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Amy Spawn writes: Amelia, found herself in a place she never thought she would be, in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with her son, Gad, born 10 weeks premature. She had two older children and those pregnancies went smoothly but here she was gazing at her son trying to disseminate all the information being given to her. The days went by and to create some normalcy in her life Amelia would leave the NICU […]

Born prematurely at 31 weeks, Gadiel weighed about 2 pounds at birth and his condition would require that he remain in the hospital for 5 months. Due to his premature birth, Gadiel had not yet gained the ability to swallow, so surgeons inserted a G-Tube to feed him. “I cried all day because I couldn’t see him or be with him,” Esmeralda says regarding her son. “I know that he had probes and tubes. I […]

Although she was 22 months old during the initial consultation, Ira could only eat purees in exchange for a reward of watching her iPad screen. Though she would eat a few bites of puree, Ira still preferred breastmilk instead of solid food. Ira frequently gagged in her attempts to eat textured food and ultimately refused to swallow non-textured food. Ira’s mother, Madhu Selvaraj, found it difficult to work from home due to Ira’s inconsolable crying […]

The process of searching for the best pace for David to receive therapy services was very disenchanting for Ursula. He demonstrated global delays, and evaluations often cited gross motor skills as the most significant type of delay. After much research, she decided that The Warren Center’s Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program could provide David with the intervention services he needed and the emotional support they both needed. Through his enrollment in ECI at The Warren […]

Terrell’s Early Intervention Specialist Cristiane provided Terrell’s mom, Kesha with strategies that she consistently included in his daily routine. One strategy Kesha was able to use was to repeat the name of an item, such as a ball, two or three times before giving it to Terrell. By Cristiane working with Terrell and Kesha, his progress began to flourish…and so did Kesha as she received the parent coaching she needed to be her child’s best […]

“Juan, it’s time for your bath!” Sara smiled to herself, knowing that her son, Juan, would enjoy the bubble bath she had prepared. When Sara heard no answer, she hurried to his play area only to hear her son repetitively babbling numbers one to four. “Uno, dos, tres, cuatro…” Dismayed, Sara tried another tactic to get her child to respond. “Juan, would you like to have your snack first?” Sara hoped the subject change would […]