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More Than Words: Does My Toddler Need Speech Therapy?

Every week I hear from parents with a specific set of concerns. Almost predictably the tots in question are 15-17 months old. The parents...

Go With Your Gut Rather than Your Guilt: Mothering in the modern age.

Motherhood is in a state of chaos right now. We are working as hard as we can to raise happy, healthy, brilliant, kind, honest,...

Bail Out: 8 tips for rescuing your child from overwhelming emotions

I often talk to parents and professionals about what happens to our bodies when we experience strong emotions. You can probably imagine...

Toddler Tantrums: 3 steps back to peace

Having spent the last 17 years working with children – first as a behavior therapist and more recently as a developmental speech-language...

Dear Santa: Harnessing the magic of the holidays to encourage pre-literacy skills (free printable)

I love to make the holidays magical. When the air gets a little nippy (or, in the case of Florida, when stores start blasting Bing...