List of Websites

I have compiled a list of the best websites about retained primitive reflexes. There are a few other websites in there that have great info or activities. NR identifies retained primitive refexes. There is really only one way to integrate these relfexes. If you think your child can live with these reflexes, read the information in these links and I think you'll change your mind. Reflexes are easy to test for, and if your child has retained reflexes, then you know what you need to do. I may have been told this before, but it took finding it on my own to really figure out this was at the heart of all of our challenges. Primitive relfexes defined my daughter. My daughter is the textbook before and after story. Everything came together for her as her relfexes were integrated. It may not be the answer for everyone, but if your child has retained primitive relexes, they aren't going to go away on their own. OT teaches good compensation skills, but the problem is still there. I have seen so many people who avoid NR because it's actually easier to drag their kid to 5 different therapies than be disciplined enough to do this every day. I would have probably chosen that option had I had it available. We actually did do OT, but I was frustrated that no one ever cared to find out what was the root of the problem. I need to know why we do anything that we do. I need to know how it works. I didn't really work with anyone who cared to find out. Our OT dismissed NR and some of the primitive reflexes. She was good, and nice, but I needed more than a band aid. Only our vision therapist and our NR practitioner got the big picture. I hear NR mentioned on the 2 sensory groups I'm on and they are dismissed. I am really happy to see so many doing NR and attachment therapy. I think our time spent doing NR really helped our attachment as well.


http://www.drsamberne.com/articles/Berne_essay.pdf (primitive reflexes)


http://www.rhythmicmovement.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=18 (importance and roles of primitive reflexes)

http://www.visiontherapyathome.com/category_s/86.htm (primitive reflexes)

http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/search/label/Sensory%20Activities (for great sensory ideas)

http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2011/01/homemade-geoboard.html (fun sensory and play activities)

http://www.brainhighways.com/ (videos about effects of problems in different parts of the brain)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/04/10/the-child-you-didn-t-dream-of.html (hyperlexia)

http://www.inpp.org.uk/intervention-adults-children/more-information/reflexes/

http://www.ky3.com/news/contactky3/ky3-lack-of-tummy-time-blamed-for-developmental-delays-02232011,0,3781056.story