Kevin's Healing Journey: 1, 2 Buckle My Shoe...3, 4 Shut the Door

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

1, 2 Buckle My Shoe...3, 4 Shut the Door

ONE, TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE

Red White & Blue New Shoes

and the best part is we only had to buy one pair...both shoes are the same size!

THREE, FOUR SHUT THE DOOR

Recently, Kevin and I figured out a way for him to get himself into his car seat with very minimal help. In addition to this, I also began asking him to close the house door as he walks into the garage to get into the car. Sometimes the door is too far ajar for him to reach the doorknob to pull it shut...so Kevin figured out that there was enough room for him to carefully slide his fingers under the door to pull it towards him so that he could grab the doorknob and pull it shut. I love watching him figure out creative solutions to participate and help out in every day life. I just hope that those fingers stay safe.

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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.