Kevin's Healing Journey: Community Theater Experience

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Community Theater Experience

We went to a community theater play to see Kevin's sitter/art teacher and her family perform in a version of Snow White. There was an actor that was sad and crying for her part in the play and this greatly upset Kevin. I had to move us to the back of the room to try and get him under control. Jon asked why I didn't just leave and bring him home - I waited until Regina came out on stage and Kevin was fine after he saw her. It seemed like a good opportunity since he knew a whole family of actors on stage to hopefully start to make the connection that during a play the actors are pretending and they are really okay and not hurt or upset. Kevin is very sensitive if he sees a live person upset (sad, scared, mad) he gets upset - on stage or in public when a baby cries or if his mama cries. He does not have the same reaction when watching someone upset on television or in a movie.

Love this family!

I didn't cut his nails that week

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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.