The CI Therapies Podcast

Parenting a Child with Down Syndrome; A Father's Story

On this week's episode we are joined by parent guest Jake Hollman. Jake is a father of child with Down Syndrome and gives listeners a glimpse into his parenting journey. Jake's honesty and storytelling is sure to speak to parents everywhere. This is an episode you won't want to miss! 
 
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Emotional Regulation

The latest episode of The CI Therapies Podcast is here! Beth Hanson, LMFT, IMH-E ®  stopped by to discuss emotional regulation and co-regulation. She has shares some of the brain science behind regulating our emotions and some strategies for everyone in the family.
Book Recommendations for parents and caregivers: 
Dr. Dan Siegel's Books:
Parenting From The Inside Out
The Power of Showing Up
The Whole Brain Child
No Drama Discipline
The Yes Brain
 
Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy
 
Book Recommendations for kids:
 
I Love You When You're Angry by Erin Winters
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld 
Marcy's Having All The Feels by Allison Edwards
The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerLizzi
Sometimes I Am Hot Lava by Jody Jensen Shaffer
 
Tom Percival Books:
Ruby Finds A Worry
Ravi's Roar
Milo's Monster
Finn's Little Fibs
Tilda Tries Again
Meesha Makes Friends
Perfectly Norman
 
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Parent Coaching with Pam Beron and Leda Rawlins

On this week's episode of The CI Therapies Podcast, our host, Kayla Darkow sits down with two parent coaches from the Waunakee Community. Pam Beron from Highest Potential Pathways and Leda Rawlins from Bloom Parent discusses their parent coaching framework, who may benefit from their services and their story of how they got started. This is an episode you don't want to miss! 
 
Episode Resources:
Pam Beron at Highest Potential Pathways
https://highestpotentialpathways.com/
Instagram: @highestpotentialpathways
 
Leda Rawlins at Bloom Parent
https://www.bloomparent.com/
Instagram: @bloom.parent
Click here for Leda's FREE guide to smoother transitions! 
 
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What is Masking?

On this week's episode of The CI Therapies Podcast, we are joined by Stacy Haunfelder, COTA/L who talks about the concept of masking and ways to support neurodiverse loved ones in your life. 
 
Episode Resources:
Blog: https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/what-causes-autistic-burnout
Instagram accounts we love: 
@neurodiversitymb
@mentalhealthchats
@the_therapist_parent
 
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Supporting Transitions

On this episode of The CI Therapies Podcast, Abby Engel OTR/L joins us to delve into the often-challenging world of daily transitions for children and their parents. From the morning rush to bedtime routines, these shifts can be tough on everyone involved. We explore the reasons why transitions can be particularly difficult for. Join us as we share practical strategies and tips to ease these moments of change, helping both parents and children navigate transitions with greater ease and confidence. 

Visual Motor Skills

On this episode of The CI Therapies Podcast we discuss visual motor skills with Heidi Splinter, COTA. Hear why Heidi is so passionate about improving the visual motor skills of children and her recommendations for doing so! This episode is full of ah-ha moments you won't want to miss. 

Stuttering in Pediatrics

On this episode of The CI Therapies Podcast we are joined by Ann Jonker, a speech language pathologist at CI.  Together, we'll learn about the different types of stuttering in the pediatric population along with strategies to use (and avoid) when supporting a child or individual who stutters. 
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What is Gestalt Language Processing? Strategies for enhancing your child's language development.

This is a fascinating episode with guest Autumn Wischnefski, a speech and language pathologist at CI.  She tells us all about Gestalt Language Processing, how it's more common than we think, and strategies for enhancing language development in your child. Episode Resources:
Let's Give Them Something to Gestalt About:
https://www.theinformedslp.com/review/let-s-give-them-something-to-gestalt-about
 
Natural language acquisition can be broken down into the following six stages: 
Gestalts 
Mitigated Gestalts 
Isolation and Combination of Single Words 
*Self-Generated Phrases and Simple Sentences 
*Self-Generated Sentences Used in Everyday Situations 
*Self-Generated Sentences Used in Complex Situations 
*These stages begin to incorporate grammatical components of language (i.e., verb structures)
 
Gestalts can often be derived from media, which is challenging for therapists/caregivers to complete “detective work” in order to gather contextual meaning. Here are some resources for websites which find audio/video source for gestalts: 
Play Phrase 
Yarn 
Subzin 
QuoDB 
Pop Mystic
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What is Bibliotherapy?

This episode features Kayla Darkow, our Family Engagement Coordinator here at CI, who is incredibly knowledgeable in and a big proponent of bibliotherapy.  Learn what it is and how to incorporate it into your child's life.  
Episode Resources:
Reading with Older Kids Blog
Book List
Slumberkins
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Pediatric Mental Health

Dr. Margaret Fitts, a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Nationally Certified School Psychologist who specializes in working with children and adolescents, joins us today to talk about what mental health looks like in pediatrics and why it is so important. 
Learn more about mental health services at CI here.
 
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