A one-stop-shop for private therapy services, available for people of all ages, in Regina.
09/02/2025
✨ Back-to-School is a BIG deal for kids — Every. Single. Year.
New classrooms. New teachers. New classmates. New routines. New academic demands. 🤯
It’s a lot for growing brains and bodies to take in all at once. Could you imagine if you changed your job/work environment/boss/colleagues every year?! Yikes.
Even kids who seem excited about the year ahead can experience overwhelm in the first few weeks. You might notice extra meltdowns, more clinginess, bigger emotions, or a child who’s simply “done” by the end of the day. This isn’t "bad behaviour" — it’s their nervous system working hard to adjust. 🧡
That’s why these early weeks are the perfect time for parents to lean into kindness, empathy, and lowered expectations.
Your support at home can make the difference between a child who feels stretched thin and a child who feels safe, seen, and understood.
We’ve put together 6️⃣ simple, affirming strategies you can try at home to ease this transition.
Swipe through the carousel 👉 to see how you can create a softer landing for your child as they navigate this big change.
Need help with the back-to-school phase and beyond? Message our team for ways we can help. 💌
08/16/2025
✨ Fall 2025 Group Programs are NOW OPEN! ✨
We are BEYOND excited to officially open registration for our Fall line-up of neurodiversity-affirming group programs at Pathways! With multiple NEW groups, this is our biggest program launch EVER!
Whether you’re looking for connection, support, skill-building, or a space where your child (or YOU!) can truly feel seen and understood — we’ve got something for everyone this season 💛
Here’s what’s launching:
• ADHD + Me – empowering kids to understand and embrace their ADHD
• Authentically Me – celebrating identity and building confidence
• Authentic Connections – building real-life friendship and connection skills
• Connected Mothers’ Club – a supportive community for moms of neurodivergent/disabled children
• Finally Me – support and connection for late-diagnosed neurodivergent adults
• In Sync Music + Speech Therapy – music-based connection and early communication for little ones + caregivers
• Storytellers – building language and literacy skills through story creation
• Parent Connections – community + education for parents of neurodivergent/disabled children
💻 Spots are already filling fast — head to the links in our bio to learn more about each group and to sign up!
Let autumn be the season of connection, growth, and empowerment 🍂✨
07/30/2025
✨Summer is chaotic. Messy. Sweaty. Loud. Unstructured. But for many neurodivergent families... it can also be magical. ✨
Without the weight of rigid routines, early mornings, and constant demands, summer can bring space for what matters most:
🌿 outside time
💛 regulation time
🧠 downtime
💬 connection time
Even in the meltdowns and sunscreen battles, the late bedtimes and sensory overload, there’s often a quiet kind of recalibration happening, for us and our kids.
Here’s to the beautiful, schedule-free mess that is summer... and the powerful pauses it gives us. May these short few months offer you even just a few glimmers of a slower, more peaceful pace of life. 🌞
07/27/2025
🌞 We're back!
After taking a little hiatus to transition into summer life, we’re slowly re-emerging — sun-kissed, slightly disorganized, and still juggling all the things.
Running a small business means wearing *all* the hats — and when you’re also a parent, social media regularly falls to the bottom of the to-do list (right under “fold laundry” and “drink water”).
Thanks for sticking with us while we took a breath. We’re so glad you’re here. Stay tuned for exciting news, program updates, and so much more! 💛
06/24/2025
🥵 Surviving Summer Holidays with Neurodivergent Kids ☀️
Summer holidays are a time for fun and family, but they can also be routine-less, extreme-weather, EXHAUSTING days for parents trying to entertain their kids.
>>> SWIPE this post and save it for some tangible tips aimed at helping parents with:
📅 Managing Lack of Routine
🌞 Coping with Heat Waves
🛑 Managing Sensory Meltdowns in Crowded Places
🚗 Navigating Family Trips
🥱 Combating Boredom
If all else fails, aim for:
1. Open Communication with your kids > Regularly check in about their feelings and needs.
2. Self-Care > Take care of yourself too. Managing summer can be demanding.
3. Celebrating Small Wins > Acknowledge achievements and positive moments.
Let's make this summer a fun and memorable time for everyone! 🌈
06/21/2025
Today we honour National Indigenous Peoples Day.
We celebrate and honour the rich cultures, traditions, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, today and always.
Let's take this day to reflect, learn, and show our respect and solidarity with Indigenous communities. 🧡🌿✨
06/21/2025
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06/19/2025
✨Neurodiverse. Gender Diverse. Fully and Fiercely Human.✨
Neurodivergent folks — including Autistic and ADHD individuals — are significantly more likely to also identify as gender-diverse.
In fact, research shows:
🔹 Autistic people are 3 to 6 times more likely to be transgender or gender nonconforming.
🔹 About 20–25% of gender-diverse youth are neurodivergent.
🔹 Many neurodivergent individuals describe their experience of gender as fluid, expansive, or outside the binary — and deserve the freedom to explore and express it safely.
🌈 When we build spaces that honour both neurodiversity and gender diversity, we create more room for every person to be their true, authentic self.
🧠💛 But safety and belonging don’t happen by accident — they’re built, nurtured, and protected. Here are 3️⃣ ways you can help create that kind of community:
1. Listen + Learn: Make space for neurodivergent and gender-diverse voices. Follow, read, and engage with people who live at this intersection.
2. Affirm Identity: Use people’s chosen names and pronouns. Celebrate their unique ways of thinking, feeling, and being in the world.
3. Challenge Harm: Speak up when you hear ableist or transphobic comments. Normalize inclusion, not exclusion.
Every time you honour someone’s identity, you help build a world where they can take up space, speak their truth, and shine.
You belong. They belong. We all do. 💖
06/15/2025
Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads, stepdads, father figures, and anyone who fills the role with love, strength, and care.
Today we celebrate you — in all the beautiful ways fatherhood shows up. 💙
06/14/2025
🌈 Celebrate Pride with Pathways! 🌈
Pride is more than a party — it’s a powerful act of showing up loudly for love, identity, and belonging. At Pathways, we believe in celebrating all kinds of human diversity and creating a world where everyone feels safe, seen, and supported, exactly as they are.
This Pride Month, we’re thrilled to launch our newest Pathways t-shirt, designed in collaboration with the amazing team at !
This shirt is a symbol of inclusion, acceptance, and allyship — AND $5 from every shirt sold will be donated to Lulu’s Lodge, supporting the LGBTQIA2S+ youth right here in our community.
We will proudly be walking in today’s 2025 Pride Parade from 12-2pm.
>>>> SWIPE to check out the parade route map; we hope to see you there!
🏳️🌈 T-shirts are available for pre-order now on our website — wear yours with Pride!
Literacy is more than just learning to read — it’s the key to unlocking curiosity, confidence, and a lifetime of learning. That’s why we’re so excited to launch our Literacy Builders summer reading group! ✨
Designed for kids aged 6–9 years, this small-group program focuses on building foundational reading skills in a fun, supportive environment. And the best part? It’s co-led by TWO experienced teachers who bring double the knowledge, energy, and encouragement to help your child thrive.
If your child needs a boost with reading or just some extra practice over the summer, Literacy Builders is here to help them grow into a strong, successful reader. 📖💪
➡️ Only a few spots are left — send us a message, click the link in our bio, or visit https://www.pathwayslearning.ca/literacy-builders to register today!
06/11/2025
📣 All emotions are valid. Yes — all of them.
We live in a world that often pushes us to feel “happy,” “grateful,” or “positive” all the time. But experiencing the full range of emotions, like anger, fear, sadness, and even disgust, is part of being human.
These perceivably "negative" feelings aren’t wrong or bad. They’re information. They're real. They're experiences. They’re part of your story.
💬 Our counsellor Erin shared this beautiful reflection from her work in sessions:
“These Inside Out stuffies — Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust — are one of my favourite tools for helping clients talk about what they’re feeling!
They’re familiar, expressive, and make tricky emotions feel a little easier to understand.
In sessions, I may ask a client to pick the character that matches how they’re feeling, or the one that’s been ‘running the show’ lately.
We might talk to that feeling, act out a little scene between a few of the emotions, or move the stuffies around to show what’s happening inside.
This is a way of *externalizing* — putting the feeling outside of ourselves so we can look at it with some curiosity and compassion.
Instead of ‘I am angry,’ it becomes ‘Anger is showing up right now.’
This small shift can make big emotions feel less intense and easier to handle. And of course, they’re soft and cozy too—so they also work as comfort items when needed!”
🧠💛 Embracing the whole spectrum of emotions is a powerful act of self-awareness and self-compassion. Therapy can be a space to learn how to sit with all your feelings — not just the “comfortable” ones.
✨ Erin currently has ** immediate availability ** for new counselling clients! If you or your child are navigating big feelings, Erin offers a calm, creative, and affirming space to be seen, heard, and supported.
📩 Reach out today to book a session or learn more!
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Pathways Learning Centre first opened its doors in October 2018 to offer the people of Regina a place to access a variety of high-quality private therapy services. We offer an inclusive private preschool program, speech therapy, occupational therapy, music therapy, and counselling, with more services coming soon! Having these services all conveniently offered in one place allows you easy access to a variety of services, with the opportunity for collaboration and coordination between your service-providers. We are thrilled to partner with talented and experienced professionals to offer you exceptional service.
Pathways is home to Regina’s first inclusive private preschool program for children aged two-to-five years old. We offer enrollment to children with or without communication delays, who can benefit from a group environment and a staff-to-student ratio of 1:4. Designed and implemented by Speech-Language Pathologists, our preschool classes focus on developing strong communication by targeting language and literacy skills. As strong communication and literacy skills are key indicators for kindergarten success, we know all children will benefit from our program.
Meet the Founders...
We are Cari Thiele and Maegan Mason, founders of Pathways Learning Centre. We are both registered Speech-Language Pathologists, who each have a diverse clinical background from the various positions we have held in our careers thus far (e.g., health, education, private practice). Through our work, we have had the privilege to know many families, and help them with a wide variety of needs. We know that strong speech, language, and literacy skills are fundamental to everyday life. We also know early intervention and prevention are profoundly important for all children, especially those with cognitive and/or communication delays. This knowledge combined with our passion for helping families has been the driving force for founding Pathways. We want to increase the availability of speech-language pathology services to the people of Regina. As such, we are thrilled to offer a centre that provides families with a communication-focused preschool program, along with a variety of other individual and group services. We want Pathways to be a place for professional collaboration and best-practice services, so that you can access the best services all under one roof.
Find Pathways on Facebook and Instagram; we will be posting updates about our preschool programs and about the amazing services we will offer. We look forward to serving your family!
