niki mcglynn
Who Can a Neurodevelopment Program Help? When I tell people that I am a
neurodevelopment therapist, this is the most common question, and if you are
looking at this website, the chances are you are looking for help for yourself
or you child and most of all you want to know if you are in the right place. So
simply put, neurodevelopment therapy is a way of giving the brain and
neurological system a second chance at development. When some of the
developmental stages are missed, primitive reflexes don't get a chance to
develop properly or develop and remain active when they should have gone away. A
reflex is an action that the body has no conscious control over, such as closing
your eyes when you sneeze. We are most familiar with the moro reflex in babies,
when they startle and fling their arms wide, then cling and cry. Reflex
movements, which start from 5 weeks in utero, build the nervous system, allow
the brain and body to organise and develop so that eventually you can stand,
move, think and function with ease. When these processes don't develop as they
should then problems can develop such as poor focus, balance, impulse control,
anxiety, social interaction, reading and writing, sensory processing and other
issues. Children then get labelled and lose their confidence. In many cases, all
that is required is a reorganisation of the neurological system. A
neurodevelopment programme can be used as a stand alone therapy or can be used
alongside any other programme or treatment.
