Helping Every Child Unlock Their True Potential

My son is excited every time I say “Enid is on the computer now to talk to you,” and he races at the computer like a buddy is waiting there for him. Now, I recede in the background and they work through exercises, and I hear them laughing and talking, and what is so very Enid... She says often, when he comes up with something which is perhaps imaginative but not quite the right answer, “I love that.” And he feels proud as she directs him into a new way of looking at the cool answer he came up with.

Enid has straight up put the skip back in my son’s step with language by first restoring his confidence. She has so tapped into the total-child that I actually don’t think he is aware that it is about dyslexia or a learning disability. She takes the “dis” out of disability and gets a young soul to just explore with a trusted cool adult their innate abilities.

As a parent, I have cried often with gratitude. Two times now, she has been in the school district meetings on speaker phone, and all I can say is that she is one heck of a “Fierce Angel.” I had no idea what the district was required to do with him and wasn’t. I got to sit back and be just the kind and concerned parent while Enid got it done: smiling, tough, graceful.

I got a view into the future that my son will be just fine, more than fine, that he can expand in his abilities, and be whoever his desires and talents and dreams take him. Enid, pure and simple, has advocated for my son and for parents more than I could ever imagine possible. We all need a Fierce Angel...

Thanks is a pale word for what you give, Enid.

Prior to Enid, my son had two previous teachers that I rarely spoke to, one I never saw, and usually cancelled on me if we did have a meeting, but most importantly, I saw little to no improvement in my son’s speech in those years. It was very frustrating.

Enid started just when I was really worrying about my son as his speech was parallel his poor academics. Enid and his classroom teacher worked together in his 2nd grade year and created a plan that literally changed his life. Here we are today, meeting in his third grade year with my son being released from speech. The first weeks of 2nd grade, he was almost unintelligible except to those who spoke with him all the time. Now, academically, he is on top, a leader in his class and most relevant, no speech issues.

I cannot let this opportunity pass to express my gratitude for Enid and her effort. Her effective and consistent communication, willingness to involve me in the process, and ability to engage my son were keys to this process. My son is in his words “bummed” he won’t be in speech any more. I do hope the district appreciates the gem this professional is and knows that her services are way beyond the paperwork and acronyms.

He never felt that it was extra work or boring. He looked forward to their appointments. Enid also helped shape his IEP with the school. She was such an asset in the meetings. Knowing what the school should and could be doing was invaluable. She had no problem calling them out and making suggestions that as a parent you just don’t know are available.

She was able to go through his IEP goals and really fine tune them in a direction of what my son really needed. She is a great resource and someone you want in your corner.

He could be re-directed with special cues to change his thought process which would bring him out of his sometimes rage/anger. She let us know that he was showing signs of having Asperger’s Syndrome.

Ms. Webb would meet with him one on one to help him learn new ways to show his feelings and help him cope and communicate better with his peers and teachers so he could have a healthy relationship and make friends.

Our family moved to Oregon for my husband’s job. We not only left our family and friends, we also left behind a very precious person that helped us understand our son better.