Raising Kellan

Todd Williams, DPT describes his traveling physical therapy assignments, running the NYC Marathon with Achilles International , spasticity and chronic pain and so much more. Don't forget to review this podcast episode and rate it.   You can find a write up on Todd at https://www.raisingkellan.org/todd-williams-dpt-is-the-face-of-www-ptwithcp-com/ And you can follow him on Instagram @ ptwithcp...

Hannah Webster, DPT chats to us about her experience with the Go Baby Go program at the University of Central Florida.  We delved into the origin of the program, the theory, the benefit, and Hannah provides a list of resources to direct parents investigating the program for their child. You can find this list at the following link:  https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/2990

Wesley J Page is an Occupational Therapist with Cerebral Palsy and 17 years of pediatric experience at Shrine School in Memphis, TN. He provides nuggets of information including how he navigated school and university as well as his energy conservation techniques.  Pop over to www.raisingkellan.org where Wesley has written a handcrafted letter to parents raising kiddos with different abilities...

Nicole Luongo is an author, disability advocate, and writer. She is well known in the cerebral palsy community for being an advocate for selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) surgery, which is a procedure she underwent as an adult. In this episode, Nicole does a poetry recital from her book "Naked Desires." You can read Nicole's Fact File @ https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/nicole-luongo-author-poet-a...

Misha Davydov is an early childhood educator at "A New Leaf" Preschool in Nashville, Tennessee.  Misha delivers 45 minutes of power packed conversation that include: 1) What is the Reggio Emilia Approach?  2) How do Children Learn. 3) The Biology of why we need to be outdoors. 4) What does the current research show?  5) Misha's pandemic parent takeaways.  This is the final inst...

Pediatric Occupational Therapist, Maddison Balk of Let’s Yoga Perth, focus is on improving a child’s emotional regulation , motor development and social skills through adaptive yoga . She teaches parents and children strategies they can apply at home, in the community and school to feel calm, accepted, emotionally/sensory regulated, confident and develop/sustain friendships. You can hop over to ht...

Rose Reif is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, located in Cary, NC.  She provides invaluable strategies on how to mentally cope during the coronavirus pandemic. Rose discusses her approach to explaining the pandemic to children and offers some key takeaways. As always as part of keeping it real, we did have a gatecrasher :) during the podcast! Rose's advice from the podcast is tran...

Chris Meyer from Siegburg, Germany has some awesome self tested strategies on the positive mindset that he believes will help other parents raising children with disabilities.  You can find his blog post on the Raising Kellan Blog at www.raisingkellan.org

Lauren Taylor shares her and husband Jason's vision for opening Nevada Brew Works .  This artisan microbrewery creates a family-styled space in Las Vegas, Nevada that benefits the special needs community.  Hear their story at www.raisingkellan.org

March 25 is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day and it honors our warriors that work twice as hard at everyday life.  Join Levi, Drake, Dana, Marsh and Kellan on this catch up during the coronavirus quarantine. #raising_kellan#levis_cp_life#drakeb42 www.raisingkellan.org

We heading back to Tennessee after a physically and emotionally gruelling week.  No time to stop, so this podcast was recorded on the final day  at St Louis Children's Hospital heading down South on I-55.  This is the link to the accompanying podcast: https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/day-5-st-louis-childrens-hospital-therapy-intensive

Today I sat down and worked with Matthew Ryan of Audius Prime.  Matthew is the audio guy who patiently taught me the building blocks of producing a podcast. His passion for teaching is reflected in this interview so without further ado, check it out! www.raisingkellan.org

It St Patrick's Day and besides wearing green today I want to share an inspirational quote by an unknown author:  "I say Luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it." Happy St Paddy's Day!  www.riaingkellan.org

It's Monday,   3/16/2020 and its not business as usual.  It's an uncertain time, an uncertain world, and uncharted territory.   There is  comfort in knowing that you are not alone and as always stay compassionate and kind.   I am reminded of my childhood hero Nelson Mandela who continues to inspire many, long after his passing, with his timeless wisdom.  My...

This is Kellan's first podcast so please give him a thumbs up, and leave a review.  We are heading to St Louis next week for another therapy intensive, taking all precautions needed.   We are joined on this short episode by Savannah Pham, who traveled with us to St Louis last year.  We are also joined by Drake Box who some exciting news, so stay tuned. This episode is an introductio...

March honors our CP Warriors! Levi Ervin a 8 year old from Watkinsville, Georgia defines all the important ingredients of living your best life with cerebral palsy.  Levi together with his mom, Dana touch on his experiences at school, sports, and so much more... Levi's Blog can be found at https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/levi-levinator-ervin-cerebral-palsy?rq=levi

March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.  We feature Levi "Levinator" Ervin and his mom Dana Kramer who continue to break the rules and challenge perceptions.  This young man has all kinds of goodies to share with us.  Here is a snippet from our technical run this evening...

These students are the future of physical therapy and they are passionate about pediatrics.  Listen as Marina Wright , Jackie Butch and Hannah Webster share their enthusiasm for working with kids and their future work plans. Their blog post link https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/american-physical-therapy-conference-denvercolorado-february-2020 Enjoy!

Aspen wears many hats!  She is a wife, mother, physical therapist and founder/owner of Joy of Movement, LLC in Wichita, KS.  In this podcast she narrates the story of the early arrival of her twins, her daughter Tenley's diagnosis and the subsequent path that lead from diagnosis, botox, baclofen and ultimately a surgery called selective dorsal rhizotomy.   Link to Aspen's Raising Ke...

Karen Pryor, Phd, PT, DPT is an experienced physical therapist who uses a common sense approach to help children reach their milestones.  You will enjoy this straight talk.. As always the topics discussed are for educational purposes and must be discussed with your medical provider in the state, region or country you reside in before consideration. Please Rate, Review and Subscribe to the pod...

Kathryn McBride,  Director of McIvers Grant Public Library gives us some nuggets of information on why we should read along with and to our kids.  We chat about who is responsible for early literacy, AR reading and reading vs comprehension...Enjoy!  You can find her tips for early reading success at  https://www.raisingkellan.org/love-those-books-tips-for-reading-success/

Marsh and Drake chat with author Jessica Leving about her book, upcoming podcast and her brother Billy who is autistic. Jessica contributed to the Raising Kellan Blog.  Here is the link: https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/supporting-special-needs-siblings Links to the referenced resources: 1. Special Siblings web site: supportingspecialsiblings.com 2. Book on Amazon:  https://www.amazon....

This is where PT's and OT's passionate about pediatrics go to for current research on evidence based practice.   Parents, you can access some of research by joining the WiredONdevelopment Facebook page and group at https://www.facebook.com/WiredOnDevelopment/ WiredONdevelopment Podcasts are open to therapists and parents at https://www.wiredondevelopment.com/   The link to Raising K...

Jae and Ant Puente of the podcast Let's Discuss It , sit down to discuss the male perspective of raising a child with complex medical needs.  This episode was followed by the brothers interviewing Marsh Naidoo and that episode will be aired shortly.  So subscribe for latest updates @ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-discuss-it-w-jae-ant/id1482589539   Thank you for listeni...

Marsh chats with Sonya Burks of Healing Horses, Inc to discuss the benefits of equine-assisted therapy.  This is the link describing our experience with therapeutic horsemanship https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/is-horse-riding-an-effective-therapy-tool Sonya Burks can be contacted through Facebook @healinghorsesinc, healinghorsesinc@gmail.com or 731 589 3000 For an equine center near you ch...