Listen, Learn, and Advocate: Support New Families, with Sydney Bassard

Building Equitable Outcomes for Families with Young Children Through Access to Information On this episode of the Learn With Less® podcast, Ayelet sits down with Sydney Bassard. Sydney is an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist, with a B.S. in Public Health. Her clinical focus areas are working with individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing and those with literacy challenges. Sydney engages in research with these populations as well as clinical practice. With a passion for access to high-quality service and care for all, she takes the time to invest in each client and their family. Her motto of listening, learning, and advocating stems from the three principles that guide her clinical practice. We discussed: * Sydney’s new book, “A Day With Mom,” which she co-authored with her own mother * The importance of health literacy * The fine line between “doing enough” and not doing enough for one’s child * How everyday routines can be developmentally beneficial * The importance of play, and what high quality educational materials actually are * Where to find high quality resources for families Helpful Resources to Acknowledge For This Episode: A Day With Mom, by Pearl and Sydney Bassard Understood.org – great resources on early intervention and early learning Free downloads for families and professionals from Sydney Early & Bright SLP (formerly Mommy & Me Milestones) Maximizing Natural Language Opportunities, Without Toys, featuring Joanne Cazeau How to Use Everyday Routines to Boost Infant & Toddler Development, featuring Stacey Landberg Parent Coaching and Routines for Early Language Development, featuring Cari Ebert Free Infant/Toddler Development Blueprint: what are the four major areas of early development… and how can you use the pillars of Learn With Less® to support that learning, using the time, energy, and materials you already have?! Download our free blueprint today. Learn With Less® Facilitator Training & Certification Program, helping educators and therapists create lasting impact in their communities with a high quality, evidence-based, “plug & play” program Expand Your Impact Workshop Bundle: for early childhood educators and developmental therapists hoping to serve new families in their community and support themselves, using their existing skills

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If you're looking for information about baby development, or looking for ideas about how to play with your baby to support development, Learn With Less (formerly Strength In Words) is where we discuss all things early parenthood and early childhood. We help families (expecting parents, new parents, and seasoned parents) navigate those early years in an inclusive, educational, and supportive space. Join Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP, author, singer, mother of two and pediatric speech-language pathologist, for a podcast for parents, caregivers, and educators of infants and toddlers. Learn With Less is the place for families to access high quality, evidence-based resources about how their infants and toddlers learn and develop; for regular sessions of music, play and developmental information for both you and your baby, subscribe on Apple Podcasts and visit www.learnwithless.com!