Conversations with Olwen
So many people are struggling. Children and parents too, are struggling with increased Mental Health challenges. On this podcast, founder of BackChat Speech Pathology, Olwen Forker talks to a range of experts – including Mums – to discuss causal factors for this. Olwen will share her own experience raising three boys during the last two decades, through some of the biggest changes in society. This podcast will be open, vulnerable, and very real. It is going to ruffle feathers, as the experts – Mums - and Olwen, explore these societal changes and how they’ve affected our parenting and our children. Especially when parenting children with additional needs. Conversations with Olwen is here for every parent – especially our Mums – to take something away to apply, to our own parenting experience.
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Episodes
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
In this episode, Olwen shares her TOP 8 tips for what she would do NOW here in Queensland, to address the rising levels of disadvantage, illiteracy levels and behavioural issues in schools.And her answer is not more Speech Pathologists.
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
“A mile wide” is a phrase Olwen hears often about the school curriculum.She takes it one step further in this BackChat Bite, to discuss how a Cost of Living crisis - with both parents now working - has impacted on our children, especially disadvantaged little ones, to such a degree that it is causing huge illiteracy and other learning delays.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Another wonderful Mum from the BackChat Village – Carly, shares her story – about her little guy and his struggles. Diagnosed initially with a Global Developmental Delay, this Mum and Teacher knew in her gut that something else was going on!
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Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Teachers are the backbone of our society. They care for our children daily, and the expectations placed upon them, are becoming more complex and excessive with every year. In this bite, Olwen tackles this issue head-on with a highly experienced Teacher.
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Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
The universal healthcare system in Australia aka NDIS, has provided many families with loads of funds to access Therapy and Therapists. But a system is only as strong as the clinical experience of the people working within it.
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Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
If there is one thing Olwen ‘gets’ it’s that some children cannot do well when they can. They need some Specialist level help, to get to the ‘when.’ In a career spanning over two decades – and as a Mum - Olwen has stayed across advances in Neuroscience, Psychology and Child Development, and now works closely with Specialists to help guide & to support families with Neurodivergent children, seek specialised level care.
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Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Working Memory. It is not an area we touch on nor discuss. But we need to. Desperately. Particularly with our boys. With literacy rates dropping nationwide, a reduction in play and increase in screen time, this area is of huge concern to Olwen.
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Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
It is one of those tricky conversations, but as a Mum of three boys, Olwen shares how boys change during these ‘testing times’ of development. A great bite for every boy Mum, or Mum who is concerned about her little one’s personality and how it may alter with age. And Testosterone.
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Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Social media and the news are FULL of violence against women stories. Well, let me share some stories, from a paediatric clinic of the struggles Mums experience, in getting help for their dysregulated little boys.
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Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
The introduction of a universal health care system AKA NDIS has monetised early intervention in this country and many vulnerable families fall prey to many unscrupulous providers. But what about people who are ‘rorting’ the system? Olwen shares a few stories she’s heard in this bite.
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