Kevin's Healing Journey: 2018 Home Therapy Program

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

2018 Home Therapy Program

Last year, we got two new cabinets for the office area so that I could better organize Kevin's art and program supplies. It helps me find and see old toys that are motivating for home therapy program. This oldie but a goodie toy was a big hit! I assisted Kevin as he PUT ON the COLORED gear wheels with his left hand. Then he had to give me a two-word phrase on his Talker before he hit the GO or PLAY button with his left hand on the TOY to HEAR the music and SEE the lights. Any two combinations: TOY GO PLAY HEAR

February 2018 - He looks so proud and happy!

LEFT ARM E-STIM - Video 1/19/18
You may have noticed the stim pads on Kevin's arm in the pictures above. We are using it during our home therapy for wrist/finger and elbow flexion and extension.

SCOOTER FUN - February 2018
Pap made Kevin a scooter a long time ago...like when he was a year old. I dusted off the scooter when Kevin's new PT started using one to work on his hamstrings. It's nice to have something different and a little fun to work on. He sits on the board and walks his legs forward to go.

Elliptical exercise at the gym

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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.