Your Child's Brain Can Change
The brain can form new connections allowing positive change for your child.
From Survival to Success
Understanding the natural progression of reflex integration helps us identify when intervention may be needed.
Birth to 6 months
Survival Mode
Reflexes help with feeding, protection, and early movement patterns. These automatic responses ensure the baby can survive and begin to interact with their environment.
6 months to 3 years
Integration Phase
Reflexes gradually integrate as voluntary control develops. This is when children learn to crawl, walk, and develop more sophisticated movement patterns.
3+ years
Foundation Complete
Fully integrated reflexes provide the foundation for complex learning, allowing children to focus on academic and social development without interference.
When reflexes don't integrate properly, children may struggle with tasks that should become automatic, requiring extra effort for activities their peers find easy.
The Science Behind Integration
Research shows that retained primitive reflexes can significantly impact a child's development.
Studies have found that children with learning difficulties often have a higher incidence of retained primitive reflexes compared to their typically developing peers.
The good news is that targeted intervention can help integrate these reflexes, leading to improvements in academic performance, coordination, and emotional regulation.
Our evidence-based approach draws from decades of research in neurodevelopment and movement therapy.
What Research Shows
Academic Improvement
Children who complete reflex integration programmes often show significant improvements in reading, writing, and mathematical skills.
Physical Coordination
Better balance, improved fine motor skills, and enhanced gross motor coordination are commonly reported outcomes.
Emotional Regulation
Many children experience improved emotional stability, reduced anxiety, and better social interactions following integration work.
Your Child's Brain Can Change
The most encouraging news: The brain's remarkable ability to form new connections means positive change is always possible.
Cells that fire together, wire together. Repeated movements strengthen neural connections, rewiring the brain for better function.
Our exercises promote healthy myelination, creating protective sheaths around nerve fibres for faster, smoother brain communication.
The brain's ability to form new connections means development can improve at any age, making our interventions possible.
Growing Body of Evidence
Recent research increasingly supports the connection between retained primitive reflexes and developmental challenges.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Found significant associations between retained reflexes and ADHD, ASD, and DCD diagnoses.
Brain Sciences
13.6% of healthy preschoolers had high levels of retained reflexes, correlating with sensory processing difficulties.
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Systematic review found consistent links between retained ATNR and ADHD symptoms.
RPRs in Healthy Preschool Children
65% of children aged 4-6 displayed retained reflexes, with clear correlation to motor skill delays.
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences
Identified atypical reflex patterns in infants later diagnosed with autism.
RPRs and School-Aged Development
Comprehensive review linking retained reflexes to learning disabilities and academic challenges.