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Elijah Browning Speech Therapy

We are writing this letter of appreciation to First Step, classroom 10, concerning our child, Elijah.

We just want to let you know how Elijah has progressed during the time we have had him. His speech is better. My husband and I can understand him better. He knows his ABC’s and numbers better as well as his colors. He is also catching onto word skills. He is listening to story time (I read to him every night).

We also noticed since he has been in First Step he has progressed tremendously in the few months that we have had him. We just want to thank the classroom 10 teachers and the school for keeping us up to date on Elijah’s progress. My husband and I wanted to give classroom 10 a pat on the back -WELL DONE – GOOD JOB – keep up the good work in being dedicated teachers and helping Elijah to grow.

- Mr. & Mrs. Browning

Cerebral Palsy: Robert & Skye Anderson

I’m writing this letter to tell you about my 8-year-old twins with Cerebral Palsy.

My son, Robert is in the 3rd grade at Lake Hamilton Elementary. He walks with polio crutches and he is somewhat delayed. He is such a happy child and fun to be around.

When we moved to Hot Springs from Texas he was 3 years old. He could only combat crawl and had very limited speech. We enrolled him into First Step School and within one year, they had him walking in a walker. He could say all sorts of things. By the second year he was using polio crutches.

When he graduated from First Step, he was able to push his twin sister’s wheelchair across the stage.

My daughter, Skye, is severely disabled. She is still enrolled in First Step in their school age program. She has come a long way. The road this far has not been easy but with the help of First Step teachers, therapists and nurses, my family has been helped many many times.

I recommend to families all the time to get their children into First Step…they will never be sorry they did.

- Debra & Robert Anderson