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[quote=Anonymous]My child was in KEEN for about six months (meets twice monthly so she went maybe 10 times).  She has cerebral palsy and does not walk.  Her challenges are physical and she is nonverbal.

I think KEEN is an excellent program but I would not send my child back there or recommend it for any nonverbal child with physical challenges.  The volunteers really don't receive any information about the children although I filled out an immense amount of paperwork at the beginning.  Each time you go, you get a different volunteer, so it's not as if you can meet and explain your child and go from there.

What I saw was that my child was placed in situations she could not handle physically and she could not say no or stop.  For instance, she was placed on her feet and walked around like a doll or baby.  The volunteers didn't do this to be cruel; they thought she would enjoy it and it would encourage her to walk.  But they had no understanding of disabled kids and the fact that she can't bear weight that way.  I would go over and tell them she can't do that, but it happened again and again.  They simply had no training or understanding of how physically disabled kids exercise.

So we gave up on Keen.  Well meaning but not for us.[/quote]

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