Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
Approved Provider
Neurodevelopmental Therapy
Neurodevelopmental Therapy
brain & body boost is an approved provider for a local adoption agency for therapeutic interventions - with regular applications being submitted to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) to cover costs of therapy for adopted children under their care
Neurodevelopmental Therapy
Neurodevelopmental Therapy
Neurodevelopmental Therapy
Neurodevelopmental Therapy and working with the nervous system can be the missing link in terms of support for adopted children - if talking and play therapies are not having much lasting effect, it is likely that the nervous system is in charge of behaviour
Calming the nervous system
Neurodevelopmental Therapy
Calming the nervous system
Working with adopted children is generally about working on calming the nervous system and helping the child move out of defensive states (eg fight / flight / freeze), and also helping connections in the brain strengthen through replicating [often] missed opportunities for movement
Adoption Support Fund
Retained Reflexes in adopted children
Early weeks, days, months of adopted children
Retained Reflexes in adopted children
Looked after & adopted children tend to be more likely to have retained reflexes which can lead to struggling with school and home life - particularly with emotional regulation, behaviour & learning difficulties. Therapeutic interventions to work with the Primitive Reflexes can be funded by the Adoption Support Fund. Click below to learn more about Primitive Reflexes
Pregnancy of adopted children
Early weeks, days, months of adopted children
Retained Reflexes in adopted children
Unfortunately, adopted children are more likely to have experienced a pregnancy where their birth mother has abused drugs or alcohol or has experienced extreme emotional stress during pregnancy - all of these factors affect the movements baby makes during pregnancy. These movements are important for the emotional reflexes to deactivate (
Unfortunately, adopted children are more likely to have experienced a pregnancy where their birth mother has abused drugs or alcohol or has experienced extreme emotional stress during pregnancy - all of these factors affect the movements baby makes during pregnancy. These movements are important for the emotional reflexes to deactivate (Fear Paralysis & Moro). Fewer movements can lead to reflexes which remain active and can impact on a child's behavioural, sensory & emotional maturity, and also the way they stand and walk, the way they talk, and the way they think & learn.
Early weeks, days, months of adopted children
Early weeks, days, months of adopted children
Early weeks, days, months of adopted children
After birth, Looked After & Adopted children may have fewer opportunities to move in natural ways to deactivate the reflexes either through containment in equipment or through purely not having the space, stimulation or opportunity to move. The movements baby makes as she is developing are important for the deactivation of the reflexes a
After birth, Looked After & Adopted children may have fewer opportunities to move in natural ways to deactivate the reflexes either through containment in equipment or through purely not having the space, stimulation or opportunity to move. The movements baby makes as she is developing are important for the deactivation of the reflexes and therefore lack of movement can lead to active reflexes affecting the way the child stands and walks, they way they talk, the way they think and learn and the way they manage their emotions and relationships.
Signs of retained (active) Primitive Reflexes
- Low tolerance to stress or constant state of inner stress / shy / withdrawn / insecure / anxious
- Difficulty interacting with peers at school / teachers / boss
- Poor sleep routine
- Difficulties sitting still
- Poor handwriting / spelling / excessive writing pressure
- Difficulties with maths
- Tense muscles especially in the legs: toe walking
- Bed-wetting post age of 5
- Problems learning to hop
- Problems with physical coordination
- Problems learning to do breast stroke / ride a bike
- Difficulties with ball games / poor hand eye coordination
- Difficulty holding head up / tense shoulder muscles
- W sitting
What next? RMTi can help make life easier
Why Rhythmic Movement Training?
Who can Rhythmic Movement Training help?
What is Rhythmic Movement Training?
Our Primitive Reflexes generate specific movements as we are developing through our first months of life. The movements generate and then strengthen pathways in the brain so that we can process sensory input successfully. So, if we haven't made enough of these specific movements, then the reflexes remain (retained reflexes) and the pathw
Our Primitive Reflexes generate specific movements as we are developing through our first months of life. The movements generate and then strengthen pathways in the brain so that we can process sensory input successfully. So, if we haven't made enough of these specific movements, then the reflexes remain (retained reflexes) and the pathways in the brain are not developed sufficiently in order to process sensory input successfully. RMTI or Rhythmic Movement Training is a method of Reflex Integration which can help looked after & adopted children by making life easier.
What is Rhythmic Movement Training?
Who can Rhythmic Movement Training help?
What is Rhythmic Movement Training?
Rhythmic Movement Training or RMTi replicates the movements that babies and infants make as they are developing, using small rhythmic movements - to fill any gaps in movement and therefore strengthen the connections in the brain and integrate retained reflexes, resulting in everyday tasks becoming easier leading to a happier home, school or work life for looked after & adopted children.
Who can Rhythmic Movement Training help?
Who can Rhythmic Movement Training help?
Who can Rhythmic Movement Training help?
RMTI or Rhythmic Movement Training can help everyone! But we see particularly big changes with Integration of retained reflexes in individuals living with problems with emotional regulation including Anxiety and Anger (often seen in looked after & adopted children), also Autism, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Parkinson's, and general difficul
RMTI or Rhythmic Movement Training can help everyone! But we see particularly big changes with Integration of retained reflexes in individuals living with problems with emotional regulation including Anxiety and Anger (often seen in looked after & adopted children), also Autism, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Parkinson's, and general difficulties with reading & writing. Get in touch to find out how brain & body boost can help.
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
Looked after and adopted children tend to be more likely to have experienced trauma in their early life often leading to a lack of sense of safety, being easily triggered into fight or flight and difficulties with emotional regulation and social engagement.
The Safe & Sound Protocol helps to introduce a sense of safety by training the muscles of the middle ear and stimulating the vagus nerve. The Safe and Sound Protocol can be funded by the Adoption Support Fund. Click below to find out more about the Safe & Sound Protocol and how it works.