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Pushing Pediatrics

by Sheila Madden and Sara Bellanca Karman

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Latest episodes

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Interview: Jan–Mar Accelerated Study Timeline – How She Passed the PCS

What happens when you have just three months to prepare for the PCS exam? In this episode, Sheila welcomes Anne Heinritz, PT, DPT, ATP, PCS, a former Pushing Pediatrics l

Sep 15
46 min

AI Study Tools Deep Dive – Collab w/ PCS Advantage Ep 2

Welcome back to Pushing Pediatrics for Part 2 of our conversation with Jessica Lewis and Helen Carey of PCS Advantage! Today we will be diving deeper into using Artificia

Sep 8
43 min

Season 6 Kickoff: How to Use AI in Your PCS Prep (Collab w/ PCS Advantage Ep 1)

Season 6 of Pushing Pediatrics kicks off with a special collaboration with PCS Advantage! Sheila and Sara welcome back Jessica Lewis, PT, DPT, PCS and Helen Carey, PT, DH

Sep 1
36 min

Season 5: Wrap Up with PCS Advantage

Today is the final episode of the 5th season of the Pushing Pediatrics podcast! Sheila and Sara are welcoming guests Jessica Lewis, PT, DPT, PCS and Helen Carey, PT, DHSc

Feb 17
54 min

Season 5: Pain 2

Thanks for joining us for part 2 of our discussion on pain with Dylan Gawinski Stern, PT, DPT, PCS. In this second half, Dylan will be going into more depth on AMPS (Ampl

Feb 3
39 min

Season 5: Pain 1

Another incredible guest is on the Pushing Pediatrics Podcast this week! Dylan Gawinski Stern, PT, DPT, PCS joins the show to discuss pain, most specifically AMPS (Amplif

Jan 27
34 min

Season 5: Trauma 2

SAFETY LISTENER NOTE: This presentation will discuss aspects of trauma, its impact on children, families and practitioners. We acknowledge that the content in this discu

Jan 20
28 min

Season 5: Trauma 1

SAFETY LISTENER NOTE: This presentation will discuss aspects of trauma, its impact on children, families and practitioners. We acknowledge that the content in this discu

Jan 13
31 min

Season 5: Mike Studer Part 3

Thanks for joining us for our final installment with Mike Studer. Today we will be wrapping things up and making connections from the concepts found in Mike’s book to our

Dec 16 2025
32 min

Season 5: Mike Studer Part 2

Welcome back for part 2 of our discussion with Mike Studer where we will be diving even further into the concepts of learning and neuroplasticity and how it applies to ou

Dec 9 2025
25 min

Season 5: Mike Studer Part 1

This week kicks off a very special three-part conversation with our friend and returning guest Mike Studer. Over the next three episodes, we will be diving into concepts

Dec 2 2025
36 min

Season 5: Pelvic Floor

Welcome back to Pushing Pediatrics! We have another guest episode this week to bring you knowledge on a topic that has been widely gaining popularity and is now testable

Nov 11 2025
28 min

Season 5: Scoliosis

Thanks for joining us today at the Pushing Pediatrics podcast! Sara is solo today to share some valuable additional clinical insight about Scoliosis. This additional mate

Nov 4 2025
21 min

Season 5: AAC Part 2

Welcome back to part two of our discussion with CCC-SLPs Marissa Peters and Maggie Muzio about Augmentative and Alternative Communication. As we continue our conversation

Oct 28 2025
32 min

Season 5: AAC Part 1

This week on Pushing Pediatrics experts Marissa Peters and Maggie Muzio, Certified Speech Language Pathologists, are here to cover Augmentative and Alternative Communicat

Oct 21 2025
44 min

Season 5: Special Guest Episode and Article Review: F-words for GMFCS IV and V Children

We are honored to be hosting two of the authors, Carol de Campos and Ginny Paleg, of the 2023 article titled “F-words and early intervention ingredients for non-ambulant

Oct 14 2025
44 min

Season 5: Activity-Focused Interventions and Motor Learning

Today we are diving into the 2004 article by Joanne Valvano, “Activity-focused motor interventions for children with neurological conditions”. While it is an older articl

Oct 7 2025
19 min

Season 5: Stats without Fear!

We know that research and statistics may seem intimidating sometimes, which is why we are tackling this topic together! Understanding statistics is not only important for

Sep 30 2025
17 min

Season 5: Journal Club: Virtual Reality in Pediatric Rehab + How to Spot Strong Research

Welcome to the first Journal Club of Season 5! We are diving into a really interesting article for today’s episode. While new, from 2025, we felt it was an important arti

Sep 23 2025
19 min

Season 5: Evidence-Based PT Management for 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

If you listened to last week’s episode, we talked about our grouping strategy for genetic syndromes that you’ll need to know for the PCS exam. We had many of our listener

Sep 16 2025
22 min

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