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Is your child struggling to make headway at school?

Do you consider that they are failing to reach their full potential?

Are the interventions they are being offered in school effective?

It might be time to consider another approach. At Colne Learning Development, your child can be assessed in terms of their history, development and learning profile. A programme can then be offered that is tailored to you and your child’s specific needs.

I have been researching the neurology of learning for the last 12 years and have used this knowledge to develop courses that aim to improve my clients’ ability to succeed both in school and in the wider world. The programmes offered are based on several areas of specialist knowledge:

  • As a consultant in Rhythmic Movement Training (RMT), I am able to establish whether retained or unintegrated primitive Reflexes are having an effect on your child’s learning and well-being.
  • I have developed a phonics course to help those with dyslexic traits to improve their ability to spell.
  • I have experience in new methods to stimulate interest and comprehension in reading.
  • I am experienced in improving handwriting skills
  • I am an accredited Neuro Sensory Practitioner for Sensory Activation Solutions(SAS)
  • I am an accredited Raviv Practitioner

RMT

Babies in the womb and in the first months of life have a series of primitive reflexes that are essential to survival. These reflexes, however, should be inhibited or give way to postural reflexes. Ideally, the body then becomes controlled by the higher centres of the brain.

Any stages that are missed out in this process can cause a range of difficulties. An RMT programme aims to work on any unintegrated or retained reflexes in the chronological order in which a child’s development takes place.

Explanation of primitive reflexes

Every child born into the world is born with a set of reflexes which are for the infant’s survival, and which form the basic reflex system. They start to emerge in utero and should be inhibited, or in certain cases transformed, by a higher part of the brain during pregnancy and the first year of neonate life. If this fails to occur, then the reflexes remain aberrant, and they represent structural weakness in the central nervous system. The emergence and inhibition of reflexes at the correct time plays a vital role in myelination of the nerves, and it is upon this, that the resulting human being will eventually depend for its efficient functioning at all levels of consciousness.

During normal development, the primitive reflexes should start to emerge, strengthen, fulfil a function and then undergo inhibition throughout the first year of life.

There should be a strict chronology, sequence and rhythm to this reflex structure so that, by a certain age, specific milestones should have been achieved. Should the sequence be interrupted in any way, it will result in the early reflexes remaining locked in the system so that the emergence of subsequent reflexes is disturbed and further central nervous system development will be built on eccentric foundation.

An initial consultation to discuss your child’s needs is completely free.