At Shampoo's Office

I’m sitting in Dr. Champagne’s office and I’m blown away. Wow! What a blessing from God! Immediately, Jared loved her. She is a very nice, older widow. She has a little, smart dog and Dr. C. (that’s what she’s called, although Jared calls her “Shampoo”) has taught the dog language. I watched her explain to Jared the language that the dog knows and he was mesmerized.

As I took a tour of her office, there were so many resources! She has tons of books and binders all over. She’s traveled throughout Europe and has games and strategies from there that help children. Since I have found that England seems to be ahead of the US with APD research, I asked her if she felt that Europe was more advanced with neurological disorders. She said, “definitely”. She also said that she can start evaluating children at 2-3 years old. All the “experts” here in America say that the diagnosis begins at age 7. She said that’s because most people don’t know what to do with the kids once they are diagnosed. That makes sense to me. The county school district has never even heard of APD and my friend, Lisa, spent hundreds of dollars on the APD diagnosis last Friday and the doctor doesn’t do any follow-up or therapy after the test. I’m really feeling at peace about this decision!

She’s doing a bunch of tests with him right now. I hear a timer. I can’t wait to hear what I find out. I’ll write more later.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. Ephesians 1: 3 (NKJV)