Blog from 2016

I could leave my children at school without heart palpitations; wondering if they were okay.

Patrick’s Speech and Language Therapy School served as lighthouse to my children and family at a time when we made the transition to Nigeria from the UK some years ago. Following previous negative reactions to schooling, the Patrick’s experience re-ignited the love of schooling in my children, Ezinwa and Chinyerengozi. Witnessing my son’s eyes aglow as he solved a mathematical…

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“…We left the healing process for God. We did our part by enrolling him in a therapy school.”

God will only do what  you can’t do. He won’t do what you can do. We left the healing process for God we did our part by enrolling him in a therapy school. – Mr. AJayi   Inioluwa was born 27th October 2010. I didn’t have any issue (I mean health problems) during his conception and delivery.  At birth he was…

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A PARENT’S INTERVIEW ON AUTISM

Daniel Okoli is a handsome, enterprising and loveable child, whose ability to paint and draw is unique and eye-catching. His brilliant qualities were once threatened by a neurodevelopmental disorder known as Autism. Persons living with Autism are not able to learn simple things like communication, socializing and every day normal things. In a chat with Patrick Special and Languages Centre, Daniel’s mum, Mrs.…

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Taking Care of Autistic Children Makes My Day

Eniola Lahanmi had her first degree in Psychology from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, United state. She is currently a speech and language therapist in Patrick Speech and Language centre, Ikeja Lagos. After her degree, she went to Boston and took a course in Applied Behaviour Analysis which was a kind of intervention and treatment for children with autism.…

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