Olwen Forker

Conversations with Olwen

Kids EN ↓ 27 episodes

So many people are struggling. Children and parents too, are struggling with increased Mental Health challenges. On this podcast, founder of BackChat Speech Pathology, Olwen Forker talks to a range of experts – including Mums – to discuss causal factors for this. Olwen will share her own experience raising three boys during the last two decades, through some of the biggest changes in society. This podcast will be open, vulnerable, and very real. It is going to ruffle feathers, as the experts – Mums - and Olwen, explore these societal changes and how they’ve affected our parenting and our child...

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Olwen Forker

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02. Warehousing our Children 23.05.2024 14:23

More and more children across the globe, are accessing long hours in child care away from family during those critical early years. Using evidence-based research, Olwen discusses how this system impacts on early brain development. And literacy rates. She also highlights the effect that this ‘warehousing’ care system has, on all children – but in particular – our dysregulated little boys. Pr...

01. Introduction to Conversations with Olwen: All About Me 23.05.2024 17:57

This episode introduces Olwen, a Mum of three boys and paediatric SLP with 25 years’ experience. The depth of knowledge she holds in this area, the paediatric early intervention space working with Neurodivergent children, means she is a voice worth listening to. Her insights, reflections, and clinical observations on children, during a career spanning over two decades, make her a must listen for...