves.. & especially, the terms parents of children with special needs, choose to identify the children they love. 

March 2, 2022 | Episode  78

Shawn & Brian discuss the very personal matter of how one  chooses to identify their child or loved one with special needs.

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February 23, 2022 | Episode  77

Shawn & Brian are visited by front line special needs warriors, Matt Asner & his wife, Navah Paskowitz-Asner as they discuss their path into the community & the amazing work they are doing at the Ed Asner Family Center, named after Matt's father, legendary actor, Ed Asner.

This dynamic couple share their journey in the special  needs community. They have separately and collectively made great advances and improvements to the community. They talk about how both families contributed and impacted families and lives tremendously.

Surfwise:  https://youtu.be/tn49N2QQ21w

Website:  https://edasnerfamilycenter.org/

Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-brady-bunch-of-autism/

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjT74SCddJD8ziydvKiZaIQ

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February 9, 2022 | Episode  76

Corey Fox pays a visit to Shawn & Brian to discuss how his organization, Developmental Dynamo, helps the exceptional child thrive. Developmental Dynamo is dedicated to using cutting-edge ideas and methodologies to treat each individual child. For more than 13 years, Corey Fox and his team of development professionals have been working with exceptional children and their families to meet this goal.

Website:  http://developmentaldynamo.com/

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Feburary 2, 2022 | Episode  75

David Hirsch pays a visit to Shawn & Brian. He is the founder of the Special Father's Network, & 21stcenturydads.org, organizations that uplift, unite, & recognize father's who are raising children with Special Needs.

David’s professional career began in 1982 when he obtained his CPA and worked as an auditor and tax accountant with Price Waterhouse in Chicago.  From 1985-2007 he was a financial advisor with Smith Barney, Inc., where he was a Senior VP and a member of the firm’s Chairman’s Council for 18 years.  He spent eight years at Credit Suisse Private Banking USA, before CSPB exited the U.S.  He is currently a Senior Vice President at UBS Wealth Management.  His clients include foundations, endowments, and high net worth individuals.  He prides himself on taking a consultative approach in a product-driven industry.  

David earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a Bachelors of Science degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois.  He is also a graduate of the IWI Chartered Private Wealth Management Program at University of Chicago and the Certified Investment Management Analyst Program at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.  

From 1993 to 1996 David was a Kellogg National Fellow with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.  He was one of 50 selected from a pool of more than 800 applicants to go through this three year interdisciplinary leadership program.  He dedicated three months a year for three years and used his $36,000 grant to study “what motivates people to be philanthropic.”  

In 1997 David founded Illinois Fatherhood Initiative, the country’s first state wide non-profit fatherhood organization, whose mission is connecting children and fathers by engaging fathers in the education of children.  He is also founder of 21st Century Dads Foundation. 

David is a FINRA arbitrator, member of the University of Illinois Foundation President’s Council, Union League Club of Chicago, Illinois CPA Society, AICPA, Theta Xi National Fraternity, the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Chicago, and Investment Wealth Institute (IWI).  He is a former board member of Habitat for Humanity’s International Board of Advisors, the Barrington Area Community Foundation, and Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Board of Advisors.   He was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business in 1994 as one of the “40 under 40” and by Registered Representative Magazine in 1995 as one of the country’s “Outstanding Brokers.”  In 2000 he received the John Stanford Education Heroes Award from the U.S. Department of Education.  In 2005 the Illinois CPA Society recognized David with its Distinguished Public Service Award.  In 2007, he was recognized as one of three Fathers of the Year by Illinois Fatherhood Initiative.  In 2009, he received the Man of Distinction Award from Theta Xi National Fraternity.  He also completed the Wisconsin Ironman Triathlon (2009) and Ironman Florida (2020).  In 2012 David was the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.  In 2015, he cycled 2,325 miles from Santa Monica to Chicago as part of Dads Honor Ride 2015 and gave a TEDx Talk entitled Why We Need To Break The Cycle Of Father Absence.  He also completed DHR16 a 1,400 mile 21 day ride from Boston to Chicago and DHR17 a 958 mile 9 day ride around Lake Michigan.  He also hosts the popular Special Fathers Network Dad To Dad Podcast, now with more than 160 episodes.   He is the author of  21st Century Dads: A Father's Journey to Break The Cycle Of Father Absence, as well as Autism Stories: From the SFN Dad To Dad Podcasts.

Website: https://21stcenturydads.org/

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Shawn & Brian are visited by Faith Golden, a special education teacher, childhood development professional, & Grandmother to a child with a rare condition, Tuberous sclerosis. Join in as she shares her journey, challenges, & lessons.

Faith’s career with children goes back to age 8 when she began as a mother’s helper in her neighborhood. The parents really appreciated having an extra pair of hands, especially the family with four children, two of them twins.

Her major in college was a natural one, Home Economics with an emphasis on Child Development.  The child development classes included developmental milestones, child psychology, family systems and a lot of observation and practice in the campus preschool.

Faith graduated with her degree and teaching credential in Home Economics.  She continued her course work with epidemiology and health science classes and a course to become a Lamaze teacher, which she taught for 13 years while she raised her son and daughter.

When a fellow Lamaze teacher asked her, she took a job working with pregnant and parenting mentally disabled adults and found the work so fascinating that she went back to school to get a master’s degree and credential to teach Early Childhood Special Education.

After teaching special education adults and children for close to 20 years and working with over 2400 families. Faith left to open It’s Aparent, Parenting and Behavior Specialists so she could work with individual families, with both “typical” and special needs children, to empower them to be the parents to their children that they always wanted to be.  Faith also wanted to help all families whose children had special needs to navigate the special education system.

Today, Faith is the Nana to 7 wonderful grandkids ranging in age from 11 to 26 months.  She volunteers at (Child Development Institute) CDI helping with Child Development Screenings and other areas of need.

January 19, 2022 | Episode  73

Shawn & Brian discuss what it means to be a good person. Is it simple, or something one should be working on all the time & improving?

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Shawn & Brian are visited by Myrna Scales a wife, mother, &  warrior who shares the story of her infant son's cancer diagnosis, his  treatment, what she learned from it, & how she is making it the  ultimate teachable moment for others!

January 5, 2022 | Episode  71

Shawn & Brian kick off the new year with a discussion about goal setting, resolutions, & the less than obvious difference that each of us makes in the lives of others.

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