Special Summer Conference – Rhythmic Movement Training (RMTi)

Description

This course is designed to help the learner understand the importance of integrating primitive reflexes and the impact a non-integrated reflex has on neurodevelopment. Integrated reflexes anchor emotion and behavioral regulation, and improve concentration, muscle tone, motor coordination, and cognitive pathways for learning. RMT explores techniques to assess and integrate primary motor reflex patterns using brain-building movements for help with concerns related to ADD/ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Anxiety, Speech, Learning, Developmental Delays, Social, Emotional, Sensory, Behavioral, and Motor Challenges.

RMTi One – Focus, Organization & Comprehension

Topics include:

• How RMT builds neuro-sensory-motor foundations for focus and higher-level learning skills
• Basics on brain development and reflex integration
• Ways to identify developmental imbalances affecting focus, organization, and comprehension
• Information on a selection of reflexes involved in laying the foundations of focus and comprehension – Tonic Labyrinthine (TLR); Landau; Asymmetrical & Symmetrical Tonic Neck (ATNR & STNR); Spinal Galant; Amphibian; Infant Plantar & Babinski
• Methods for assessing and integrating primitive reflexes
• The passive, active and isometric rhythmic movements

RMTi Two – Emotions, Memory & Behavior

Topics include:

• Ways to identify retained reflexes affecting emotions, memory, and behavior
• Methods for integrating Fear Paralysis, Moro Babkin, and Tendon Guard Reflexes
• Basics on motor function and the limbic system
• How to release muscle tension and emotional upset
• Using RMT to increase brain connectivity to the frontal lobes
• Movements to release anxiety and stored emotional and physical tension
• Ways to support people with SPD and ASD using RMT

Includes a full-color illustrated manual and movement menu

TheraMoves Services, LLC, is Approved for Sponsor by NYS Board for OTs and OTAs

To register for this course, email info@theramoves.com

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About the Instructor

Jenni Halstead, BS, COTA/L has worked in OT for the past 25 years. She is an instructor and academic fieldwork coordinator in the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at Washburn University in Kansas. She worked in pediatrics prior to instructing at WU for 13 years, and has also worked in upper extremity rehab, acute care, and long-term care. She specializes in reflex integrationRead More