Primitive Reflex Integration Case Studies

9-Year-Old Constantly Moving in Class, Can Now Focus

Case Studies

Teacher and OT partner to use neurodevelopmental movements, and help student find calm and focus.

Constant movement and an inability to stay on task were big challenges for this little boy. Find out how rhythmic movements and primitive reflex integration helped. 

Submitted by Divya Jyothi, Teacher with Heartfulness Institute

Teacher helping elementary student. Text: OT and teacher help boy transform.

BeforeAfter
Cannot sit in one place, even for a short while Able to sit in his place most of the time
Trouble staying on a task Stays on classroom activities for quite a long time

I am a teacher. There is a child in my class [9 years old] who is quite good with his studies, but cannot sit in one place, not even a while, and is too talkative.

Challenges facing:

  • Cannot sit in his place not even couple of minutes. He will keep on wandering to his friends and all over the class.
  • Cannot sit properly in chair. Always in a sliding pose.
  • Sensitive to touch.
  • Trouble staying on a task.

Chosen tools from the [Brain and Sensory Foundations] course:

  • Heart connection practice as he was sensitive to touch. During circle time, he and the other boys were talking to each other and not following the classroom rules. I started connection with his heart, and slowly he began to listen to me and do what I say more often. This was during class, too.
  • I did rhythmic movements and hook-ups with him in class. Due to my time constraint as a teacher in school, I could not do all the activities.
  • He was also getting some reflex integration activities [From the Brain and Sensory Foundations] from the occupational therapist.

With in a few weeks of practicing passive movements from me and integration activities form therapist, I noticed a positive change in his classroom attitude. He was able to accept instruction and explained why he was doing things rather than ignoring me.

By the end of the year, I found him as a completely different child.

  • He was sitting in his place most of the time.
  • Became regular with classwork.
  • Able to stay on classroom activities for quite a long time

[Edited for length and clarity, emphasis added]

*Disclaimer: The activities in the Brain and Sensory Foundations curriculum make use of the natural processes of neuroplasticity and development that are innately wired in the design of human beings to promote maturity and function. These activities appear to calm, organize, and mature the neuro-sensory-motor systems just as we see in the healthy development of human infants. Individual results may vary, and we do not claim to offer a diagnosis or cure for any specific condition or disorder. The Brain and Sensory Foundations activities appear to improve overall functioning resulting in measurable improvements for a range of conditions as demonstrated in over 1800 case studies from participants.