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I had a great time presenting at the Oklahoma Association of Neonatal and Pediatric Therapists (OANAPT) conference! OANAPT is a group of professionals dedicated to improving care for infants and children in Oklahoma. I had several requests for copies of my poster and decided to adapt it for web use. Here it is, I hope you enjoy! #PrimitiveReflexes #Birth #Pregnancy #Infancy #OANAPT #Oklahoma #NDD

Parents bring their children in to see me for many different reasons. Some kids are struggling with emotion regulation or sensory sensitivities, other children are clumsy and awkward in social situations, and many are falling behind academically. Today, I want to focus on the children who are struggling with academics and some of the most common things that I see that contribute to academic underachievement. Before I talk about some common underlying causes, I want try to get

You baby is born with a set of reflexes that help them to survive during the first few months after their birth. These infant reflexes (called primitive reflexes) should systematically disappear and your baby should develop new, adult (postural) reflexes. For some children, this process is interrupted; their primitive reflexes do not disappear and they fail to develop postural reflexes. This can lead to all sorts of developmental delays and can even be the root cause of many