A must-have guide for anyone seeking an easy way to enhance their child's and student's therapy with fun home and classroom-based activities. Complete with kid-friendly illustration, step-by-step instructions, and explanation of the Moro reflex, this guide provides a tool for integrating therapeutic exercise into the child's natural environment.

Are you a parent, teacher or service provider looking for effective resources to help and improve a child's development? Are you strapped for time? Would you like a guide of 5-10 minute step-by-step therapeutic exercises that can be done in the classroom, home or playground? Recognizing the need for effective and universally accessible auxiliary therapy programs, author, parent, and occupational therapist, Kokeb McDonald, OTR/L, created a must-have guidebook for anyone seeking a simple way to enhance their child's therapeutic exercise routine with easy-to-follow, home-based activities. Complete with fun, kid-friendly illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and clear explanations of the critical role the Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR) plays in childhood development and learning skills, this hands-on instructional guide offers parents and providers an invaluable tool for integrating therapeutic exercises into a child's natural environment and compassionately understanding the developmental challenges related to it. Inside you will find: Explanation of the primitive reflexes and how to identify "integrated" and "retained" reflexes in your child or student Symptoms checklist Simple and fun exercises Treatment plans geared toward occupational therapists in the clinical setting Letter of support and guide to parents Glossary of clinical terms In as little as 10 minutes a day of regular practice and observation, these fun and creative exercises will enable caregivers to enhance their child's development, support integration of the ATNR, and painlessly gather invaluable information about the child's performance outside the clinical setting. This book is perfect for any parent or professional working with children who experience motor delays, visual-motor delays, auditory sensitivity, processing issues, ADHD tendencies, learning or behavioral challenges, or just anyone who wants to help support a child's development and educational skills. Empower yourself today with stress-free tips and tricks to make the greatest impact on a child who is learning their place in the world.

Offering a bold new understanding of the causes of such disorders as autism, ADHD, Asperger's, dyslexia, and OCD, an effective drug-free program addresses both the symptoms and causes of conditions involving a disconnection between the left and right sides of the developing brain, with customizable exercises, behavior modification advice, nutritional guidelines, and more.

"The Symphony of Reflexes is not only a guide for the recovery of the nervous system for those with autism, ADHD, and other learning disabilities, but also a guide for human development and maximizing human potential."--amazon.com.

The description of reflexes in the normal development of a child and how if some reflexes are retained, or if others fail to develop it can influence the child's ability to learn or impact behavior. Techniques for testing, remediation. Describes brain function. history of awareness with reflexes.

Movements that Heal looks at the reasons behind why the Rhythmic Movement Training and Primitive Reflex Integration programme works. It discusses the developmental and environmental reasons behind many learning, sensory, emotional and behavioural challenges.

In The Rhythmic Movement Method, author Dr. Harald Blomberg explains why rhythmic movement is more useful than drugs in treating ADHD and many other disorders. Based on the spontaneous rhythmic movements of infants, these actions are necessary for the development of the brain, motor abilities, emotions, and mental faculties. He introduces his method-rhythmic movement training-and describes how simple healing exercises stimulate the ability of the brain and the nervous system to renew itself and create new connections. Blomberg shares how these exercises help people develop and mature or heal physically, emotionally, and mentally. With case studies included, The Rhythmic Movement Method helps children with ADHD and adults suffering from depression, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, and other disorders to feel well, function better, and stop taking medications.

A collective work of scientific articles and inspirational stories, plus a comprehensive index.