Jaxson's World Transformed by Community Action's Head Start Program
When Ashley LaDoux and Robert Marlen learned their son had been diagnosed with polymicrogyria their first thoughts were about his quality of life.
The Frazee couple was focused on getting through one day at a time, making sure Jaxson knew he was loved, he was properly fed and his seizures were under control.
They were told Jaxson would likely never be able to walk, talk or feed himself. The thought of him attending school wasn’t even on their radar. Even day care wasn’t an option for Jaxson because of all the assistance and special care he needed.
Then Ashely's sister mentioned Head Start, an early childhood program for pregnant women and children from birth to age 5.
“I had never seen anything about it,” Ashley said. “I decided to call and see, if anything, they had a home-based program.”
MAHUBE-OTWA Community Action Partnership delivers the Early Head Start and Head Start programs in Becker County, where Frazee is located.
The conversation didn’t go exactly the way Ashley expected after she told them about Jaxson’s medical conditions and physical limitations.
“They said ‘Absolutely, we have a place for him,’” Ashley recalls. “I said ‘Do you know how much accommodation he’ll need?’ She told me ‘We will do what we have to, to accommodate him.’”
And they did.
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