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Team Iron Will welcomes Heather Vukelich, MS CCC-SLP from Happy Kids Therapy!

This class will help parents identify their child’s current speech level and provide a clear framework for building syllable complexity over the next year. Together, we will explore early syllable shape development and how this knowledge can empower you to confidently support your child’s speech growth at home. Family-focused strategies for integrating speech work into everyday routines will make progress achievable, sustainable, and fun!

Team Iron Will welcomes Heather Vukelich, MS CCC-SLP from Happy Kids Therapy!

This class will help parents identify their child’s current speech level and provide a clear framework for building syllable complexity over the next year. Together, we will explore early syllable shape development and how this knowledge can empower you to confidently support your child’s speech growth at home. Family-focused strategies for integrating speech work into everyday routines will make progress achievable, sustainable, and fun!

Team Iron Will welcomes Heather Vukelich, MS CCC-SLP from Happy Kids Therapy!

Learn exercises and techniques to help your children with Down syndrome speak more clearly and articulately.

Heather's passion for inclusion and independence translates directly into her oral sensory-motor work with children on speech clarity, oral motor development, and feeding development. You don't want to miss this!

Heather Vukelich from Happy Kids Therapy shares some great information and tips about setting our children with Down syndrome up for success with speech and feeding.

Zoom Session Part 2: "Speech sound Production" Q & A with Heather Vukelich from Happy Kids Therapy

Join Team Iron Will and Happiness is Down syndrome for a webinar all about advocating for our friends and family in the Down syndrome community. We are bringing in some really special guests:  Ashlyn Burger (Wife to Jake Burger of the MLB Texas Rangers, and President of the Burger Foundation), Krystal VanderBrugghen (fierce Advocate and Mom), and self-advocates Gabriel Cobb (Triathlete, Public Speaker, Martial Artist and Pianist) and Matthew Schwab (Advocate, International Public Speaker and Actor).

Hear from these amazing advocates and join the conversation all about how we can make a difference today.

Team Iron Will welcomes Dana Halle, Developer and Lead Instructor, The Learning Program

Reading strategies for young learners with Down syndrome. Listen as Dana shows us how to get started teaching our young children how to read using a whole word/sight word approach. Dana explains the research behind why this method works and will empower you to get started today!

Team Iron Will welcomes back Dana Halle, Developer and Lead Instructor, The Learning Program

Reading strategies for learners with Down syndrome who are already reading simple words and short sentences. Listen as Dana talks about fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension and offers tips and tricks for helping your children enhance their capabilities and confidence!

Team Iron Will welcomes Jill Rabin, speech pathologist and lactation consultant with 39 years of experience!

Learn why feeding intervention should begin at birth and how early preparation for solids—starting in the first 3 years—supports safer, more successful feeding. We’ll cover essential prefeeding skills, gross motor foundations, and introduce the Adapted Baby-Led Weaning Approach®, including how to use family foods and bridge devices to promote self-feeding and optimal chewing.

Team Iron Will welcomes Elizabeth Wofford, PhD, LPC/S - counselor, educator, and mom to a medically complex child.

Parenting a child with Down syndrome or other disabilities can be beautiful and exhausting. Many of us live in a constant state of “go,” juggling appointments, therapies, and worry. In this conversation-style webinar, Elizabeth Wofford, mom, counselor, professor, and trauma researcher, shares what medical trauma really looks like for parents, how our bodies get stuck in survival mode, and what we can do to begin coming back to calm. You’ll learn how to notice your stress signals, understand what they mean, and use a simple practice to help you respond instead of react when things feel overwhelming.

Medical Advocacy webinar with Chelsea Sheppard, MD

This webinar introduces The Little Leaf Way, a gentle, developmentally informed approach to potty training children with Down syndrome. Kimberly Yaeger shares practical strategies for starting early, supporting hypotonia and coordination, and building independence with confidence, patience, and encouragement. To date she has helped successfully potty train over 60 children with Down syndrome.  

Team Iron Will welcomes Dr. Shwetha Rodrigues, DDS

Topic: The connection between airway health and jaw development in children. Underdeveloped jaws and airway dysfunction are often the hidden causes behind issues like mouth breathing, sleep disturbances, speech delays, and orthodontic problems. This session will break down the root causes and explain how early intervention can support and re-direct growth, breathing, and overall well-being.

Video introduction to infantile spasms

Webinar about advocacy in parochial schools

Webinar about organization

Learn from Jennifer Aguillard, PT, PCS all about the latest research and resources for children with Down syndrome.

Team Iron Will welcomes Martha Farnsworth, OTD, OTR/L, CARSS to help families learn how to develop fine motor skills without having to leave the house for therapy. Martha is both a mom to a beautiful daughter with Down syndrome and an occupational therapist. She will be giving us practical tips and share activities we can do at home to reinforce fine motor skills at various stages of development. You'll leave inspired, equipped, and ready to jump right in!