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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.
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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Why Your Child Can't Write Without Turning Their Head: The Retained ATNR Reflex Explained
Head turning during writing. Skipping lines while reading. No clear hand dominance past age 6. These aren't ADHD — they're often a retained ATNR reflex sabotaging...
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Is Your Child Always Tense? Understanding the Tendon Guard Pattern & Toe Walking
Toe walking, raised shoulders, clenched jaw, and chronic tension — the tendon guard pattern explained. A pediatric OT's neuro-fascial approach to releasing the bo...
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How Birth Trauma Can Affect Child Development Over Time
How traumatic birth experiences — both infant medical trauma and maternal birth-related PTSD — can affect a child's long-term development. Research-based parent g...
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Rhythmic Movement Therapy — How It Supports Primitive Reflex Integration & Brain Development
What rhythmic movement therapy is, why it supports primitive reflex integration and brain-body connection, and how parents can use it at home. From Earl Mamaril, ...
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