Meg Zweiback R.N., M.P.H. Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Meg Zweiback is a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in private practice in Oakland, California. She consults with families with young children about behavior, development, and family issues. In addition to her work with families, she frequently speaks to parent groups, teachers, businesses and other health care professionals. Meg has written four books and many articles and guidebooks.
Current Professional Activities:
Private Practice, Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Family Consultation
Infant Sleep Consultant* (Infants, Toddlers and Children), Lactation and Feeding Consultant, Specialist in toilet training problems, behavioral problems, temperament, anxiety, mind/body appoaches including hypnotherapy.
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
Meg Zweiback in print:
Contributing Editor and Columnist, Parents' Press (circulation 75,000)
Awarded "Best Columnist" by Parenting Publications of America.
Author of books for parents, articles for professional publications
Books include:
- Keys to Toilet Training*
- Keys to Parenting Your One Year Old*
- Keys to Parenting Your Two Year Old*
- Keys to Preparing and Caring for Your Second Child*
- * winners of Parents' Choice Awards.
Meg Zweiback's Education:
University of California, Berkeley M.P.H., Maternal-Child Health
University of California, San Francisco B.S.N., with Highest Honors
Centro Intercultural de Documentacion, Cuernavaca, Mexico
University of California, Santa Cruz B.A., Political Science
Meg Zweiback's advanced training including course work and certification:
- Training and Instructional Design (UC Berkeley)
- Group Facilitation (Interaction Associates, Inc.)
- Certification in Lactation (UC San Diego/Wellstart)
- Advanced Training in Lactation/ICBLC review
- Certification in Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (UC San Francisco)
- Advanced Level Clinical Hypnosis(Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, ASCH, Michael Yapko)
- Educational Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Management of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents
- Identification of Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Disorders of Infant and Toddler Sleep
Meg Zweiback in person:
Speaking and consulting clients have included
- Stanford University Medical Center
- UC Davis Medical School
- UC Berkeley
- California State Bar Real Property Division
- Discovery Toys
- Gymboree
- YPO
- Knowledge Adventure Software
- Heller Ehrman LLP
- Merrill Lynch
- Alta Bates Medical Center
- Head Start
- Oakland Perinatal Project
- Oakland YWCA
- Florence Crittenton Service
- Alameda County Health Services
- Spanish Speaking Unity Council
- BANANAS, Inc.
- Stanford Sierra Camp
- NPR Family Talk Radio
- Perinatal Network of Alameda/Contra Costa Counties
- Alameda County Infant Feeding Project
- New Day Films
- Blue Cross of Northern California
- Childrens’ Hospital Oakland
- Nursing Mothers’ Council (lactation and infant sleep consultant)
- Dozens of public and private schools in the Bay Area.
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