Bio: David Michael Willson, MSW, MS, Ed.S.

Mr. Willson has earned three graduate degrees from the Florida State University and has worked with children and families for over 35 years in a variety of capacities: residential settings, emergency shelters, yet mostly in school settings as a school psychologist. Bursting to truly help parents, teachers and all team members maximize the potential of all children, Mr. Willson self-published a book, Uncommon Sense - Children and School, available on Amazon. The book describes the need for a deeper understanding of each team member's role in today's culture. A major shift began occurring approximately 25 to 30 years ago within the public school system. Mr. Willson believes many good things were tossed aside along with the bad. He is invested in looking at what worked, didn't work, and will work now! In October of 2011, Mr. Willson left his career and returned home to help care-give for his parents, which is a big part of his life to this day. Mr. Willson is also a practicing Christian, yet you'll not hear him judge or force his passion for Jesus onto others. He is invested in modeling the behaviors, not talking them (unless asked). He recently self-published another book called, A Wisdom Child. This Christian fiction was also developed to help mature teens and adults see the light and spirit that is inside every child. Mr. Willson's passion for grieving families led him to develop his non-profit, A Thousand Brothers – serving families who have lost a child or children. Mr. Willson has been building this program for a couple years and generally invests half of whatever he makes from side jobs, book sales, etc.