Success Stories From Our Families
“It has changed the way I do life as a mother, wife and follower of Christ.”
Building all Children® came into my life a little more than a year ago. I was feeling overwhelmed with the heaviness of having 2 kids at home and 2 kids in public school. I saw the beginnings of how the world can slowly have a bigger impact on my children than all the teaching that I could do at home. My big kids were bringing habits, ideas and behaviors home from school and the impact was filtering down to my little kids like never before. I feared that I was losing control over these fragile beings whose hearts I desired to be turned toward something greater than themselves. This is where Kendra came in. Through assessing and empowering, Kendra opened my eyes to how I could let go of the fear and anxiety and turn my eyes upward. I still remember the day she gave me the example that my job was similar to that of a fireman- it was simple. There is a battle that we are forced to engage in. We are fighting for souls and most importantly, the souls of our children. So that is exactly what we do-we fight! We engage, but we engage in the battle with the only weapon that will allow us to win. Just like a fireman floods a burning house with water, we are to flood our homes and the lives of our children with the word of God. Since that day, my perspective has changed. It isn’t about raising my kids in a bubble, but about allowing them to go into the world ready to fight- the sword of the spirit in hand. By allowing God’s word to flood their little hearts, they will have HIM to cling to always. Pray hard, pray often and pray specifically. God will answer.
Thankful for Building All Children®. It has changed the way I do life as a mother, wife and follower of Christ.
– Elizabeth
“…all because Building All Children® helped us find the missing piece.”
After praying for a school for the kids, the Lord led us to Fellowship Bible Church’s program. My daughter had struggled with poor hearing and speaking and, in time, got tubes in her ears. She has a loving, energetic spirit but we noticed she would often isolate herself from noises and had trouble with gross motor skills in general. About a year after getting the tubes in her ears, FBC recommended we meet with Kendra at Building All Children®, and she found that my daughter had some sensory and vestibular issues. Kendra described her as a full puzzle that was just missing a piece. It finally clicked with me. We were referred to O.T. and learned that our daughter is actually gifted in fine motor skills but her gross motor skills were a struggle. With a few new tricks like “monster hugs” and headphones, we were able to embrace who she is and how to encourage her energetic spirit, all because Building All Children helped us find the missing piece.
– Grateful Mom of Cambrie
I was teaching at Asbury Preschool when Kendra came to give us a presentation about Building All Children®. Several months later, my son’s Pre-K teachers shared with me some concerns they had about his inability to cope with transition and change. Aside from school, I had taken him to a ball class set to music and found that, even in a familiar environment with familiar faces, he struggled to re-grip emotionally. With any change or disappointment he would meltdown and couldn’t stop when other kids did. I knew the red flags of sensitivity but he didn’t fit the stereotypical mold that I was familiar with. I remembered Kendra’s presentation and just knew that Building All Children® could help me not only as a teacher, but as a mother. My son was assessed and Kendra confirmed that appropriate socialization and sensitivities to sound were indeed concerns. She referred us to O.T. where my son has gained helpful skills through an Integration Listening System and Emotional ABC’s. Before Building All Children® and O.T., I didn’t have the tools my son needed, and my own set of tools didn’t work for him. I just needed guidance and direction and once I received it, my son gained the tools he needs to cope well and be successful.
– Sincerely, “Parenting Compass Needed”
“My son is super bright and is learning to cope positively now that Building All Children® provided him with the needed tools and skills.”
Kendra spoke to a “Moms of Multiples” group I’m involved with, and several friends recommended Building All Children®. My son has sensory processing disorder so he has trouble focusing and is easily frustrated by, and sometimes even incapable of, following tasks. He was having trouble in school and I didn’t know exactly how to help him learn while dealing with intense anxiety. Building All Children® helped him learn coping mechanisms and tools to cope with stress. He soon learned how to decompress and accomplish classwork. Kendra was able to direct us into the medical world where we received helpful resources like Occupational Therapy. My son is super bright and is learning to cope positively now that Building All Children® provided him with the needed tools and skills.
– Caleb’s Mom
Kendra spoke to our Sunday school class about the resources Building All Children® provides and my husband and I left class that day, both knowing we had to learn more about how she could help our son. James struggled with fine motor skills and is very tall for his age, appearing older than his actual age. He’s often expected to act older than his age because of his tall stature, but he didn’t have the confidence to deal with social cues and struggled with certain social triggers. We met with Kendra and she walked me through our son’s triggers and recognized James’s gifts and abilities as well. She equipped us with tools that helped better his fine motor skills to the point that the problems were eliminated. We were so relieved by the positive transition that happened once his gifts were fine tuned. There was an instant switch in his behavior and confidence, and his teachers noticed an immediate difference in James’s confidence and success in school. Building All Children® made me feel encouraged as a mother, and like I had an army of help behind us. It made a huge difference not only in James’s life, but in my life and marriage, and we’re excited to see how James will use his gentle, kind, sweet spirit to change the world.
–James Henry’s family
Our meeting with Building All Children® was an answer to a prayer we didn’t realize we’d been praying for months. A dear friend of ours helped us connect when I told her about something that had been plaguing one of our 10-year-old twin girls, Cadie. Cadie has been smothered with anxiety for months, and the reason just recently came to light. Once we understood what we were facing, everything — in a way that only God can do — fell in to place. In one quick motion, I was in touch with Kendra and found myself sitting in the Building All Children® office being reassured that this particular worry was more common than I realized and that we could fight it with scripture and prayer, just like had been done with other kiddos. I left that meeting with a confidence that everything would be just fine. And my sweet tender-hearted Cadie has blossomed in just a matter of a couple of weeks. She’s smiling and laughing and back to her sweet self, no longer crippled by worry and fear, but instead fortified by the armor of God.
-One Relieved Mama
A friend suggested I call Building All Children® when we began struggling with our daughter’s developmental and speech delays in school. She experiences outbursts and meltdowns, often in public, and as parents of an older son with Autism, we sensed something wasn’t right. Building All Children® set the course for finding the resources that we needed. We were recommended to a therapist who evaluated and diagnosed our daughter with Sensory Processing Disorder. In time, our wonderful therapist suggested we have our daughter evaluated again with another specialist who diagnosed her with high-functioning Autism. We finally had that missing puzzle piece in place and could seek the appropriate treatments and medications needed. Although our daughter still struggles with meltdowns, we’ve seen great improvement in school and our ultimate hope is that she can learn how to adapt throughout her life. If it weren’t for Building All Children®, we’d have never found the wonderful therapists and resources we needed to answer our questions and set us on the path to success.
-Busy Mom of 5
“Of course, we never would be where we are now if we never had the initial meeting/evaluation with Building All Children®!”
We have a smart, sweet, kind young boy who we thought was just acting like a normal 3-year-old at the time. He would run around the house and anywhere we went he was tough to keep up with. He couldn’t play sports even though he wanted to because he couldn’t sit there and take directions. We wanted to give him a head start with school so we enrolled him into a preschool at the age of 3. It didn’t take long for them to call us because the teacher couldn’t handle him. He would run out of class, up and down the halls, and out onto the playground. The school suggested Building All Children®. At the time we were reluctant to do this because nobody wants to think there might be something wrong with their child. The school set up a time for Kendra to come there and evaluate him which I’m so glad we did. The things/tests she did with him started creating more questions for us than answers but she was able to help us get to those answers! It led us to a psychologist who ended up diagnosing our boy with ADHD. She suggested to us to try and get him into a doctor for ADHD medication. We did not like that idea because at the time he was 3 and what 3-year-old is on medication for ADHD?! We met with a doctor and discussed our options and tried various things including medication. Finally, we found a medication that worked wonders on him and did not make him a zombie-like most people think about them. He no longer ran off and could actually stay in class! He’s now a thriving 5-year-old in kindergarten and is doing more things that he wants to/can do because of the medication. Of course, we never would be where we are now if we never had the initial meeting/evaluation with Building All Children®!