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11/22/2025

Sing & Speak: Songs for Speech Development

These classic kids' songs are more than just fun, they help build speech and language skills.

✨Here are some great songs for kids:
The Alphabet Song
The Farmer in the Dell
Skip to My Lou
Rock-a-Bye Baby
The Hokey Pokey

✨ How these songs help:
Repeat words to make learning easier
Use rhythm and melody to keep it fun
Encourage kids to copy sounds and actions
Build vocabulary and sentence skills
Teach turn-taking and social interaction
Boost memory and storytelling skills

By mixing music, fun, and language, these songs create a playful way for kids to grow their speech and communication skills naturally.

11/14/2025

In 1960, Ruby Bridges was escorted by federal marshals to her first day of first grade as the first black student to attend a previously all-white Elementary School. A riotous white mob gathered to protest her arrival, screaming hateful slurs and threats.
As soon as Bridges entered the school, white parents pulled their own children out; all teachers refused to teach while a black child was enrolled.
Only one person agreed to teach Ruby and that was Barbara Henry, from Boston, Massachusetts, and for over a year Mrs. Henry taught her alone, "as if she were teaching a whole class."
Every morning, as Bridges walked to school, one woman would threaten to poison her; because of this, the U.S. Marshals dispatched by President Eisenhower, who were overseeing her safety, only allowed Ruby to eat food that she brought from home.
Another woman at the school put a black baby doll in a wooden coffin and protested with it outside the school, a sight that Bridges said "scared me more than the nasty things people screamed at us."
At her mother's suggestion, Bridges began to pray on the way to school, which she found provided protection from the comments yelled at her on the daily walks.

11/12/2025

DBTSkills. Emotion Regulation Module. More about Anger.
Anger is one of the main emotions that those we benefit from DBT struggle with.

Knowing more about anger can often help us begin to learn to manage it.

11/10/2025

11/01/2025

MA FAVORITE HOLIDAY❤️🫶🏾

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10/15/2025

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A little self care guide to get you through the season 💛 fall is my favorite season of the year! I love that it’s cold but not too cold. The changing colors of the leaves. The fresh cool air in the morning. Love the warm smells of pumpkin and cinnamon. Hope you can find ways to care for yourself amidst the busy-ness.

10/13/2025

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10/06/2025

Simple Ways to Teach Toddlers About Boundaries

While toddlers may not fully understand the why behind boundaries, they can learn the what and how with patience and consistency, building a foundation for healthy social skills as they grow!