As we end 2008 and look forward to 2009, I want to send a huge thank you and shout-out to someone who has helped our family, particularly Parker, tremendously in 2008 - Miss Kim.
Miss Kim, a speech-language pathologist with Children's Healthcare, started working with Parker this past spring, when his much delayed vocabulary consisted of about a dozen words. Throughout the summer and fall his vocabulary expanded greatly, and he's been adding new words, sentence structures and complex verbiage on an almost daily basis. As the new words have come forth, Kim has expertly pinpointed the sounds and movements with which he has difficulty and has provided us with ways to encourage the correct use of those sounds and to promote proper articulation of words.
Kim's enthusiasm, patience and loving manner with Parker has made our experience with speech therapy such a joy. From week one Parker has willingly gone back "to play" in her office, rarely ever looking back at mom! This proves to me that he loves and trusts her - and that is priceless to me.
Kim has helped to give Parker his long-awaited voice - and thus his self confidence and independence. My appreciation for her goes well beyond making the "K" and "G" sounds... she has truly been instrumental in making Parker's future a very bright one!
I have only one question: why does Parker insist on picking Princess stickers after each session?!?
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