Dear DownWrite Special:
When my son, Ian, was born , it was a joyous day.
He was born premature, just shy of six pounds. As single mom, I found the hospital was very sympathetic when they told me that Ian had been born with Down syndrome.
I was just excited to bring him home and show himoff to my friends and family. The nursing staff, however, insisted that I receive a caseworker to help me deal with my loss. Needless to say, I was very insulted but I played the game anyway.
Every day I feel blessed to have this loving, giving child in our lives.
Ian has a living sister, Jheri, who helps him with his homework and coaches him on appropriate behavior. Ian loves baseball, swimming, and motor boats.
His biggest challenge, to-date, has been his speech impairment. I have had to numerous government agencies. I have found that they assess, assess and assess again without any programs being set up to help him develop these skills.
Several months ago, I found a “God send”.
A friend of my referred me to Yevgenia (Eugenia) Pruday, in Toronto.
Yevgenia was educated and trained in Russia. Her methodology is quite unique to anyone that I have dealt with here over the past eight years. (Editor’s note: Yevgenia is also a licensed Ontario teacher specializing in special education and speech.)
She practices verbal “aerobics” to strengthen the tongue and facial muscles. We also study sentence and verb structure.
If your child requires this type of assistance, please call Yevgenia at 905-763-9987. This is in the Bathurst and Steeles area.
Kim MacLeon
Mississauga, Ontario
University of Toronto
To Whom It May Concern
Dear sir/madam
This letter is to support Mrs. Euginia Pruday and express my confidence in her unique, European-style approach to correct children’s speech-related problems. My wife and I first met Euginia in the fall of 2000. We heard of Euginia by chance through her advertisement in a newspaper. My son was seven at that time. He had articulation problems as well as some other, less alarming difficulties.
Before meeting Euginia , we had had been visiting other specialists in this field for more then two years. Even though these specialists were very conscientious and highly responsible professionals, the progress with the development of our son’s speaking kills was rather slow. In my opinion, this slow process might be related to not very well optimized and rather unstructured used by traditional North American schools of speech therapy.
The situation drastically improved after we started to see Mrs. Praday on a systematic basis; approximately, once a week. The healing effect was truly spectacular. My son’s problems practically disappeared in six to seven months. Now it is virtually impossible to notice anything unusual when my son speaks. Nevertheless, we continue to see Euginia regularly since we still seek her guidance in final polishing my son’s speaking skills.
I do not have any doubt that traditional approaches to speech correction have proven effective and useful for a large pull of North American children. However, based on our positive experience with Mrs. Pruday, I would urge considering some elements of European schools to the practice of North American speech therapists. Some children may respond remarkably well to a combination of European and North American techniques. In this respect, unique expertise of Euginia, who has extensive working experiences in Europe, Israel, and Canada, is truly invaluable.
In closing, my wife and I consider us lucky that we met Mrs. Pruday. We are grateful to this compassionate and dedicated professional, while her input can hardly be overestimated. I strongly, recommend making use of Mrs. Pruday’s expertise in further development of concepts and practices of speech therapy in Canada.
Thank you for considering this letter. Should you need any further information regarding this letter of support, please contact me at chalikan@phm.utoronto.ca Alternatively, you may directly contact Mrs. Pruday at 905-763-9987.
Sincerely yours,
Tigran V. Chalikian, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Kim MacLeon
Mississauga, Ontario
University of Toronto
To Whom It May Concern
Dear sir/madam
This letter is to support Mrs. Euginia Pruday and express my confidence in her unique, European-style approach to correct children’s speech-related problems. My wife and I first met Euginia in the fall of 2000. We heard of Euginia by chance through her advertisement in a newspaper. My son was seven at that time. He had articulation problems as well as some other, less alarming difficulties.
Before meeting Euginia , we had had been visiting other specialists in this field for more then two years. Even though these specialists were very conscientious and highly responsible professionals, the progress with the development of our son’s speaking kills was rather slow. In my opinion, this slow process might be related to not very well optimized and rather unstructured used by traditional North American schools of speech therapy.
The situation drastically improved after we started to see Mrs. Praday on a systematic basis; approximately, once a week. The healing effect was truly spectacular. My son’s problems practically disappeared in six to seven months. Now it is virtually impossible to notice anything unusual when my son speaks. Nevertheless, we continue to see Euginia regularly since we still seek her guidance in final polishing my son’s speaking skills.
I do not have any doubt that traditional approaches to speech correction have proven effective and useful for a large pull of North American children. However, based on our positive experience with Mrs. Pruday, I would urge considering some elements of European schools to the practice of North American speech therapists. Some children may respond remarkably well to a combination of European and North American techniques. In this respect, unique expertise of Euginia, who has extensive working experiences in Europe, Israel, and Canada, is truly invaluable.
In closing, my wife and I consider us lucky that we met Mrs. Pruday. We are grateful to this compassionate and dedicated professional, while her input can hardly be overestimated. I strongly, recommend making use of Mrs. Pruday’s expertise in further development of concepts and practices of speech therapy in Canada.
Thank you for considering this letter. Should you need any further information regarding this letter of support, please contact me at chalikan@phm.utoronto.ca Alternatively, you may directly contact Mrs. Pruday at 905-763-9987.
Sincerely yours,
Tigran V. Chalikian, Ph.D
Associate Professor
