https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Scheid is a practicing Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Associate Professor at MSU whose primary research interests are in the area of mental health services and public policy for children and adolescents with limited resources and multiple needs. Dr. Scheid’s work encompasses the full scope of child and adolescent psychiatry including disruptive behaviors, mood, and anxiety disorders, and eating disorders and much of her focus is on improving the hea...
Nov 18, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 11
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Let’s have some tough conversations around special needs, race and disabilities in school. I’ll be discussing this with today’s guest and my friend Rikki Saunders. Rikki is the director of special education at Kalamazoo Public Schools. She has also worked as a social worker in school and the community. Her role today is to find and identify children with disabilities who are enrolled in public schools in the Kalamazoo district and in need of special education ...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 10
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Maybe it’s not ADHD, maybe it’s something else we’re not seeing. I’ll be discussing this with today’s guest Dr. Arthur Lavin. Dr. Lavin was educated at Harvard (BA) and Ohio State (MD). At Harvard, Boston Children’s Hospital, and MIT, he completed training, became board-certified in general pediatrics and the subspecialty of newborn medicine, taught, and published original research in such journals as Science. He has been in pediatric practice for more than 25...
Nov 04, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 9
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts As a pediatrician screening for suicide, it’s not about the ones you find positive for suicide, it’s about the ones you may miss. Today’s guest Dr. Horowitz is a Staff Scientist and Pediatric Psychologist at the Nation Institute of Mental Health Intermural Research Program at NIMH and for years she has been helping health care professionals not let kids slip through the cracks. She excels in Suicide Risk Detection and is head PI in several ‘Suicide Prevention ...
Oct 28, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 8
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts It’s apparent now more than ever, our children need advocacy. Today I’ll be speaking about this with Dr. Robert Saul. Dr. Saul completed his pediatric training at Duke University Medical Center. He deeply cares for all children, and after seeing the need for child advocacy in society he was led to write several books for parents. Dr. Saul believes we need constant reminders about the optimal nurturing of children, and his work provides a multi-dimensional ...
Oct 21, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 7
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Have you ever looked at your child or a patient and just thought, ‘oh my God, I don’t know how to fix this’? You’re not alone and we’ll talk about this today with our guest Sandy Fowler, host of the Mighty Parenting Podcast . Sandy is a stress relief and wellness coach, a wife, mom, and business owner whose passion is teaching people to make powerful choices that impact their lives in the best possible way and help them take back their life from the busyness a...
Oct 07, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 6
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health, behaviors, and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Allek Scheele. Dr. Scheele is currently doing her pediatric hospitalist fellowship at the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids. Her research focuses on pediatric and adolescent su...
Sep 30, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 5
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with my amazing friend and co-chair of the Kalamazoo Perinatal Mood Disorders Coalition, alongside myself, Kristina Ledlow ICCE, CD, CPD. After two very challenging pregnancies and postpartum periods, Kristina became especially passionate about educating families and other healthcare professionals about Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Kristina holds certifications as a Childbirth Educator, Birth Doula a...
Sep 23, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 4
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health, behaviors, and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, I brought in Dr. Mark Sloane. He is a board-certified pediatrician and an adolescent medicine specialist. Let’s dive into Dr. Mark’s story of how important it is to build a safe space for kids with mental illnesses and how to g...
Sep 16, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 3
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health, behaviors, and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Moira Szilagyi. Dr. Szilagyi is regarded as one of the leading experts on the health of children in foster and kinship care and has served as chair of multiple AAP groups over the last 25 ye...
Sep 09, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 2
https://cutt.ly/WhatAreYourThoughts Hello and welcome to the Pediatric Meltdown Podcast, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand emotional health and behaviors and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I’m your hostess Dr. Lia Gaggino, and I’d like you to come on this journey with me to hear from leading experts in the field as well as other parents to become the best health care practitioners and parents/guardians we can be, in a way that feels less like a ...
Sep 04, 2020•9 min
https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health, behaviors, and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, I brought in my very own daughter, Julia Parzyck. She works in the eating disorder recovery space and has recovered from an eating disorder, herself. Let’s dive into Julia’s story of how society impacts the mental health of pat...
Aug 27, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1