Kevin's Healing Journey: A Poem and A Joke

Sunday, April 28, 2019

A Poem and A Joke

On March 1, 2019, one of the homeschool groups offered a Poetry Reading Recital. I decided it might be a nice opportunity to start participating in some of the activities offered. I was able to help Kevin come up with a poem about his favorite subject MUSIC. It was a little tedious though because after every phrase we put a period after it so that when played back it would pause between phrases. When you use the period key on the Talker it says DOT and then repeats it back. Maybe there's a better way to go about it but that's how we had to do it.

Kevin did well with his Music Poem and after listening to many entertaining poems recited by some very bright kids...they held an open gym. This homeschool group gets together on Fridays for open gym and I had considered going and was so glad we did. One family has a boy the same age as Kevin. He was friendly and willing to play with Kevin to help with some of his ball skills we are working on in therapy. Looking forward to participating more with this group of kids.

Kevin's Communication Therapist introduced him to jokes since he's showing a sense of humor with his Talker.

KNOCK KNOCK
Who's There
TANK
Tank Who
YOU'RE WELCOME

HAHAHA (Kevin loves saying HAHAHA on his Talker)

Pretty appropriate since one of his favorite songs right now is You're Welcome from the movie Moana.

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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.