About Us
Mind the Gap is led by Jeannette Kahn, a credentialed speech-language pathologist with extensive experience working with preschool-aged children and interdisciplinary teams across clinical, educational, and community-based settings.
After years of working with children from families with significant protective factors, this work expanded to focus on populations facing systemic barriers, limited access to services, and higher exposure to stress and adversity.
This perspective informs a systems-level approach that prioritizes capacity-building, collaboration, and sustainable change over isolated intervention.
Most of all, I am one of those truly passionate people who was put on the Earth to make it a better place. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to move into a sector where I can be the change I wish to see in the world by helping kids learn the soft skills needed to work their way out of systemic poverty.
Thanks for checking out my mission!!!
About Mind the Gap
Mind the Gap was created to support early childhood systems serving preschoolers whose development is shaped by poverty, chronic stress, and limited access to resources.
Our work focuses on the intersection of early language development, emotional regulation, and trauma-informed practice—because these domains do not develop in isolation, particularly for children experiencing adversity.
Why Mind the Gap
In many early childhood settings, expectations for behavior, communication, and readiness are misaligned with the developmental realities of children growing up in poverty.
Language delays, emotional dysregulation, and challenging behavior are often addressed separately—or framed as compliance issues—rather than understood as interconnected developmental needs.
Mind the Gap exists to help agencies bridge this disconnect by supporting staff with clear frameworks, practical tools, and trauma-informed strategies that work within real-world constraints.
How We Partner With Agencies
Mind the Gap works collaboratively with agencies rather than positioning itself as an external expert with one-size-fits-all solutions.
We respect the expertise of educators, caregivers, and staff, and design supports that are feasible, culturally responsive, and aligned with existing program structures.
Our goal is to strengthen internal capacity so that agencies are better equipped to support children long after a consultation or training ends.
