Raising Kellan

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...

Christine Coronado expresses her concern about what to do with her child with special needs once she reached adulthood and what indeed she did! For further information check out: www.raisingkellan.org

Angie Brasher is a Speech and Language Pathologist.  She breaks down language development in an easy format.  She talks about the importance of early intervention in promoting language development and what parents can do to help kiddos build on this skill.  Angie's blog post on Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices(AAC) can be accessed at this link https://www.raisingke...

In this interview with Drake Box we chat about growing up with cerebral palsy.  I met Drake at a local grocery store and later at the outpatient physical therapy clinic I work at.  I believe that Drake's experiences will help inspire and motivate parents and provide valuable insight into raising a child with a disability.  https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/my-first-19-years-with-ce...