The persistence of fetal and primitive reflexes beyond the first year of life can have a profound effect on a child’s ability to function in the world. Retained reflexes can affect their physical and emotional balance and maturity, motor and processing skills, ocular and aural functioning and perceptual and language skills.
In this presentation, developmental trauma specialist Jacqui Ellis will provide an insight into how a profile of retained reflexes can impact the individual in their daily life and the life of the wider family and how this can be remediated by a Developmental Movement Programme.
Jacqui will present some case histories detailing the key issues the child was struggling with before embarking upon such a programme and relate these struggles to the key reflexes that were present at the diagnostic assessment. She will then go on to share key feedback and success milestones as the child moves through a programme of specific daily exercises over time.