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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