Bewildering Stories welcomes...

Mimi Rosen

Mimi lives with her family in upstate New York. She has a degree in Special Education and works as a teacher of the handicapped. She’s been writing for about five years. She’s working on a novel and has published four stories in on-line magazines.

Mimi’s bio sketch notes that she works in “early intervention” programs. I could guess what they were but was curious to hear about them from Mimi herself. Her explanation is beyond any paraphrase:

Early intervention is a federally funded program to help families who have infants or toddlers with developmental delays. I’m a special ed teacher, but there are also therapist, social workers, nurses and diet specialists who do this. We go out to people’s homes and provide family training and one-on-one therapy with the kids. The reason is that if we can help children catch up early, then future challenges can be prevented.

Like writing, EI becomes a passion for practitioners who work in the field, but not many people know about the program. So, I’m always happy to shine a light on the good service that we provide. In fact, one of the books that I’ve been working on is about an EI teacher who travels to different universes with her students.

“Stormy and Grandma Rose” takes a very unusual point of view. The hero and narrator of the story hears and sees everything and does a lot, but he can’t speak. Nonetheless, he is the hero in resolving a crisis in a dysfunctional family .

Mimi Rosen’s bio sketch can be found here.

Welcome to Bewildering Stories, Mimi. We hope to hear from you again soon and often!