{"id":43627,"date":"2024-03-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apex-social.org\/?p=43627"},"modified":"2024-03-22T19:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:51:57","slug":"care-professional-of-the-year-2024-second-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apex-social.org\/blog\/care-professional-of-the-year-2024-second-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Care Professional of the Year 2024 &#8211; Second Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43627\" class=\"elementor elementor-43627\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48c8532 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48c8532\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2nd Place - of the 2024 Apex Care Professional of the Year Award<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa90ba6 elementor-arrows-position-outside 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Welcoming TWO!<\/p><p>When my husband and I first set out to find special needs child care, we never imagined we\u2019d end up with not one incredible occupational therapist in our home, but two. But here we are a year later, hosting the two most warm, kind, hard-working young ladies in all of Germany! Sarah and Yassi truly are \u201cThe Dream Team.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Yasmin (\u201cYassi\u201d) Kerscher<\/strong> arrived first, and we knew instantly that we\u2019d hit the care professional jackpot. There is simply no one on earth with a more positive outlook on life or a more open mind; she is a walking ray of pure sunshine. She took to our family like a fish to water and seamlessly picked up on our routines, customs, and sense of humor. Luckily, Yassi came equipped with her own fabulous sense of humor and zany zest for all things absurd, so she fit right in! A deeply emotional, compassionate person, she fell instantly in love with our sweet, nonverbal son, Nick\u2014and the feeling was very mutual! Nick, who usually ignores everyone with perfect indifference, warmed to Yassi quickly and now seeks her out when he wants a good ticklefest or a fun romp on the playground. A bastion of energy, Yassi is game for whatever antics Nick might want to get up to\u2014 whether it be jumping, spinning, or belting out a Bruno Mars song. Our neuroptypical daughters, too, love Yassi and look to her for advice on fashion, joke-telling, and middle school crushes. I think Nick (who sings songs without understanding the words he is saying) best sums up the impact Yassi has had on our family when he sings Lady Gaga\u2019s \u201cPapparazzi\u201d: \u201cBaby, there\u2019s no other superstar, you know that I\u2019ll be your Papa, Papa-YASSI!\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Sarah was next to arrive on the Spagnoletti scene<\/strong>, and she brought with her an intellect that transcends language barriers and a kindness that knows no bounds. Marry these traits with an incomparable work ethic, and you have one Sarah Schmitt. If Yassi is a ray of sunshine, then Sarah is a moon beam, with her wise \u201cold soul\u201d and her soft, graceful magnetism; her quiet confidence draws people to her like the moon pulling in the tide. A quick study and a very astute observer of human nature, Sarah watched Yassi work with Nick in her first weeks on the job and quickly learned how to handle our not-always-so-easy-to-work-with child. Sarah started at a particularly difficult time\u2014when Nick was going through an intense hair-pulling phase\u2014and she handled the situation with compassion and patience I have rarely seen. It wasn\u2019t easy, but she rose to the occasion beautifully. Like Yassi, Sarah assimilated to our family\u2019s lifestyle seamlessly. She and our older daughter, Cecilia, share a love of baking, so they often can be found baking together in the kitchen, even on Sarah\u2019s \u201coff\u201d days. They can also be found working out together, watching movies together, or just talking about life. Cecilia describes Sarah as \u201cthe older, German version of [her]self,\u201d and I think she\u2019s right. <strong>Their relationship is a beautiful thing to behold.<\/strong><\/p><p>Sarah and Yassi have taught me so much about occupational therapy\u2013 and the differences in how it\u2019s practiced in America versus in Germany. The breadth of their experience and the comprehensiveness of their training is truly remarkable. Whenever I feel like I may be asking too much of them with help on some of Nick\u2019s more intimate issues, like toileting and hygiene, they dive right into the task at hand without a moment\u2019s hesitation\u2013 the perfect picture of professionalism, competence, and compassion. \u201cThis is all part of occupational therapy in Germany,\u201d Sarah has told me. <strong>\u201cWe help with everything!\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>Sarah took the words right out of my mouth. She and Yassi do, indeed, help with EVERYTHING. From everyday things like driving and laundry to the really difficult, above-and-beyond things like dentist appointments (which involve restraining a writhing, kicking, and screaming 53-pound boy) and even help with administering enemas (which are even more fun than dentist visits!), they have helped Nick in every aspect of his life over the past year. And in helping Nick, they have helped our entire family\u2014 and helped us at a time when we were beginning to buckle under the crushing weight of some of Nick\u2019s more difficult behaviors. It is not an exaggeration to say that <strong>Yassi and Sarah, with their kindness, their competence, and their can-do attitudes, have saved our family\u2019s life.<\/strong> Even better, they\u2019ve become big sisters to our girls, the German daughters that my husband and I never knew we always needed, and the \u201csun\u201d and the \u201cmoon\u201d to our sweet Nick.<\/p><p><strong>Spagnoletti Family<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2nd Place &#8211; of the 2024 Apex Care Professional of the Year Award What could possibly be better than welcoming one superstar care professional into your family? Welcoming TWO! 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