O'Shaughnessy, Ellen Cassels

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O'SHAUGHNESSY, Ellen Cassels

O'SHAUGHNESSY, Ellen Cassels. American, b. 1937. Genres: Education, How-to books, Human relations/Parenting. Career: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, Monterey, CA, teacher's aide and art instructor, 1968- 74; Pacific Grove Unified School District, Pacific Grove, credentialed adult school teacher and teacher's aide, 1974-82, special education consultant, 1984-85; Psychological Services, Fort Ord, CA, intern, 1976; substitute teacher for special education classes, 1983-84; Synthesis (publishing company), Pacific Grove, CA, owner, writer, and publisher, 1984-. Publications: Teaching Art to Children, 1974; Synthesis (symbolic-language series for developmentally disabled and non-reading adults), 1981; You Love to Cook Book (symbolic-language cookbook), 1983; I Could Ride on the Carousel Longer, 1989; Somebody Called Me a Retard Today… and My Heart Felt Sad, 1992. Address: P.O. Box 51063, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, U.S.A.

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