# Primitive Reflex Integration Case Studies

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

   October 21, 2024

## Teacher helps her students with consistent use of rhythmic movements.

See how weaving the use of rhythmic movements into a school environment made a difference for an entire class, including a student with selective mutism!

Submitted by Nina Gallwey, Remedial Education Teacher

![Before and after illustration showing drawing improvements. Text: Now also reading aloud in class!](https://moveplaythrive.com/images/2023_Case_Studies/CS_NinGa_SM.webp)

 | Before | After |
|---|---|
| Student struggled with selective mutism | Reading aloud in class; joined school's drama club |
| Challenges with fine-motor skills such as drawing and writing | Neater, more organized drawing and writing |
| Reading struggles | Every student reading at grade level |

Nina Gallwey, a remedial education teacher at Siskiyou School in Ashland, Oregon, offers this dramatic example of greater sensory maturity and coherence. Before participating in a movement program \[from the [Brain and Sensory Foundations program](https://moveplaythrive.com/index.php?Itemid=362 "Primitive reflex integration course")\], the 8½-year-old student who drew these pictures \[above\] struggled with selective mutism. With regular rhythmic movement, this student’s strides amazed her speech therapist: She joined her school’s Drama Club and now reads aloud in class.

Here is another example of improved fine-motor skills in a different student:

![CS NinGa SM2](https://moveplaythrive.com/images/2023_Case_Studies/CS_NinGa_SM2.webp)

An important part of Nina Gallwey’s program is consistent use of innate rhythmic and reflex movements. **After two years under Nina Gallwey’s lead, every participant in her program for struggling students was reading at grade level.**

- [ Fine Motor Skills ](https://moveplaythrive.com/case-studies-conditions/fine-motor-skills)
- [ Handwriting ](https://moveplaythrive.com/case-studies-conditions/handwriting)
- [ Speech ](https://moveplaythrive.com/case-studies-conditions/speech)
- [ Learning Challenges ](https://moveplaythrive.com/case-studies-conditions/learning-challenges)
- [ Selective Mutism ](https://moveplaythrive.com/case-studies-conditions/selective-mutism)