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Heard Loud and Clear: Weston’s LSVT LOUD Story at School

On October 12, 2026   /   Pediatrics, LSVT LOUD Blogs, Main Blog, Featured  

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, a time to recognize the importance of communication, mobility, inclusion, and support for people with Down syndrome. In this episode of the Think BIG and LOUD podcast, host Beth Peterson sat down with Heather Shirey, MS, CCC-SLP, Weston’s school speech-language pathologist, and Mindy Imron, Weston’s mother, to talk about Weston, a social, chatty third grader who received LSVT LOUD® right in his school building. Their story answers one of the questions clinicians ask most often: can an intensive program really work in a school setting?

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Building a Tribe: How Community and Movement Help People with Parkinson’s Fight Back

On September 22, 2026   /   LSVT BIG Blogs, Main Blog, Featured  

Mike Braitsch, PT, DPT, has spent much of his career helping people with Parkinson’s stay active, connected and engaged in life. As the founder of Tribe Wellness, a Parkinson’s-specific clinic in Dallas, he combined individual therapy with a lineup of group exercise programs, from boxing to tai chi to hiking. In this episode of the Think BIG and LOUD Podcast, he talks with host Beth Peterson about how he got here, what the Parkinson’s community has taught him, and a new project that will take a group of people with Parkinson’s across northern Spain on foot.

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From One Foot Off the Floor to Jumping: One Preschooler’s Journey with LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD

On August 19, 2026   /   Pediatrics, Main Blog, Featured  

Wesley was four, mostly nonverbal, and just learning to walk. Two summers of LSVT BIG® and LSVT LOUD® later, his family can’t get him off the stairs or get him to stop talking.

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