Putting Your Kids First
Barrie Silberberg

ABOUT BARRIE

Barrie Silberberg’s most important job is being a Stay-at-Home-Mom (SAHM) to her two children and spending a lot of her free time volunteering at her children’s school. She currently works very part-time around her children’s schedules, teaching American Sign Language to Mommy and Me groups, elementary aged children, teens and adults. She is also a job developer/placement counselor with the State of California, working with individuals who have disabilities.

Barrie holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies (Education) and a Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential, plus has completed post-graduate work with an emphasis in Special Education from California State University, Northridge. She is active in her local chapter of the Autism Society and national autism related causes. She speaks to general mom’s groups and autism support groups. She offers tours of local health food stores and spends a lot of time on the OASIS Asperger’s Web site and the GFCF Kids message board, offering advice, help, suggestions and she emails her four-page information packet on the GFCF (Gluten Free/Casein Free) diet to hundreds of families around the world. This diet is her passion, as it has helped her son soar and lose many of his autistic traits.

Barrie has been published in a national magazine, The Autism Perspective, writing about the Gluten Free/Dairy Free lifestyle. She is on their advisory board, and on the ANDI parent support site offering help with the diet. She also has had several articles published in several newspapers. Her family is a volunteer foster family for rescued kittens. Prior to having children she was a vocational rehabilitation counselor, elementary school teacher and director with the Girl Scouts. She has always been involved with charity work related to disabilities, cancer, children and animals, helping to obtain donations and market for their causes.

Barrie single handedly contacted former high school alumni from seven years of graduating seniors from her high school, who were in the award winning marching band with her many years ago. So far she has successfully organized two reunions, where several hundred alumni, their director and assistants showed up with their families.

Barrie’s most important job is being a Stay-at-Home-Mom (SAHM) to her children.