Leslie Levine & Associates, Inc.

01/13/2026

💕Autistic Barbie: We look forward to playing with her with our clients in 2026 and are hopeful many children will enjoy this doll. Inclusion and representation matter. 💕

01/12/2026

📚🔨🪚CORE Connections Teamwork &
Project Reveal:
Check out the dedication and teamwork shown by our middle school group in their semester long project. They utilized their executive function skills to research, make a plan, visualize, edit, execute, modify, and self evaluate all the steps to build and collect donations for their incredible Free Little Library outside of the school.
Months in the making.
🛑Stop by CORE Community School and please take a book and give a book.
📏🗜️🎨📚

09/28/2025

Teaching our children to become kind and accepting humans is a gift that lasts a lifetime.

09/22/2025

Yes!!!!!

For years, taking away recess has been seen as a way to ‘manage behavior.’

But here’s the twist - movement is fuel for self-regulation.

When we cut recess, we’re taking away the very tool kids need to self-regulate, focus, cope, and thrive.

08/04/2025

Yes. Yes. Yes. Working on verbal working memory is key for all strategies for retention of reading skills.

07/22/2025

Executive function and instilling home responsibility in our children and young adults. Awesome chore chart starting at age 8 attached. Check it out.

07/16/2025

WE HAVE OPENINGS FOR AUGUST:
Leslie Levine & Associates, Inc. is excited to share that due to many graduates, we have openings for WEEKLY THERAPY in the NATURAL ENVIRONMENT starting in August. We would love to welcome new speech-language-feeding therapy clients from 9:15AM to 2PM in Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Buckhead, Brookhaven, and surrounding areas.

We offer in-person services at HOMES, PRESCHOOLS, DAYCARES, and PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

Our practice is grounded in a neurodiversity-affirming approach, and our openings are for children specializing in the following areas but not limited to: Gestalt Language Processing, Executive Functioning, Language Processing Disorders, Social Communication Challenges / Differences, Communication Skill Development, and Feeding/Oral Motor.

Sessions are highly individualized to support each child’s unique needs, strengths, and communication style. Since we are mobile and COME TO YOUR CHILD, we work together with your family, your childcare providers, and the teachers for both 1:1 intervention and therapy with peers and educator as needed for optimal carryover of FUNCTIONAL THERAPEUTIC GAINS in all environments.

If you know a client or family who could benefit from this type of therapy, we would LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU. Referrals can be sent directly to leslie@levineclan.net, or feel free to share my contact information with those you feel may be interested in our services.

Thank you for your continued support and collaboration!

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07/08/2025

Love this.

When Noah was born, doctors told his young father, Ben, who had Down syndrome, that he wouldn’t be able to raise a child.
That he wouldn’t understand feeding schedules.
That he wouldn’t know how to comfort a crying baby.
That he wouldn’t be enough.

But Ben didn’t listen.

He held his newborn close, kissed his forehead, and whispered,

“I may not know everything… but I know how to love you.”

And love him he did.

Ben fed him with shaking hands, learned lullabies by humming, and rocked him every night until the sun rose. He worked part-time folding napkins at a local diner — saving every penny for Noah’s future.

There were stares. Whispers.
Other parents asked, “Is he… the father?”
Ben would just smile and nod proudly.

“He’s my son. My best friend.”

Noah grew. Ben aged.

Years passed like pages in a quiet book.

Noah became a man. Strong, kind, successful. People would say,

“You turned out so well.”

He’d reply,

“Because I was raised by someone who only saw the world with love.”

As Ben got older, his memory began to fade. He’d forget where he put things. Then names. Then Noah’s.

And one day, he looked into Noah’s eyes and asked,

“Are you my friend?”

Noah held his hand and whispered,

“I’m your boy. The one you raised. The one you gave everything to.”

Now, Noah feeds him. Helps him walk. Hums lullabies when Ben can’t sleep.

He’s not just caring for his father.

He’s repaying the man who raised him… twice.

And when they take pictures now, Noah smiles wide.

Because the world sees an old man with Down syndrome and his adult son.

But he sees his hero.
His teacher.
His heart.

Credit chrisandjasmin

07/07/2025

So many behaviors that seem defiant, distracted, or disorganized are actually rooted in unmet executive function needs.

When we look beneath the surface, we start to see the why-and that changes everything.

When we shift from reacting to behaviors to understanding needs, our ability to support our students transforms.

07/01/2025

This looks like an amazing way to teach kindergarten! Wow! Imagine if the U.S. did this??

06/03/2025

Sensory friendly movies this summer.

Family fun for all ages!

05/13/2025

CORE Connections had a blast closing out the school year with Game Day for our final group. While using our social mind and our executive function skills, fun was had by all. It was awesome to see good sportsmanship, friends following the agreed upon group plan, peers being respectful to friends, students using their social filter, and so much more. What Do You Meme, Uno, and Jenga helped us practice many of the skills we learned this year in a fun and functional way. Leslie is super excited to return to CORE Community School next year and partner with the amazing students, teachers, and parents.