Two families found that a stronger voice gave their sons more than volume. It gave them confidence, connection and the power to be understood.
In this episode of LSVT Global’s Think BIG and LOUD Podcast, host Beth Peterson talks about LSVT LOUD® for Kids with three guests who saw that change up close. Rafael (“Rafie”) and Worth both received LSVT LOUD through a partnership between Northwestern University and GiGi’s Playhouse in Deerfield, Illinois.
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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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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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