2-Day Advanced Course-Primitive Reflex integration – Karen Pryor

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As therapists, when we treat the causes and symptoms of motor delays, we can utilize alternate brain pathways to improve the effects of therapy.

Through neuroplasticity, we have the power to make this happen! It acts as an adaptive mechanism to compensate for lost connection allowing us to maximize remaining function!

From congenital abnormalities (Downs Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Angelman Syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome and more….) to traumatic brain injuries, this course delivers new and exciting ideas on how to detour around damage and incorporate viable nervous system connections.

Dr. Karen Pryor, PT, DPT, will teach you:

• How therapy can change the brain and how neuroplasticity will improve motor skills in a child’s development
• Creative and evidenced-based approaches to incorporate into a multisensory learning experience
• The importance of diverse and novel activities during treatment sessions
• The link between primitive reflexes and development
• How to evaluate the influence of primitive reflexes and effects on the
• CNS developmental stages relating to motor function

Video case studies will demonstrate changes before and after integrative neuroplasticity treatments. The therapy techniques you learn in this course can easily be integrated into the clinic or home the next day, leading to increased developmental success. Purchase today!

1. Describe the primitive reflexes’ influence on movement patterns.
2. Identify the multilayer approach using neuroanatomy and brain function.
3. Evaluate strategies to incorporate techniques into home programs for parents and caregivers.
4. Recognize the importance of positive treatment sessions and verbal cues.
5. Analyze the relationship between brain dysfunction and tone abnormalities.
6. Restate different approaches to changing low and high tone qualities.
7. Identify primitive reflexes and how they contribute to development.
8. Articulate testing and influences of the retention or primitive reflexes.
9. Demonstrate the integration exercise, including modifications, for each reflex.
10. Identify the behavioral and physical systems associated with each reflex.
11. Examine why the reflexes may still be present.
12. Discuss what reflex integration can accomplish.

NEUROANATOMY & BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

• Brain stem and functions
• Occipital lobe
• Temporal lobe
• Frontal lobe
• Parietal lobe

BRAIN DAMAGE & MISSING PARTS

• Neurodevelopmental screens
• Examples of damage
• What is working and what is not
• Where to rewire
• Therapy as infants – faster change
• Going deep into the brain, beyond the level of damage

BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS

• High tone
• Low tone
• Nystagmus
• Tremors

HOW TO APPROACH TREATMENTS

• Developmental milestone review
• Sensory motor development
• Vision
• Vision and hearing
• Speech
• Sensation
• Primitive reflex patterns and influence
• Opening the hands for exploration
• Developmental delay and when to go back a step in therapy treatments

A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM & GUIDING IT FOR POSITIVE CHANGE

• Lobes next door
• Videos of before and after sensory stimulation combinations
• Why vision is vitally important and how it can be stimulated
• How these concepts can be explained to parents and caregivers
• The brain is clay and how to make a model

THE PRIMARY & SECONDARY RESULTS OF NEUROPLASTICITY TECHNIQUES

• Changing the way the brain connects
• Primitive reflex integration and increased active movements
• The “Team” – patient, therapist, and parent/caregiver
• Sensory stimulation to promote appropriate motor response
• Smooth movements
• Strength is not the same as tone
• Simple activities to present to parents

HOW TO INTEGRATE NEUROPLASTICITY INTO YOUR THERAPY PROGRAM

• Sensation is 3-dimensional
• Climb through the cloth tube
• Vision exercises
• Sensory stimulation for high tone vs. low tone

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPAIRMENTS RELATED TO:

• Brain stem
• Mid brain
• Cerebellum
• Cortex –
• Occipital lobe
• Temporal lobe
• Parietal lobe
• Frontal lobe

EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

• Demonstration of primitive reflexes
• How retained reflexes act on developmental milestones
• Reasons for primitive reflex retention or re-emergence
• How primitive reflexes interfere with higher level skills – Reading, writing, sensory processing

DETAIL

• Palmar grasp
• Plantar grasp
• Symmetrical Tonic Neck
• Asymmetrical Tonic Neck
• Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex
• Moro Reflex
• Extension synergy
• Flexion synergy