The Hidden Workforce

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 253 of The Hidden Workforce! This is our LAST candidate episode! Next week is the Oklahoma General Election and our last show for REV UP will share the election results! As you know, REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes...

This week, we’re pausing our REV UP the Vote series to chat with our guest who gets to have inclusive, tail wagging, barking good times almost every day on Episode 252 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome our friend, Mary Buck, a professional and certified dog trainer with K9 Manners and More! Join us as Mary shares all about the amazing training K9 Manners and More offers dogs, their work and experie...

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 251 of The Hidden Workforce! As you know, REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with different abilities, that are under-represented at these crucial voting booths! In this sh...

This week, we’re pausing our OEOO REV UP series to continue our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 250 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Mrs. Rebeccah Wolfkiel and Mrs. Judy Dettmer! In this episode, Mrs. Wolfkiel and Mrs. Dettmer share with us about NASHIA and how they facilitate resources for persons with Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injuries. “Rebec...

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 249 of The Hidden Workforce! As you know, REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with different abilities, that are under-represented at these crucial voting booths! In this sh...

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 248 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome back to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with different abilities, that are under-represented at these cr...

This week, we’re pausing our REV UP the Vote series to chat with some amazing guests who provide critical services to families with loved ones who live with disabilities all throughout the state of Oklahoma on Episode 247 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome our friends, Ryan Stewart with DHS Oklahoma Developmental Disability Services and Dr. Amanda Cothern-Webb Executive Director of Liberty Healthcar...

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 246 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome back to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with different abilities, that are under-represented at these cr...

This week, we’re pausing our OEOO REV UP series to continue our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 245 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Meeryo Choe! In this episode, Dr. Choe shares with us about everything we need to know about pediatric sports related concussions, brain injury, and more. “Dr. Meeryo Choe grew up in the Los Angeles area, traveled...

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 244 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome back to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with different abilities, that are under-represented at these cr...

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 243 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome back to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with different abilities, that are under-represented at these cr...

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 242 of The Hidden Workforce! We’re excited to include this interview in our REV UP the Vote series! In this episode, we welcome Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor Candidate, Dr. Kelly Forbes! Dr. Forbes shares with us about why he is running for office, his experiences that have shaped him to run for office, a...

This week, we’re pausing our OEOO REV UP series to continue our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 241 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Beth Slomine! In this episode, Dr. Slomine shares with us about Pediatric Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury, and how she has focused her career and research on improving outcomes for children who have experience...

This week, we’re continuing our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 240 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome back to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with different abilities, that are under-represented at these cr...

This week, we’re pausing our NABIS Live collaborative podcast series to continue our Open Ears Open Opportunities REV UP the Vote series on Episode 239 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome back to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with differ...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 238 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Carrie Esopenko! In this episode, Dr. Esopenko shares with us about her research and discoveries on a difficult yet important topic to address in the field of Brain Injury- Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence related Traumatic Brain Injury. Y...

This week, we’re pausing our NABIS Live series to chat with some amazing guests who sure know how to include on Episode 237 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome our friends, Sarah Soell, Executive Director and Megan Wilson, Employment Services Specialist from the Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma! The Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma (DSACO) is an Oklahoma City-based 501(c)(3)...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 236 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Kim Frey! In this episode, Dr. Frey shares with us about Language and Communication Impairments after Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury. You do not want to miss this show! “Kim Frey, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS, is the Director of Speech-Language Patho...

This week, we’re pausing our NABIS Live collaborative podcast series to introduce a special Open Ears Open Opportunities series we will be featuring each month through November on Episode 235 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 234 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Geoffrey Manley! In this episode, Dr. Manley shares with us about the roadmap to understanding Traumatic Brain Injury- from research to improving outcomes, about his Track TBI research, and more! You do not want to miss this show! “Geoffrey T. M...

This week, we’re pausing our NABIS Live series to chat with our guest who sure knows how to get a crowded room on their feet singing, dancing, and laughing on Episode 233 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome Peter Leidy! We first got the chance to meet Peter and see his incredible work first-hand at the OK-APSE conference! Peter Leidy is a Wisconsin-based motivational speaker, consultant, and singer-s...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 232 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Roger Zemek! In this episode, Dr. Zemek shares with us about the North American and Canadian Concussion Care guidelines- with a focus in pediatrics, his 5 P study, Transcendent, and more! You do not want to miss this show! “Roger Zemek, MD, is a...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 231 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa! In this episode, Dr. Haarbauer-Krupa shares with us about Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury, the long-term health effects following TBI’s in children and what outcomes can look like throughout their lifespan, and more! You...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 230 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Joe Giacino! In this episode, Dr. Giacino shares with us all about the different levels of brain injury and disorders of consciousness as well as information about prognosis, treatment, and care that will amaze and maybe even shock you! You do n...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 229 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Lisa Brenner! In this episode, Dr. Brenner shares with us about the many components to mental and behavioral health related to brain injury and traumatic brain injury. “Lisa A. Brenner, Ph. D., is a Board-Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist, a...