Michelle Choairy is a mom of a complex kid. She has been her son’s best advocate and has learned through the years what it takes to get the best care for her child. She is the Founder of Collective Wisdom for Complex Kids, a support group for mothers with children with disabilities. She has a passion for helping families re-evaluate and prioritize their dynamics, along with guiding them from confusion to clarity while raising complex children. 

Michelle joins us to talk about why parents are the best advocates for their children and to talk a bit about what resources are avalible for parents of complex children.

Visit Michelle's Website here.

Check out Michelle's Episode here

Jeaneen Tang is a speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of experience working with early intervention (0-3 years old) to the elderly. She specializes in early language development and has a passion for training parents, caregivers, and other educators on how to best to address the needs of young children with learning to understand and express themselves. Her goal is to shake up how we approach language development and to decrease the number of children need speech therapy.

Jeaneen joins us to talk about her new book "Play Dumb and Sabatoge" and how dance teachers can bring Jeaneen's technique into the studio.

You can find Jeaneen's website here.

Jeaneen's Episode premieres on October 25, 2024 at 4:00PM MST.

LeeAnn Kay is a recurring guest on Leta's Tap Styles. LeeAnn owns Styles in Motion, a dancewear store in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She jumps on every couple of months to keep our audience up-to-date on the goings on in the dancewear world, what exciting new products are out there, and discusses Leta's wishlist of things Leta wants to see the dancewear companies to make and sale.

LeeAnn's shop's website can be found here.

You can watch LeeAnn and Courtney talk about their store here

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John Fela (Felageller) is the Ministry Relations Manager at Joni and Friends Chicago, working with churches to equip and train them to help the disabled in their communities. Previous to that, he spent almost 20 years in education, working with children from Infants to Middle School, serving in a variety of roles including Teacher, Mentor Teacher and School Director. John lives in Lyons, IL, is married to his wife Faith and father to his son Christopher (ASD). He is a public speaker, multiple podcast guest, and regular contributor to Key Ministry’s Special Needs Family blog, as well as other special needs blogs including Hope Anew and The Mighty. Connect with John on his website: www.johnfela.com

Check out John’s episode here

For More Support for Dads Check Out:

Special Fathers Network: www.21stcenturydads.org

Rising Above ministries: www.risingaboveministries.org

Fatherhood CoMission: www.fatherhoodcomission.com

Samantha is neurodivergent and a mother to three neurodivergent children. She is a board-certified music therapist, a Positive Discipline Parent Educator, and a registered Music Together teacher. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Utah State University and completed her Masters of Music with a specialization in Music Therapy degree from Colorado State University. She is a Neurological Music Therapy Fellow and a Dialectical Behavior Therapy-informed Music Therapist.

You can find Samantha’s episode here

Listen to Samantha’s Podcast Every Brain is Different

You can find Samantha’s website here

In April’s own words “I’m a mom, occupational therapist, Podcaster with a son who is on the autism spectrum as well as I am that didn’t have any type of transition program after high school. EKU took advantage of him and made him feel worthless. There was no one to help us navigate the best options for him so I created a podcast to help other parents navigate the pitfalls because these young adults are falling through the cracks when they have the potential to be independent with a little more help.”

You can find April’s website here