Kevin's Healing Journey: Spring Dance Recital

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Spring Dance Recital - May 5, 2018

This was Abby's (Kevin's helper) last recital with Kevin - she is graduating and going to college next year. I feel so blessed to know this amazing girl! After Kevin's very first dance recital, I put a message out to our church's teen group asking for a helper for Kevin's dance class. Abby answered right away and impressed me immediately when we met. She didn't need service hours and she did it amongst all her other activities. This girl is kind-hearted and dedicated...like when she changed into her prom dress immediately after last spring's dance recital. Congratulations Abby, we love you!

We were blessed with many friends and family to support all these amazing dancers. It does my heart good to watch these kids shine!

Backstage...where Kevin likes to smile!

Thanks for the pictures Jacki

Growing like a weed - last year & this year

Thanks for the bubbles, Abby!

2 comments:

UnknownSaturday, November 10, 2018
Hi Kevin's mom. We recently found FHC and had our 11 year old son evaluated by the team there and have started our program. Dr. Joe is recommending the Hyprocure surgery and we would love to talk with you a little more about it. Would you be willing to talk more about Kevin's journey with us by email?
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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.