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Why is it so important for infants to explore movements while lying on their backs?

When you look at new born babies, doesn’t it amazes you how they love to curl their little bodies into a bundle, tucking their arms and legs together as if they are hugging themselves. This flexion pattern which is prominent at birth allows…

Is ‘Tummy Time’ beneficial for your child’s development?

I’ve had so many parents tell me, “My child hates being on their tummy.” Why, you would ask? It is good for…

Making the best of ‘Your Child’s Success Circle’!

No matter what your child’s current abilities are, there is always room for improvement.

When as parents we provide our children with environments that enrich and challenge them, we are providing our children with the conditions to learn new skills and advance in their abilities.

Why your own ‘Self-Care and Well Being’ is so important for your child’s success.

Have you ever had the experience of a bad night’s sleep and woken up feeling groggy, unable to think or act straight? It is often underrated how the state of our bodies can affect our ability to think, act and function in our daily life.

Imagine trying to make important decisions (both for yourself and your loved ones) when all you want to do is rest and catch some more Zzz’s…

How can a ‘Supportive Wider Circle of Care’ further enhance your child’s development?

Imagine. If everyone coming into contact with your child was also contributing in some way to your child’s learning, how much faster your child could be progressing!

Along with the hands-on support I provide your child during their therapy session, their parents also receive Home Activity Programs…

Variations in Environment and Experiences. Why is it important? And how can it further support your child’s development?

Clearly this is a subject with far-reaching consequences. I want to give you a short introduction and a reminder of its importance. The random movements made naturally by infants provide their nervous systems with the necessary information…

Would you expect that therapy sessions alone can ‘fix the problem’ or solve your child’s current challenges all on their own?

How then can an on-going Home Activity Program support your special needs child’s success with their therapy?

Let me explain.

Why Consistent Commitment? How does your consistent commitment to your child’s therapy ensure their continued success?

Often times, I get asked the question, ‘How often should my child have their therapy?’ Before I integrated alternative therapies into my physiotherapy practice, I regularly saw my clients for 1 to 2 sessions per week. Having now used the Feldenkrais® and Anat Banial Methods alongside physiotherapy for my clients for over 10 years, I’ve learned from experience that your special needs child makes the fastest progress when…

Support Your Child’s Success! How can your child with special challenges achieve the most benefit from their therapy?

What are the key elements required for your child to enjoy success with and from their therapies? Are you trying one therapy after another hoping that the next one will offer more positive outcomes than the previous one?

Expand Your Child’s Movement Vocabulary! Why is it important to support your child with a wide variety of ‘movement vocabulary’?

Has it ever occurred to you that your child with special challenges also needs a set of movement ‘ingredients’ or ‘vocabulary’ to allow them to build bigger and more purposeful movements. And just like learning to read and write, there are many ways to put these ‘movement vocabularies’ together to achieve functional movements and hence, independence.

Believe in Your Child! Our beliefs can support (or impede) our children’s progress.

With well intended efforts, and often without being aware it, parents could inadvertently slow down their child’s progress. When you support a safe and stimulating learning environment for your child, you are providing your child with the opportunity to figure out for themselves what they want, and experience how it feels to achieve what they want.

Awareness In Action! How can you support your child to awaken the ‘observer’ within?

When your child is ‘Awaring’, it’s as if your child has an ‘inner observer’ shining a light, revealing something your child has not felt or realized before. Awareness on this internal sensory level elevates your child’s brain to a place of discovery and choice rather than being reactive or on automatic pilot.

What’s love got to do with it? How creating a Loving and Safe Learning Environment can support your child’s development.
Like a ‘new kid in town’ your child is learning with your guidance. Your reactions and responses reflect and project meaning onto the consequences of your child’s actions…

Creative Imagination! How can Imagination and Dreams support you to support your child’s development?

Imagination ‘turns the lights on’ throughout your child’s brain, creating billions of new connections. When you support your child to form new connections through imagination and dreams, you are supporting your child’s ability to move beyond their current limitations and create new possibilities…

Experience Subtlety! How ‘subtlety’ can support your child’s development.

Subtlety is the ability to recognize and make very fine distinctions and is often underestimated in this world of quick, quick, quick. Our ability to perceive fine differences generates information which is useful for organizing new, more refined action and for overcoming our limitations…

Slow down to speed up! How can ‘slowing down’ actually speed up the progress of your child’s development in the long run.

Moving Attentively! How ‘movement with attention’ supports you to be more sensitive to your child’s feelings, which in turn supports them to learn at an elevated rate and to enjoy the process at the same time.

Flexible Goals! How can flexible goals support you to support your child’s progress?

Celebrate Enthusiasm! How being enthusiastic can change your and your child’s life in positive ways!

Playing Smart! How can you make the most of the time you spent with your special needs child? Here are some practical tools and tips.

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