Kevin's Healing Journey

Friday, October 22, 2010

Riding in the Car Video

Kevin loves to ride in the car. We can use this as a reward at the end of a successful day of crawling and creeping. Here is a video of Kevin as we get on the highway to go to Grandee & Pap's house.

Spring/Summer 2010 Program

To increase blood flow to the brain thereby enriching the brain with nutrients and oxygen.

1. Passive Deep Breathing with Reflex Bags

2. Oxygen Enhancement with Carbogen Therapy (95% O2 & 5% CO2)

To support the organization of the Medulla Oblongata; To pattern and integrate pathological & dysfunctional reflexes into higher level brain stages.

Reflex Integration

To organize the lower levels of the brain in particular the Pons and Midbrain. It is also an important program to develop visual tracking, convergence, organization, focus, language, establish dominance, and improve breathing.

1. Crawling - 200 meters a day

2. Creeping - 1200 meters a day

Language & Learning

To be comfortable in noisy situations; To not be upset by sounds; To not be easily distracted; To hear sounds at the appropriate volume; To hear all sounds well in daily life and speech

Auditory Training with EASE music

Orthotics for Karen & Kevin

Dr. Joe's Natural Step Orthotic Inserts

FHC Families

We are so fortunate to have our own little Family Hope Center (FHC) Support Group here in North East Ohio. Currently there are four families that have been to FHC and programming. It really is great to have local friends to support each other and share helpful programming tips. Our biggest challenge is finding and making the time to get together.

SomaEnergetics with Tara

SomaEnergetics (Soma meaning "body" in the original Greek) is a powerful series of Sound Therapies that utilize tuning forks tuned to the frequencies of the Ancient Solfeggio. These amazing therapies release blockages in the energy bodies, and thus assists one with connecting with Source. www.somaenergetics.com

My Blog

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.