Episode 25 Guest Michelle Mintz on Early Baby Brain Development

The Masterful Parenting Program- Build Awareness, Connection, and Communication through Relational Parenting

Michelle Mintz, M.S., CCC-SLP, The Early Development Expert's She has a background in Speech-Language Pathology for over 25 years, specializing in working with children from birth to 5 years old. Her therapy experiences inspired her to create her unique company,

Baby Blooming Moments® which empowers mom, dads, grandparents, siblings, and nannies with babies birth to three, to enrich the way they interact with their babies and toddlers.

Through Baby Blooming Moments, available in the US and Internationally, families get one-on-one coaching experiences, virtually or in-person, to learn essential strategies that can be integrated throughout the day. Implementing her strategies and hands-on activities helps increase attention, communication, brain connections, emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development during those crucial early formative years when the most impactful brain development occurs – which helps all babies and toddlers bloom! Michelle also provides fun filled coaching experiences with the new baby's siblings about how to connect, engage and actually encourage ways to contribute to the new baby's growth and development. Michelle earned her B.A. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from U.C. Santa Barbara and her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Boston University before establishing her private practice in Santa Monica, CA in 1995, having decades of experience working with families. She is also the author of All Done Binky!, a book to help support families with babies and toddlers weaning off pacifiers.

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