Don Meyer is the director of the Sibling Support Project. Don is probably best known for creating Sibshops, lively programs just for young brothers and sisters of kids with special needs. Currently, there are over 200 Sibshops in eight countries. Don also created SibKids and SibNet, no-cost listservs for young and adult brothers and sisters which allow hundreds of siblings from around the world to connect with their peers.

Don was a founder of the SEFAM (Supporting Extended Family Members) program at the University of Washington, which pioneered services for fathers, siblings, and grandparents of children with special needs.

As a sought-after speaker, Don has conducted hundreds of workshops on siblings, fathers, and grandparents of children with special needs and trainings on the Sibshop model throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, England, Italy, New Zealand, and Japan. (Learn more about the workshops Don is asked to conduct.)

Don is the senior author and editor of five books:

• Sibshops: Workshops for brothers and sisters of children with special needs;
• Uncommon Fathers: Reflections on Raising a Child with Special Needs;
• Living with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs: a Book for Sibs;
• Views from our Shoes: Growing up with a brother or sister with special needs; and
• The Sibling Slam Book.

Don has been interviewed by ABC News’ 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight; Newsweek; The New York Times; The Washington Post; Newsday; Ladies Home Journal; National Public Radio; Good Housekeeping as well as numerous local news outlets for stories regarding siblings’ concerns.

Don is married to Terry DeLeonardis, a special education preschool teacher and consultant. They have four children.

To see Don’s Speaker Information Fact Sheet, click here.

Contact information:

Don Meyer
Director, Sibling Support Project
A Kindering Center program
6512 23rd Ave NW, #213
Seattle, WA 98117
206-297-6368; fax 509-752-6789
donmeyer@siblingsupport.org
Sibling Support Project website: http://www.siblingsupport.org/
http://plus.calendars.net/sibshop
Our brothers, Our sisters, Ourselves