Fine Motor Skills

Fine Motor Skills

Primitive Reflex Integration for Fine Motor Skills

Integrating primitive reflexes can bolster fine motor skills by helping to develop muscle strength and dexterity in the hands and fingers. Both children and adults have experienced increased quality and enjoyment of fine motor tasks with primitive reflex integration.

All case studies are written by students of the Brain and Sensory Foundations First Level course.

Boy on belly balancing on exercise ball. Text: Hyper-active boy can now focus.

Hyperactive Boy Can Now Focus

Before and after illustration showing drawing improvements. Text: Now also reading aloud in class!

Improvements for an Entire Class—Reading, Speech, Handwriting, and More!

Before-and-After drawings showing improvement in fine motor skills. Text: Results in 3 months.

Improvements in Self-Regulation, Controlling Anxiety, and Fine-Motor Skills!

Girl balancing on playground equipment with the help of her dad. Text: Mom of girl with ASD: "I see progress almost every day."

Improvements in Speech, Motor, Vision, Social-Emotional — After One Year, “a Completely Different Child”

Young boy playing with Legos. Text: Video—Delayed toddler makes huge gains.

Less Flapping and Mouthing, More Eye-Contact, Smiling, Eating, and Playing with Toys

Boy looking into camera. Text: Loving School for the First Time.

Massive Improvement in Daily Functioning for 5-Year-Old with Severe Trauma

Boy smiling into camera. Text: Boy stops toe walking.

No Toe Walking for the First Time after Less than a Week of Rhythmic Movements

Brother and sister reading together. Text: Better attention, reading, writing, and spelling. Links to a case study titled, "OT “Filled with Gratitude and Excitement”; Sees Profound Results for 6-Year-Old Boy"

OT “Filled with Gratitude and Excitement”; Sees Profound Results for 6-Year-Old Boy

Boy jogging away from camera. Text: Parents are Delighted in Son's Progress with Body.

OT Focuses on Reflex Foundation, Builds Focus, Strength, Self-Regulation, Pencil Grip

Boy resting in quadruped. Text: Bedwetting—Mom is thrilled with progress.

OT Learns Simple, Effective Tools to Help with Bedwetting for 7-Year-Old

Boy looking into camera. Text: Increased strength, fine motor, no more oral sensory seeking!

OT Stunned by 4-Year-Old's Progress

Giggling boy cuddling with mom. Text: Fine-motor improves to age-expected level.

Parents and Therapist Impressed with 5-YO Boy’s Large Improvements in Short Time

Before-and-After photos of drawings showing fine-motor improvement. Text: OT helps son transform with joyful movements.

Preschool Boy Gains Focus, Sensory Regulation, Fine-Motor, and Confidence

Boy in ball pit. Text: Preschooler now loves to play.

Preschooler Wary of Play, Now Loves to Go into the Ball Pit and on the Swing

Daughter and Mom chatting with eye contact. Text: Emotional Meltdowns stop for Anxious Girl.

Severe Anxiety and Sensory Issues Transform with Neurodevelopmental Movements

Close-up of a child's hands writing on paper. Text: Mom in tears about her boy's improvement. Links to a case study titled, Skeptical OT Convinced by “Profound Success” in Short Time Frame

Skeptical OT Convinced by “Profound Success” in Short Time Frame

Young boy and his mother working with a speech therapist. Text: Help for speech, fine-motor, potty training, sensory, and behavior issues.

SLP Amazed: "He Is Now Speaking in Sentences"

Girl writing. Text: 32% to 84% in visual sequential memory, 8-year-old girl

Struggles with Visual Memory, Hand-Eye Coordination, and Writing All Ease for 8-Year-Old Girl

Teen girl. Text: Teen girl, phobias and sensitivities diminish

Teen's Phobias Diminish After Summer of Rhythmic Movement

Three children lying in grass side-by-side. Text: From aggressive fighting to peaceful playing.

Three Siblings with ASD Make Dramatic Progress; Parents Are Overjoyed

Young girl focusing on writing. Text: Wiggly child can now focus. Results in 6 weeks!

Wiggly Child Can Now Focus

Helpful girl drying dishes. Text: Relief from meltdowns and anxiety.

Young Girl Develops Emotional Regulation; Improves Handwriting, Motor Skills, and Learning

Girl in a wheelchair holding hands with a caregiver. Text: ADL and fine motor gains for 13-year-old with CP.

Young Teen Girl with Cerebral Palsy Gains More Independence and Confidence

Boy smiling into camera. text: 13 year old boy with ASD: Mom sees huge improvements in 14 weeks.

Young Teen with ASD and SPD: More Regulation, More Speech, More Stamina, More Fun


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