amanda molloy
author | educator | coach
Amanda Molloy writes books for kids and for the adults trying their best to understand them. A special education professional, 504 coordinator, and mom of two neurodivergent sons, she works from the rare intersection of professional expertise and real family life.
books for adults
For parents raising a child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder, the hardest part often isn't finding strategies — it's the gap between knowing what to do and being able to do it in the middle of a meltdown that's been going on for forty-five minutes.Parenting a Child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder closes that gap. Written by a special education diagnostician and CSE/504 coordinator who is also a parent navigating these challenges firsthand, it offers something most parenting guides don't: the honest acknowledgment that professional knowledge doesn't make this easy, and that real progress is measured in years, not weeks.This is not a book about fixing your child. It's a book about understanding them — and equipping yourself for a long, imperfect, meaningful journey toward a better family dynamic.
books for kids
He's moved so many times he's stopped counting the schools. He's learned the rules — keep your head down, don't stand out, be vague about where you're from, and hope nobody asks a follow-up.Sixth-grader Will Bently has lived in China, Japan, and Dubai. He's just moved to America — his passport country but one that feels as foreign as all the others — and things are about to change in a way he isn't prepared for.Rooted is the story of what happens when belonging begins to feel possible — and when protecting it means becoming someone you're not. This is a book about friendship, identity, and the complicated, hopeful work of learning that you get to create the place where you belong.
About
Amanda Molloy writes books for two very different audiences — and understands both from the inside out.As a children's author, she brings warmth, humor, and a deep understanding of how kids think to every story she tells. As a nonfiction author, she brings something rarer: the perspective of someone who has lived behavioral and neurodiversity challenges at home and worked through them professionally for years.A reading specialist, 504 coordinator, and mom of two sons with disabilities, Amanda has multiple disabilities herself — a triple vantage point of personal experience, professional expertise, and hard-won parenting wisdom no degree alone could provide.She provides coaching for families, author visits for schools, and professional development for educators — all with the same goal: bridging research and reality.
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