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Michael Y. Simon, LMFT

(Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lic. MFC 38305)

5665 College Avenue, Suite 340C

Oakland, CA 94618

Telephone: (510) 433-2959

E-mail: Michael@PracticalHelpForParents.com

Press inquiries: Please contact Michael through his book’s publisher,
Fine Optics Press, toll-free (800) 721-7050 or by email, fineopticspress@gmail.com

Feedback and Booking: Contact us online, here.

Twitter: @supportingteens

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THE APPROXIMATE PARENT

Learn about this 2013 Reader Views award-winning parenting book! No two teens are the same or require the same approach — learn how every parent, educator and mental health professional can respond to that challenge. An “approximate,” practice-based approach to parenting matches the way teens—and all children—learn about and adapt to their world. Click on the corresponding links to purchase the book from Google, Amazon or find out more on The Approximate Parent website.

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Speaking Schedule

AUGUST 2, 2012, 7 p.m.
Official Book Launch, Books Inc., Berkeley, California: The Approximate Parent: Discovering the Strategies That Work with Your Teenager (Fine Optics Press, 2012)

AUGUST 15, 2012
Official Publication: The Approximate Parent: Discovering the Strategies That Work with Your Teenager (Fine Optics Press, 2012)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
Irvine, California; On Learning Disabilities (Helping Teachers Help Students)

OCTOBER 9, 2012
Walnut Creek, California; The Creek Youth Center, Understanding Your Adolescent and the World of Middle School

OCTOBER 18, 2012
Oakland, California; Head-Royce School, Facing the Problems Together: Strategizing Around Drugs, Alcohol and Parties

OCTOBER 23-26, 2012
New York, New York; Book Tour for The Approximate Parent: Discovering the Strategies That Work with Your Teenager

NOVEMBER 7, 2012, 7 p.m.
RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 6, 2012. Oakland, California; The Laurel Book Store, Author Event for The Approximate Parent: Discovering the Strategies That Work with Your Teenager

NOVEMBER 14, 2012, 7 p.m.
Walnut Creek, California; Author Event for The Approximate Parent: Discovering the Strategies That Work with Your Teenager

NOVEMBER 29, 2012 (Thursday)
San Francisco, California: The Bay School, Does My Teen Have Good Mental Health? OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

DECEMBER 13, 2012 (Thursday)
Oakland, California: Park Day School CARE Week Parent Evening, Digital Media is the Message: What's at Stake for Kids and Parents in the Plugged-In, Always-On Culture?

DECEMBER 12, 2012
San Jose; Author event for The Approximate Parent: Discovering the Strategies That Work with Your Teenager

FEBRUARY 5, 2013, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
San Francisco, California; Parents' Coalition of Bay Area High Schools, Does My Teen Have Good Mental Health? This is a public event; more information available at the Parents' Coalition website.

FEBRUARY 12, 2013, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Ross, California; The Branson School, Alcohol, Drugs and Parties: A New Way of Understanding and Responding to Adolescent Risk-Taking

MARCH 6, 2013, 7 p.m.
Oakland, California; The Laurel Book Store, Author Event for The Approximate Parent: Discovering the Strategies That Work with Your Teenager

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