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Pediatric OT-written guides on sensory processing, primitive reflex integration, and the movement-rich home — by Earl Mamaril, MS, OTR/L, and the Sensory Therapy Place clinical team.
Babkin reflex
How Do You Test for Primitive Reflexes? A Pediatric OT Explains 8 Key Reflexes
When a child struggles with transitions, emotional regulation, clumsiness, or focus, it is easy to read it as behavior. A pediatric OT looks deeper — at the centr...
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anxiety
Was My C-Section the Cause? How Cesarean Birth Affects Your Child's Nervous System — and What You Can Do About It
Pediatric OT Earl Mamaril answers the question parents ask quietly during evaluations: was my C-section the cause? Research-backed, guilt-free, hopeful — what the...
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anxiety
Why Your Child Startles, Panics, or Spirals Over Nothing: The Retained Moro Reflex Explained
What looks like generalized anxiety in children is often a retained Moro reflex — the nervous system stuck in survival mode since infancy. Pediatric OT Earl Mamar...
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