{"id":17,"date":"2023-11-09T04:22:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T04:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customedev.testdevlink.net\/Rhonda\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2023-11-20T16:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:23:57","slug":"about-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/customedev.testdevlink.net\/Rhonda\/about-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About Author"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_image=”61″ bg_position=”left top” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”100″ bottom_padding=”70″ top_padding_tablet=”40″ constrain_group_3=”yes” bottom_padding_tablet=”40″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”r2″ disable_element=”yes” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”42″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” el_class=”m1″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInDownBig”]Rhonda Shakir- Ferguson is one of sevensiblings born in Chicago Illinois. For severalyears she interned as a social worker and with Americorp for Juvenile Court as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) through the family Exchange center andother social services. She uses social change, and seeking ways to assist the under privileged and marginalized. While she trained, she earned a Masters in Behavior Science Degree in Human Services. She has also written two children\u2019s books \u201cMy Lost Shoe\u201dand\u201cSay a Little Prayer for Me\u201dadvocating safety for children.
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Say A Little Prayer for me:<\/span><\/h2>\n

This book is a gateway of unfoldinginformation that guides a teacher or facilitatorin revealing shameful events that may have taken place on school ground. The character Joshua has a conversation with his grandmother about school violence. Bullying is a real threat of violence for children and their parents causing some children to commit suicide or harm the other person. Many children may not know how to ask for help as they enter into a daily battle ground at school. The grandmother is concern and offer prayer as one solution to the school violence her grand son is experiencing.
\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”r2-3″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”42″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” el_class=”m1″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInDownBig”]Rhonda Shakir- Ferguson is one of seven siblings born in Chicago Illinois. For several years she interned as a social worker and with Americorp for Juvenile Court as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) through the family Exchange center and other social services. She uses social change, and seeking ways to assist the underprivileged and marginalized. While she trained, she earned a Masters in Behavior Science Degree in Human Services. She has also written two children\u2019s books \u201cMy Lost Shoe\u201dand\u201cSay a Little Prayer for Me\u201d advocating safety for children.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”30″ text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” font_color=”#000000″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”2px” column_border_color=”#0000ff” column_border_style=”dotted” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInUp”]\n

Say A Little Prayer for me:<\/span><\/h2>\n

This book is a gateway of unfoldinginformation that guides a teacher or facilitatorin revealing shameful events that may have taken place on school ground. The character Joshua has a conversation with his grandmother about school violence. Bullying is a real threat of violence for children and their parents causing some children to commit suicide or harm the other person. Many children may not know how to ask for help as they enter into a daily battle ground at school. The grandmother is concern and offer prayer as one solution to the school violence her grand son is experiencing.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInDownBig”]\n

LETTER TO MY FATHER:
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THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN TO ENCOURAGE ABSEN- TEE FATHERS TO RECONNECT AND REBUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR CHILDREN. RHONDA S. FERGUSON’S HEARTFELT LETTER TO HER OWN FATHER (NOW DECEASED) REMINDS READERS OF THE DETRIMENTAL AND LONG-TERM IMPACT THAT NEGATIVE PATERNAL ROLE MODELS CAN HAVE ON THEIR CHILDREN. SHE BELIEVES CHILDREN NEED THEIR FA- THER WHETHER THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO NO LONGER HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR MOTHER OR EVEN IF THEY ARE INCARCERATED. FERGUSON’S PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY, HAVE TAUGHT HER THAT WHEN CHILDREN KNOW THEIR FATHERS LOVE THEM AND WOULD NEVER HURT THEM, THEY CAN ACHIEVE SO MANY MORE HONORABLE AND EMPOWERING ENDEAVORS.<\/span>
\nRHONDA S. FERGUSON IS A RETIRED SOCIAL WORK- ER WHO STILL WORKS TO PROTECT AND ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN. SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF MY LOST SHOE, A BOOK THAT TEACHES CHILDREN ABOUT STAYING SAFE.<\/span>
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My Lost Shoe:<\/span><\/h2>\n

My Lost Shoe is dedicated to the parents and social service agencies that commit themselves to the protection of children. I hope this book can be a useful tool in providing relative information about abuse that children might not be able to explain due to their age and\/or cognitive ability.<\/span>
\nMoreover, My Lost Shoe can be a gateway of unfolding information that guides a teacher or facilitator in revealing shameful events that may have taken place. My primary goal is to save children by teaching values and morals that help protect children against being kidnapped or exploited.<\/span>
\nWhen Manny, the main character of the book has a tree-house party, he loses one of his shoes. Various people approach him and ask to help him find his lost shoe. Fortunately, he avoids a dangerous situation because he heeds his mother’s words about dealing with people he doesn’t know. However, when Manny meets someone, he knows and trusts, he lets his guard down. He isn’t aware that he could have compromised his safety until much later.<\/span>
\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInDownBig”]Manny’s story about staying safe can potentially help children all over the world to think and make good choices. At the end of the story, there are critical thinking questions for opening a dialog for discussion between parents and\/ or educators about child abuse and prevention.
\nI thank you for all the work you do to save children and their families.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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