Bright Feats Show

Bright Feats Show 012: A Diverse Education for your Child with Learning Differences

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:18:25 -0600

Today we had the pleasure of talking with a wonderfully dynamic woman, Alicia Braccia, administrator and founder of the Center for Health, Learning and Achievement.Alicia Braccia is a Florida Licensed School Psychologist who received her Masters Degree and Certificate of Advanced Study in School Psychology at Fairfield University, in Connecticut. Prior to moving to Florida [...]

Bright Feats Show 011: Effective Reading Intervention

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:16:06 -0600

We had the pleasure of talking with Milaura Spelman. Miluara provides individualized reading remediation and reading evaluations, and speech and language therapy. She is a certified WILSON Reading instructor. The WILSON program is a systematic and explicit method of reading instruction using multi-sensory strategies, often used for children with dyslexia. She has [...]

Bright Feats Show 010: Pediatric Feeding Program

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:26:50 -0600

We had the pleasure of interviewing Ashley Chapman MA, CCC-SLP with Chapman and Associates Therapy Solutions, located in Oviedo FL. She talked with us about the wonderful services they offer highlighting their Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing (PFS) Program. We asked Ashley to share with us some of the causes of feeding disorders in children, the [...]

Bright Feats Show 009: Floortime for Autism and Related Disorders

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:19:09 -0600

We had the pleasure of talking with Carmen McGuinness. She is the one of the founders of the Read America program and a developer of the Phono-Graphix® and Lanugage Wise™ programs with 23 years experience in advocating for cognitive therapies for educationally challenged children with special needs. She opened a center in Longwood, Florida [...]

Bright Feats Show 008: A pediatric office for your Medically Complex Child

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:33:21 -0600

Today our special guest is LeeAnn Atkinson with Florida Pediatric Associates (FPA). Lee Ann is a Registered Nurse with pediatric ICU experience and is the office manager for the practice. Dr. Ben Guedes established the practice in 1987 which is thriving and caring for medically complex children in Central Florida. He developed the 24 hr [...]

Bright Feats Show 007:Interview with Bobbi Barber, Co-founder of ABC School House, a Center for Children with Autism and Related Disorders

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:47:01 -0500

It is always a joy to talk with businesses that offer services for our children and today on our show we have ABC School House Co-Founder and Director, Bobbi Barber. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Together with Hyndi Khomutetsky, also Co-Founder, they have 18 years experience in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis. [...]

Bright Feats Show 006: A BrightStart for Medically Fragile Children

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:43:25 -0500

We had the pleasure of talking with Linda Brown. Linda is an Occupational Therapist who has worked with medically fragile children for over fifteen years. She is the owner of BrightStart Pediatrics and creator of the BrightStart program that meets the medical, developmental and social needs of the children they serve. 1. Please describe the program [...]

Bright Feats Show 005: Helping your Child with Sensory Processing Disorder

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:10:50 -0500

We had the pleasure of talking with Sandy Wainman. Sandy is an Occupational Therapist and co-founder of LifeSkills, the first clinic specializing in Sensory Integration in the metropolitan Orlando area. 1. What is the definition of Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Disorder? “It is a difficulty experienced by very good, intelligent children. It definitely has nothing [...]

Bright Feats Show 004: Advocating for Your Child with Special Needs, continued.

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:22:41 -0500

We continue our interview with Pam Lindemann. Pam has been advocating for children with special needs for over 10 years and is the founder of an organization called Panda for Parents. Panda for Parents helps parents get what they need in the public school system. Through Panda for Parents, Pam offers a free support group [...]

Bright Feats Show 003: Advocating for Your Child with Special Needs

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:29:07 -0500

We interviewed a wonderful mom with two children with special needs, Pam Lindemann. She has been advocating for her with children with special needs for over 10 years and is the founder of an organization called Panda for Parents. Panda for Parents helps parents get what they need in the public school system. Through Panda [...]

Bright Feats Show 002: A Parent’s Perspective on Raising a Child with Special Needs, Continued

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:15:31 -0500

We interviewed a local mom, Michele. She has 2 boys, one of whom has Asperger syndrome and one with a sensory processing disorder. In this episode she continues to share with us her experiences raising special needs children. She shares some books that are helpful to her and gives us terrific tips about getting insurance [...]

Bright Feats Show 001: A Parent’s Perspective on Raising a Child with Special Needs

Allie Spangler and Rori Becker — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:38:37 -0500

We interviewed a local mom, Michele. She has 2 boys, one of whom has Asperger syndrome and one with a sensory processing disorder. She shares with us her experiences raising special needs children and meeting the needs of her family as a whole. She has given us homework tips, preparing a portfolio and you get [...]