SFN Dad to Dad 286 - Faye Simon-Harac Editor-In-Chief at Exceptional Parent Magazine & President/Founder of IES Brain Research Foundation

Our guest this week is Faye Simon-Harac of Sparta, NJ, a former teacher and current Editor-in-Chief at Exceptional Parent Magazine as well as president and founder of the Irene & Eric Simon Brain Research Foundation. After serving as an educator in the Teaneck, NJ school district for a decade, Faye founded and became president of the Irene & Eric Simon Brain Research Foundation, named in honor of her parents, while they were still alive. Eric was an internationally recognized neuroscientist and served in that capacity for mare than 50 years at NYU. One of his many claims to fame was the discovery of opiate receptors in the brain, which lead to understanding of drug addiction & pain.Since 2004 the IESBRF has been providing annual cash fellowships to college and graduate school students pursuing careers in neuroscience and brain research. To date they have provided more than 120 fellowships. Faye joined the Exceptional Parent Magazine team in 2015 and has been Editor-in-Chief since 2020. EP Magazine's mission is to:"Develop, Translate, and Share Information as Tools for Positive Change for the Special Needs Community." For more than 50 years this award-winning publication has been serving the special needs community. Monthly issues are available for FREE to more than 16,000 on-line subscribers and for a small fee, to a growing list of print subscribers. Faye is an amazing woman with an amazing story here on this episode of the Special Fathers Network Dad to Dad Podcast.Show LInksEmail – [email protected] - https://www.linkedin.com/in/faye-simon-harac-73768710/Website - https://www.epmagazine.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/exceptionalparentmagTwitter - https://twitter.com/epmzineWebsite - http://iesbrainresearch.org/index.htmlFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/IESBrainTwitter - https://twitter.com/IESBrainSpecial Fathers Network - SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: