As a music, movement and drama teacher for 25 years, Carol Stock Kranowitz observed many out-of-sync preschoolers. To help them become more competent in their work and play, she began to study sensory integration ("SI") theory. She learned to help identify their needs and to steer them into early intervention. In her workshops and writings, she explains to parents, educators, and other early childhood professionals how sensory processing issues play out – and provides practical and enjoyable techniques for addressing sensory issues at home and school.

In addition to The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, revised (Perigee, 2005), Carol is the author of its sequel, The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction (Perigee, 2003).

A book for 8-12 year-olds is The Goodenoughs Get in Sync: A Story for Kids about the Tough Day When Filibuster Grabbed Darwin's Rabbit's Foot and the Whole Family Ended Up in the Doghouse (Sensory Resources, 2004). Another book is 101 Activities for Kids in Tight Spaces (St. Martin's Press, 1995). She is the co-author of Hear, See, Play! Music Discovery Activities for Preschoolers (Peg Hoenack's MusicWorks, 1989) and of The Balzer-Martin Preschool Screening Program Manual (St. Columba's, 1992).

She has also written many articles on sensory processing, child development, and preschool curricula for magazines such as Parenting, Sesame Street Magazine, Child Care Information Exchange, and Family Circle, and for Internet websites, including www.child.com and www.SPDnetwork.org

Carol is the Editor-in-Chief of S.I. Focus, the international magazine focusing on sensory integration/sensory processing. This quarterly includes articles about therapy techniques, clinical breakthroughs, success stories, and in-depth interviews. For more information, see www.SIfocus.com

A graduate of Barnard College, Carol has an M.A. in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University.

She is on the following Boards:

• The KID Foundation
• Developmental Delay Resources (DDR)
  
• St. Columba's Nursery School
• National Autism Association (NAA)
• Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association (NLDA)

She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and has two wonderful sons and daughters-in-law and four enchanting grandchildren.