Kevin's Healing Journey: Field Trip

Friday, June 9, 2017

Field Trip - May 23, 2017

We went on a field trip with some local homeschoolers to City Hall to meet the Mayor and have a tour of the police station. This was our first field trip and Kevin did very well. I was glad that his Tuesday helper was there so he knew a familiar face. I was especially grateful that day because I had some back issues that day and she was able to help out with Kevin.

My favorite part of the field trip was while we were meeting with the Mayor. All the kids sat around a big conference table with swivel chairs. Kevin had his Talker on the table with him and I was sitting behind him. Kevin said HELLO after the Mayor began speaking and so I muted the Talker but could still see the screen if Kevin used it. The Mayor began talking about how the police and fire departments help our community...and Kevin said HELP on his Talker. The Mayor also mentioned how the city provides snow removal services...and Kevin said SNOW on his Talker. It made me smile that he was listening to what the Mayor was talking about and using some of his words on his Talker...but glad that I was able to mute the sound so that it didn't disturb the Mayor and group.

K-9 Officer Dan-C was a little too friendly for Kevin's comfort level

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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.