Kevin's Healing Journey: Kevin has a Voice!

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Kevin has a Voice!

First day using Kevin's Talker at home - October 5, 2016

When Grandma arrived today we greeted her using the Talker. I modeled saying HELLO and asked Kevin to say HELLO too - and he did.

Then I used the word BIRTHDAY to tell Grandma that Kevin’s BIRTHDAY is tomorrow. I asked Kevin to repeat me and tell Grandma. Instead he chose to say EAT - because he was waiting to eat breakfast - LOL it’s working! Kevin is communicating. YEAH!!!!

In the evening, Kevin brought me his DVD player which is how he tells me he wants to watch a movie. So I grabbed the Talker and modeled saying - Oh, you WANT to watch a movie? I thought he was going to repeat and say WANT after me but instead he said GO - which was very appropriate, GO - play the movie already.

As bedtime was approaching, I asked Kevin: Do you WANT to watch Wheel of Fortune or are you ready to GO to bed? He actually answered STOP - which I presumed was another way of saying he was ready for bed and he didn't protest and went to bed.

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KCMonday, October 10, 2016
Awesome!
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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.