Children progressing through play, CPTP

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Our CPTP classes understand that the child is neurodivergent.  With this understanding my program was designed to support them through friendships, while working on their core strength, and integrating their retained primitive reflexes.

"Reflexes are normal, involuntary movement patterns that promote motor learning and sensory integration.  Primitive reflexes are involuntary movement patterns that are present at birth and become dormant, or "integrated," before the child reaches 12 months of age. 

1.McDonald, K. Integrating Primitive Reflexes through Play and Exercise. Polaris Therapy 2019, p3.

"However, sometimes reflexes do not become integrated and interfere with a child's ability to develop an appropriate foundation for strength and stability." (1) What can happen is that your child will display movements that they can't control, and they are acting on instinct instead of moving how they chose to.

There are many ways that a retained primitive reflex can show itself in your child.  You as a parent or caregiver could see poor balance, hyperactivity, poor learning skills, poor auditory processing skills, anxiety, emotional instability and sensitivity, problems with vision, inability for the child to perform activities that cross the body- like skipping.  Your child may even be diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, have social and behavioral challenges. Maybe this diagnosis is correct, but maybe it isn't.  Maybe you have tried medications and nothing has worked for more than a couple weeks.  Maybe there is something else going on.

2.(www.brainbrighttherapy.com)

We are not providing a one on one physical therapy session.  What we are providing is a new program that addresses a broad approach to this type of treatment.  With my experience I have noticed that these children rarely get to work with a group of friends.  They are typically picked last in gym class.  They aren't very good at sports, waiting their turn, or being able to keep focused on the game.  This program was designed to address a little bit of every reflex in each session.  There will also be 4-8 week sessions that can address a primary reflex.  

We are committed to creating a support system for the parents and for the child.  Having a neurodiverse child is hard, very hard.  Not only are we going to address emotional recognition, primitive reflexes, but we are going to have them play group games.  your children are going to learn what it is like to take their turn, cheer each other on, and work on some skills that are hard for them.  But they will be working on these skills with soon to become friends.  Other children who might struggle a bit differently, but they also understand that they want to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

There are many different primitive reflexes, not all of them cause problems to a person if they retain them.  CPTP is a program that primarily works on integrating the Moro, Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR), Palmer, Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex, Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex.