"We are honored to have the mentorship of Exceptional Parent’s president, CEO and publisher and the founder of the Exceptional Parent Foundation for Education Inc., Joseph Valenzano," said CARES Foundation founder and executive director, Kelly Leight, "and we look forward to our new alliance."

The goal of the CARES/Exceptional Parent collaboration is to educate the public about congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). To that end, the magazine featured CARES Foundation Inc. in the "Organizational Spotlight" in its March 2002 issue [copies of that article are available on the CARES Foundation web site].

Joint undertakings by the CARES Foundation and Exceptional Parent Magazine will include the creation of a monograph on CAH to be composed of articles that will appear in the magazine. The monograph will be designed

for distribution to families, physicians and the media and will become a useful informational tool at scientific conferences and CARES Foundation and Exceptional Parent events.

Exceptional Parent will also assist in the free distribution of the CARES Foundation video, "Living with CAH." The video, which is now in the planning stages, will be featured in the "Exceptional Parent Library" section of the magazine.

Finally, Exceptional Parent and the CARES Foundation will work together to develop seminars and conferences on CAH. The magazine has significant experience in this area, having created resource materials on epilepsy, ADD/ADHD and Universal Newborn Screening.