Leo The Lion and The Kangaroos By Kerin Bellak-Adams

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Kerin Bellak-Adams (Karola) is one of two daughters of the late, renowned psychoanalyst Dr. Leopold Bellak. In 2005 Kerin became the CEO  of Dr. Bellak’s 75 year old publishing house, CPS Publishing LLC, www.cpspublishinginc.com, an  international publisher of clinical assessments and books. Kerin accomplishments include:the CAT A in color in 2012.  (Children’s Apperception Test) The BAT, (Bellak Apperception Test). The co-author of the BAT is David Abrams.

Kerin is the author of Leo the Lion and the Kangaroos – On Autism, (2025)  and  ADHD Success! Solutions to Boosting Self-Esteem: The Diary Method. ages 7-17. (2009) Kerin intends to write a few more books such as Hurting People Hurt People (a poem), Secrets and Psychoanalysis-The Life and Work(s) of Dr Leopold Bellak, and two more!   She is a graduate of Hofstra University of Long Island, New York, with a BA, a graduate of ICF (International Coaching Federation). Her accomplishments include: creating the first parents support group for ADHD in Valley Hospital, New Jersey in 2009. She has lectured in hospitals, and for the International Dyslexia Association,  as well as  the JCC on the Palisades in New Jersey. She enjoys being a  consultant and coach in ADHD and Autism, with schools, kids and parents www.reachbeyondADD.com “Her motto is “We don’t give up 5 minutes before any miracle.”  Kerin is the  mother of her daughter who is an accomplished nurse in a major hospital in Long Island, and has a lovely family which includes her husband and her three young children.

The first publication of its kind, Leo the Lion and the Kangaroos, is a short, imaginative, and practical book. The book is based on the heart-felt film, The Kangaroo Complex by Dr. Sarah Moon Howe. Kerin Bellak-Adams says her book “offers simple solutions to complicated problems.” The reader will be inspired to think creatively about the gifts and abilities of verbal and/or non-verbal individuals with Autism. The book’s theme offers a lighthearted, gentle and positive spin through a dialogue between Leo the Lion (the nickname of Dr. Leopold Bellak) and the other characters in the story.

Leo the Lion and the Kangaroos can be utilized with a range of approaches. This includes bedtime stories, elementary or high school library programs, and in group or individual settings led by a psychologist or neuropsychologist. It can also be used for undergraduate and graduate research with or without the CAT assessment (Children’s Apperception Test), which is a globally used clinical personality assessment.

Leo the Lion and the Kangaroos is a book that both children and adults will enjoy over and over again, and that it inspires everyone to pursue their dreams and or interests.