Learn more about our LSVT Global Team member Heather Cianci, PT, MS, GCS. Heather is one of our faculty for LSVT BIG Training and Certification courses and specialty LSVT BIG webinars. She is also a beloved teleBIG for LIFE Coach. She has a wealth of professional knowledge, endless creative clinical skills, and a breadth of experience that enormously enhances the training experience for participants during LSVT BIG Certification Courses and webinars. THANK YOU, Heather, for being a “first adopter” of LSVT BIG and for your continuous contributions to its advancement for the past 15 years.
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The “heart of success” for LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD depends on clients re-calibrating their perceptions of normal loudness and movement. Re-calibration facilitates carryover of the louder voice and bigger movements into daily living. The presentation will include an explanation of three key deficits in Parkinson’s disease that make calibration challenging followed by a description of the four areas of calibration that are integrated into LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD to help you continue using improved movements and loudness in everyday life. Intended Audience: Individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their family members and caregivers
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Learn more about our LSVT Global Team member Angela Halpern, MS, CCC-SLP. Angela is our Chief Clinical Officer for LSVT LOUD, and SO MUCH MORE! She passionately believes in our mission to improve the lives of people living with neurological conditions and to inspire therapists to new levels of clinical excellence. Angela is generous, caring, thoughtful and tenacious – the best kind of team member to have. We can’t thank you enough, Angela, for all that you are and all that you do for LSVT Global. We would not be who we are, or accomplish with we do, without you!
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Tune in for an interview with a Parkinson’s Foundation Aware in Care Ambassador to learn how people with PD, caregivers and healthcare professionals can all be “Aware in Care.”
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Learn more about our LSVT Global Team member Leon Puzon. Leon is one of our LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD Volunteer Ambassadors. He thrives on inspiring and motivating clinicians to help their clients with Parkinson’s achieve the best voice, speech, gain, movement and daily function possible. Leon is always engaging, upbeat and willing to help others. Thank you, Leon, for the inspiration you give us all!
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Join LSVT Faculty to learn about the inception of LSVT LOUD and follow along through a timeline of events that also led to LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD for KIDS
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Learn more about our LSVT Global Team member Dr. Masako Kurachi. Dr. Kurachi is our LSVT Global Representative-Japan. She was the first LSVT LOUD Certified Clinician in Japan and she coordinates our LSVT LOUD and LSVT BIG Training and Certification courses there. She is a gracious and kind host (and person) with impeccable attention to detail. We are beyond blessed to have Masako as part of our international LSVT Global collaborative team and we thank her immensely for her pioneering spirit!
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It is a great honor for LSVT Global to seed future researchers in the fields of speech, physical and occupational therapy. It is our hope that these opportunities will ignite a passion and life-long pursuit of treatment research in these young scholars. Congratulations to all the winners!
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Learn more about our LSVT Global Team member Pete Vasquez. Pete manages all things logistics and shipping and lends a hand wherever needed beyond those tasks. Thank you, Pete for your enduring commitment to LSVT Global and for making the BEST coffee in the office!
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Did you know Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is the second most common form of neurodegenerative dementia after Alzheimer’s disease? Join us for this special webinar hosted by LSVT Global in collaboration with the Lewy Body Dementia Association in recognition of LBD Awareness Month. Learn more about this complex condition and how PT, OT and SLP can comprehensively address the needs of clients with LBD. Hear from a Movement Disorder Specialist who will provide an overview of the condition, followed by evidence-based treatment strategies for PTs, OTs and SLPs to promote successful person-centered care. The therapist panelists will provide a question-and-answer session following the presentation and case study. Intended audience: Physical and occupational therapy professionals and students; speech language pathology professionals and students
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