Complicated Kids

In this week's podcast I talk about developmental milestones and why they are important, and why they are not, especially in complicated, or orchid kids. I talk about how often we should check in on these milestones, how that changes with age, and what we need to do to support our child being where they are at the moment. These milestones are just an average age for when a child should be performing certain behaviors and does not mean that every child MUST be doing these things to be okay. Listen to the podcast to hear more.

In this week's podcast, I had the absolute pleasure to chat with Kristen Eccleston. Kristen is an Award Winning Education Advocate Consultant, keynote speaker and published author that helps families understand their options and resources for getting their children the help they need in school. She has worked with thousands of students and families in addition to some of the major global management consulting firms. After more than 15 years in the school setting, Dr. Eccleston left classroom teaching to significantly amplify her impact on mental health and neurodiversity approaches in schools and workplace settings. Join us as we dive into the world of education and how to advocate for your child's needs. Find out more about Kristen and how she can help you and your family by visiting www.wegadvocacy.com.

In this video I get to talk with trained therapist and child development and parent expert, Claire Lerner. Clair has been helping parents dissect their child's behavior with her expertise since the late 80's and is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to dealing with your kids. We talk about how she helps parents to better understand the issues that they may face and that are unique to each child. She helps parents by assisting them in understanding why they are acting the way that they are. Not only does it have to do with their environment, but the context of the situation. We often don't give enough credit to the little things and how they are able to make our children feel the way that they do.

In this interview I had the amazing opportunity to chat with an absolute powerhouse in the SLP community, Sara Rosenfeld Johnson. Sara not only helped in making Oral Placement Therapy make sense to SLPs throughout the world, but she is an author, founder of TalkTools, mother of 3 and grandmother of 8. Sara discusses her career, the struggles she faced as a student, the obstacles she overcame as a therapist, and what she discovered about the link between mind and body when it comes to speech therapy.

In this week's podcast I sat down with author, non-profit creator, dietician, and nutritionist, Kelly Dorfman. Kelly has worked with doctors throughout the country and children and their families throughout the world in order to help those that have developmental issues figure out if the food they are eating may be the cause of some of those issues.

During this interview, I get to talk to the amazing Martha Adler about a tough subject. Tune in to hear more about our children's experience with death and what different ways we frame it for them can result in.

In this week's interview I had a great opportunity to sit down with Jackie Beach from Rally Supports Families to discuss the amazing services that they offer families and children. Rally Supports Families does great work helping parents navigate the professional services that their children may need, how to advocate in the best interest of their children, and answering questions they may not be comfortable asking the pros.

Welcome to the first episode of the Complicated Kids Podcast! This week I'm talking about accepting that your child is an autonomous, independent being who has their own path to walk in life. You can guide them, but you can't control them.