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 two 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.  Listed below are just 2 of the specialists who have contributed their expertise to the development of Sassy products.

Dr. Lise Eliot, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Chicago Medical School.

Dr. Eliot has published more than 40 works, including articles in peer-reviewed journals, popular magazines and a monograph on brain development in children.  She lectures frequently outside the university on topics related to brain and child development.

To learn more from Dr. Eliot, pick up her book What's Going on in There?: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life.

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.