Achieving Independent Mobility and Daily Living Skills for Children with Special Needs

Margy Dunn (00:00) Before working with Good Beginnings, it was incredibly difficult for my son to get in his bed at night, and climb up the stairs, and to get in and out of the shower in a way that we could help him but not hurt ourselves and not hurt Since working with Good Beginnings, and helping us through all of that, and just figuring out all the different plans has been incredible because we weren't - I was getting very frustrated, and I was having trouble getting him in his bed. And then, slow and steady, they showed us what to do, and now he can climb into his bed without anybody assisting him and he's getting better and better at getting in and out of the car as well. Margie Johnston, Arlington, Virginia. Before working with Good Beginnings, my life was more complicated and I was driving a lot further. I used to drive all the way from Arlington to Springfield, Virginia to get therapy. And it was time-consuming and complicated. And then luckily we found a practitioner with Good Beginnings who was doing early intervention in Arlington, and told us about Good Beginnings, and then that's when I switched both of my children to Good Beginnings, and we've been with them for the past 10 years. What made me trust Good Beginnings was the therapists. They have all been extremely kind and competent. They know what they're doing. I trust them implicitly, and they are the best that I've seen in this area. It was extremely important and helpful that Good Beginnings takes our insurance, and does all the legwork as far as submitting because if it was up to me to do it, we wouldn't be going to therapy. The impact Beginnings has had on our schedules has been pretty incredible. They always worked with me to get the best appointment time for our family, and we've been able to continue to see them for the last 10 years because of the fact that they with our schedules. They've been amazing. My son has Cerebral Palsy, my daughter has Down For both of my kids We've tried a variety of therapies and activities, and have found Good Beginnings to just be incredible for physical therapy. Again, I can't say enough about the practitioners. he's continuing to stay there actually because he continues to make gains because the therapists are so good. he's able to keep making amazing progress because they're just so good at what they do. What surprised me the most about Good Beginnings was how they became part of our family. They were so easy to work with and just so incredible, and have just helped us get to where we are right now. Since going to Good Beginnings our lives are much improved. My son is able to do so much more. They've helped us both in and outside of the home, which has been incredibly helpful. It's just really important sometimes to get that help doing the things inside the house, and they've been able to come and do therapy sessions inside the house. And that was crucial and critical for us because there's some problem-solving that we need to do just to go about our daily I'm not a physical therapist, so to have someone be able to come in, see what the problem is and help figure out a motor plan and a way to do things has just been crucial. Like, my son can walk up the stairs, and he can get himself into his bed, and he can do a bunch of things now all because of Good Beginnings and their physical therapists I would recommend Good Beginnings to any family that is in need of help and assistance with their children for physical therapy or occupational therapy because they hire the best people, and treat you as human beings and as a family unit. They look at both the child and the parent, and they help everybody with what they're trying to do, I can't praise them highly enough.