Raising Kellan

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 Kellan Blog

Disclaimer:  As always the material on this podcast and blog is intended for educational purposes and is not a substitute for consultation with your medical provider.

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.

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Link to raising kellan blog https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/neuroplasticity-for-children-by-karen-pryor-dpt?rq=neuroplasticity

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.com/Special-Siblings-Growing-sibling-special/dp/1686677324/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1570154209&sr=8-1

3. Special Siblings page on Facebook: facebook.com/supportingspecialsiblings

4. Adult sibling group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SibNet/

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 Kellan blog featuring this resource is https://www.raisingkellan.org/blog/wired-on-development-a-knowledge-hub-for-parents-and-professionals

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 listening and be sure to read Jae Puente's  honest and heartwarming blog at https://www.raisingkellan.org/

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, [email protected] or 731 589 3000

For an equine center near you check out https://www.pathintl.org/

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.raisingkellan.org/what-are-augmentative-and-alternative-communication-aac-devices/

This is a follow up to the first interview of My First 19 years Living with Cerebral Palsy.  Drake Box answers questions surrounding the hot topic of bullying.  His answers and coping mechanisms will surprise you! Putting this podcast together for the first time by ourselves was a technical challenge.  Please bear with us during this learning curve as we endeavor to bring to you other relevant topics.  Remember if there is a specific topic you would like to hear more about, reach out to us  at www.raisingkellan.org