Kevin's Healing Journey: Memphis Kiddie Park Adventure

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Memphis Kiddie Park Adventure

We've been to the long standing Memphis Kiddie Park a couple times this summer. This is a great place to take younger children. It is inexpensive and totally kid friendly. And the best part was that Kevin was capable of riding most of the rides...even without ME! It took a few deep breathes to release him onto a ride all by himself where I couldn't be right there with him. But I did just fine.

They had one of Kevin's favorites, a Carousel Ride.

And a family favorite, a Train Ride

Kevin went round and round on the Airplane Ride

He went round & round and up & down on the Rocket Ride

He took a whirl on the Jeep Ride that spun individually.

He was really holding on tight to that one!

He went up and around on the Ferris Wheel

But his FAVORITE, was the Little Dipper Roller Coaster.

We rode this 3 times during one of our visits.

He was laughing hysterically with me during this ride.

A Very Happy Father's Day indeed.

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This blog was created to keep our family and friends updated on Kevin's healing journey. It is also our hope that others may find this blog to give help and hope to other delayed kids.

About Kevin

They told us Kevin would never walk or talk. But with lots of prayers, hard work, and extra hands, he began walking when he was four years old and we continue to have faith and hope as we wait patiently for his speech to develop. Kevin is now eight years old. He is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy due to a brain-injury he had before birth that was caused by a stroke. In 2006, before Kevin was 2 years old, we found Glenn Doman’s book "What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child" that had answers to help children with special needs and developmental delays. We began an individualized home treatment program for Kevin immediately and have been dedicated to our program ever since. We spent three years with the Doman family at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) and now we are with Matthew and Carol Newell at The Family Hope Center (FHC). Twice a year we return to Philadelphia where Kevin receives a neurological evaluation to determine the progress he has made in the last six months. Then they provide us with an individualized, program that puts me in charge to help Kevin develop and reach his fullest potential.

Do You Know a Delayed Child?

The best recommendation we can give to another parent with a special needs or developmentally delayed child (brain-injured, brain-damaged, mentally retarded, mentally deficient, cerebral-palsied, epileptic, autistic, athetoid, hyperactive, attention deficit disordered, developmentally delayed, or down's) is to read Glenn Doman's book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child and/or Dr. Coralee Thompson and Dr. Philip Maffetone's book Healthy Brains, Healthy Children. By simply reading these books, you will gain valuable information to help your child which will begin to unlock the potential your child has. And best of all you will learn that there are other options to helping your child that you can do yourself. We would also highly recommend attending the parent course at FHC or IAHP. To read how our journey began and the successful progress Kevin has had refer to the January 2010 blog archive.