Kevin's Healing Journey: February 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Playing the Piano

Kevin's Tuesday helper plays the piano for him...and he likes to help her. Kevin still spends a lot of time at the piano every day since she started playing for him.

Swinging Monkeys

Kevin's Monday helper creates these elaborate ceiling fan creations with the monkeys (and a few other animals) for Kevin to play with...the test is to see how long the chain lasts after he leaves.

Table Time is Fun Time

One of Kevin's favorite people came over to babysit and took this picture. They spent some time reading books and then she asked him what he wanted to do next and he got up and went to his table.

Kevin loves Table Time!

A Beautiful Day at the End of the Year

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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.

Kevin's Healing Journey

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Playing the Piano

Swinging Monkeys

Table Time is Fun Time

Happy New Year 2014

A Beautiful Day at the End of the Year

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