As a warm, healing-centered guide, Keina Marie believes real change happens through connection, comfort, and encouragement. She helps parents create a home environment where communication, learning, and emotional well-being can grow — one intentional step at a time.
Who is Keina Marie Small?
Keina Marie is a certified speech-language pathologist, mindfulness coach, somatic practitioner, teacher, poet, writer, and social justice activist — as well as a mother and auntie. For more than 20 years, she has taught social language competency skills and facilitated language groups for school-age children, teens, and young adults — both typical learners and those with neurodiversity, autism, ADHD, and language learning disabilities. She holds a master's degree from Syracuse University and specializes in pragmatic language development.
Mrs. Small works with parents, teens, and young adults to build the communication skills that build stronger relationships:
Parents receive 1:1 guidance to foster better communication with their children, along with practical, therapeutic strategies they can use at home — because the home is a child's first classroom, and the parent is often their first teacher.
Adolescents build the focus and study skills that support learning.
Young adults develop social language competency to deepen friendships and build a sense of belonging.