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Stacy Payne, MS, CCC-SLP, CLE
By Stacy Payne on January 19, 2016
Hello! I am Stacy St. Amant Payne, a licensed speech-language pathologist, mom to four amazing children and the owner...

Bright Beginnings Pediatric Services is in Los Angeles, California.

3 days ago

✈️ Did you know? The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American pilots who guided and guarded American pilots on bombing missions during World War II. One of these heroes is BBPS Director Stacy Payne’s grandfather-in-law! 👨‍✈️ Edward Tillmon was drafted during his third year of college and sent to the infantry, like many Black soldiers those days, which he says did not want to be part of. Upon hearing about the Tuskegee pilots, Tillmon took and passed tests for navigation, bombardier, and pilot training. He was accepted to the aviation program but due to the era, he was convinced that he would not have a career as a Black pilot in the private sector after the war ended. He decided to go back to college and get a degree. 💫 More recently, Tillmon and his fellow airmen spend time speaking to groups of teens and young adults at schools, churches and other organizations. He says, “Minority kids are still not equal in this country. We try to convey to them that whatever they want to do they can accomplish. It might not be easy, but you can accomplish it.”🌟 Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who served as a psychiatric counselor during the Vietnam War, said the Tuskegee Airmen were instrumental in setting the stage for not only desegregating the military but also for making the road easier for women, and to a lesser extent gay soldiers and sailors in later generations.👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 In addition to his 3 grown children, he's got 16 grandkids, 27 great-grandkids, and 2 more due this year. Wow! #blackhistorymonth #tuskegeeairmen #edwardtillmon ... See MoreSee Less

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Bright Beginnings Pediatric Services is in Los Angeles, California.

5 days ago

🐍 Kobe Bryant was an NBA star, humanitarian, poet, filmmaker, coach, and girl dad. Drafted right out of High School at the age of 17, Bryant won five titles as one of the marquee players in the Los Angeles Lakers franchise. He was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. men's basketball teams at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2012 London Olympic Games.🎥 In 2018, Bryant became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and the first former professional athlete to be nominated and to win an Academy Award in any category for his film Dear Basketball. Bryant was the official ambassador for After-School All-Stars (ASAS), an American non-profit organization that provides comprehensive after-school programs to children in thirteen US cities. We keep his family in our hearts. ❤️ #BlackHistoryMonth #kobebryant #2/24 ... See MoreSee Less

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Bright Beginnings Pediatric Services is in Los Angeles, California.

6 days ago

👀 Teletherapy can be tricky for keeping kids engaged and motivated. Mr. Patrick works on increasing a child’s motivation and language use with the help of his puppets! 🐶 Kids enjoy talking with the puppets, so they speak in longer utterances, imitate, ask questions, take turns... all because they’re having fun.🗣 Have you ever interacted with your kiddo using puppets? #bbps #talkingtips #speechtherapy #earlyintervention #languagedevelopment #pediatrics #lakids #imitation #turntaking #gestures #followingdirections #puppets ... See MoreSee Less

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📚 James Baldwin was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. One of his novels, If Beale Street Could Talk, was adapted into the Academy-Award-winning film of the same name in 2018, directed and produced by Barry Jenkins. In June 2019, Baldwin was one of the inaugural fifty American "pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes" inducted on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor within the Stonewall National Monument in NYC’s Stonewall Inn.💫 Baldwin said, "I knew I was black, of course, but I also knew I was smart. I didn't know how I would use my mind, or even if I could, but that was the only thing I had to use."#blackhistorymonth #jamesbaldwin ... See MoreSee Less

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🎾 Serena Williams has made history time and time again over the course of her Hall of Fame career: she was the first woman to win three Grand Slam tournament titles in one year since 1997, and the first African American to win Australian Open. In 1999, Williams became the first African American woman since Althea Gibson in 1958, and the first ever in the Open era, to win a Grand Slam singles title.🐐 When asked what she would tell her 12-year-old self, Williams was quick to answer, "I wouldn't tell myself anything. I feel like everything I've went through -- bad, good, great -- has made me the person I am today. And I probably wouldn't be here if I had a little cheat sheet of what to do.” #blackhistorymonth #goat #serenawilliams ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

💖 We truly have the BEST families! 💖 This sweetie’s family brought in disinfecting wipes for the clinic - such a generous and thoughtful gift. They’ll certainly get used! Thank you so much!#ppe #inpersontreatment #teletherapy #speechtherapy #feedingtherapy #learningtherapy #lakids #thankyou ... See MoreSee Less

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👩‍🚀 Mae Jemison wasn’t just the first African American woman who orbited into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. She's also a physician, teacher, a Peace Corps volunteer, and president of a tech company. 💫 She continues to work towards the advancement of young women of color getting more involved in technology, engineering, and math careers.#blackhistorymonth #maejemison #firstblackwomaninspace ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

👏 Using songs to follow directions can be a fun, natural way to learn and involve movement into activities! Create a routine with your child and pause at the same part of the song so your child can anticipate their part. 👉 Show them the moves and, over time, as your little one gets better and better, stop modeling to promote independence!#BBPS #talkingtips #speechtherapy #earlyintervention #languagedevelopment #pediatrics #lakids #imitation #turntaking #gestures #followingdirections ... See MoreSee Less

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Stacy Payne, MS, CCC-SLP, CLE