A prolific author, he has written a number of journal articles and books related to theories of learning and neurological development in children, and is a contributor to a number of textbooks used in undergraduate and postgraduate education courses throughout Australia. Nominated as Australian Lecturer of the Year each year since 2010, Michael is also a member of the prestigious International Neuropsychological Society and the Queensland Director of the Australian Council on Children and the Media, and is a feature writer for the Child series of magazines, which offers parenting advice to more than one million Australian readers. When he is not busy professionally, he spends his time learning the important lessons of adolescence and life from his own children, Madeline and Harrison.