Kevin's Healing Journey: July 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011

Problem Solving

Kevin figured out a way to do one of his favorite activities all by himself...pushing the Big Green Ball down the basement steps. But he needed to problem solve a way to get the ball up the steps all by himself. Kevin pushes the ball with his right hand up one step and then balances his head on the ball to keep it on the step and moves his right hand to the wall to steady himself as he moves his feet up a step...one step at a time...all the way to the top...and then for the fun part...pushing the Big Green Ball down the steps. It must be really fun to take all that time getting it up the steps. YEAH KEVIN!

Hot Air Balloons in Middletown - July 2011

Corn Chips

Kevin had his first corn chip while we were on vacation at Salt Fork State Park...and another one...and another one...and another one...

Another visit from the Tooth Fairy - July 2, 2011

Thomas the Train - May 2011

Reiki Drumming with Tara

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.