Praise For: The Role of Primitive Reflexes in Neurological Organization

The program was very helpful at learning how to assess and grade the retained reflexes. It gives a clear path as to how we need to observe our children for the developmental milestones and discuss the challenges that parents may be experiencing with their development not only physically but socially and cognitively as well.

It has helped me view the children in my office with an additional lens. Since COVID we have been seeing parents seeking more information and other avenues for some of the challenges their children are experiencing.

A young patient who during COVID was treated for leukemia ( isolated more than typical due to society changes and immunosuppression) presented for adjustments after returning to hockey. During the conversation with the dad, they had been taking him to vision therapy for treatment with “ADHD and dyslexic” type behaviour. I asked if they had heard of retained reflexes and explained what they were. I asked if they knew if they had investigated the retained reflexes in vision therapy. I found he had retained Moro, Galant, palmar, plantar, ATNR and STNR. We have started treating him and working on some integrative exercises.

If you want a pediatric practice, you will come across the retained primitive reflexes. It is key that we can recognize and test for these to benefit the child most in our care.

Although the adjustment is the most critical piece of integration and the brain body connection, the program could benefit from some examples of the exercises or activities that would be most beneficial. We live in a community where people will travel 3 hours for an appointment and can’t do that more than a few times a month weekly if we are lucky (weather dependent). Parents are looking for some tools to have at home that can help to maximize the impact of Chiropractic care and continue the momentum of healing when at home.

I learned about all of the primal reflexes. I learned why the primal reflexes are maintained with older children. I learned that you have to clear the nervous system, first, before giving the child exercises to integrate the primal reflexes.

Yes, it has made me a better chiropractor and even more knowledgeable about how the nervous system works and develops.

Yes, I treat many children, and I used what I learned in this class to both evaluate and treat both infants and young children.

Yes, I would definitely recommend this class to others. Courtney Neill does an excellent job explaining and teaching the primitive reflexes. The videos are great to watch over and over again, so that you can master the Primitive Reflexes.

I enjoyed learning about the primitive reflexes; it is a very interesting course!

My takeaway is that any class I have taken I always find good information that serves either as a reminder or good clinical pearls.

It increases my certainty and clarity about working with infants and children.

Doing a quick assessment of the reflexes before an adjustment and then seeing them gone after.

Yes, I would recommend it. Even though taught before, it is always a great reminder and helps with your certainty with kiddos and other pediatric professionals.

It was a good class.