Expert Advice

A tremendous amount of thought and research goes into every Sassy product! We can't do it all by ourselves—so we'd like to introduce our fans to some of our wonderful experts!

We work with specialists in Early Childhood Development, speech pathologists, occupational physical therapists and child psychologists to bring product features that engage infants through their senses. Come back often to meet more of our experts!


Beth O’Connor, MAECD and adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology and Communicative Disorders, at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Ind.

O'Connor has 25 years of experience as an education specialist in Early Child Education and Development and we are excited to have her expertise!  Her teaching and research specialties are in Early Childhood Assessment; cognitive and emotional development; parenting practices to support developing synchrony; attachment; self-regulation and cognition in infants and toddlers; and early language and literacy development.