Description
Motor, sensory, behavioral, academic, digestive, immune and autonomic dysregulation issues are all seen in various combinations and degrees in neurobehavioral disorders such as ADHD, Autism, learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and social skills deficits.
Robert Melillo – Integrative Therapy for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Connecting Primitive Reflexes and Brain Imbalances to Polyvagal Theory to Improve Learning, Behavior and Social Skills
But, why? What is the link? Most experts believe that these disorders are connected to one another. How? In this recording, Dr. Melillo will answer these questions in the most practical way.
Based on 20 years of clinical experience and cutting-edge brain science, Dr. Melillo will teach you new and innovative therapy techniques that connect motor development to cognitive development, and examine the relationship to early milestones and retained primitive reflexes. You will learn to tie all of this together with the Polyvagal Theory, brain hemisphericity and a holistic understanding of how the brain and the hemispheres regulate everything. You will learn techniques and tools that translate into clinical success no matter what the condition or severity.
With the rise of developmental neurobehavioral disorders and the overwhelming wide spectrum of related symptoms, understanding the root cause of neurobehavioral and learning disorders is essential to successful treatment.
From this recording, you’ll learn:
Techniques to identify and remediate Polyvagal issues, retained primitive reflexes and a wide variety of behavioral, learning and social issues
Strategies to quickly and effectively inhibit primitive reflexes and promote the development of postural reflexes
Tools to asses and promote balance in postural, oculomotor and vestibular systems
Assessments for motor, sensory, academic, cognitive and behavioral skills
Sensory, motor, cognitive and behavioral techniques to promote brain integration
Nutritional and simple dietary assessments and interventions
Handouts
Manual – Integrative Therapy for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (5.31 MB) 164 Pages Available after Purchase Instructions for ASHA Credit – SELF STUDY ONLY – 11/30/18 (0.03 MB) Available after Purchase
Outline
DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROLOGY OVERVIEW
Epidemiology of mental health, educational, and neurobehavioral disorders
Movement and brain development
Brain development through segregation, integration, and localization of networks
Primitive and postural reflex development and retention, plus the relationship to brain development
Brain asymmetry, development, function, and integration of the hemispheres, plus the relationship to learning disabilities, behavioral
disorders and socialization issues
ASSESSING AND REMEDIATE RETAINED PRIMITIVE REFLEXES
What are primitive reflexes? Why and how do they develop?
Assess primitive reflexes in infants, children, and adults
Symptoms associated with specific primitive reflex retention
Asymmetry of primitive reflexes and the relationship to brain imbalances, ADHD, dyslexia
HANDS-ON LAB: Remediation exercises for primitive reflexes
CASE STUDY: Adult female with multiple retained primitive reflexes, history of dyslexia, depression, digestive issues, and syncope
PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE POLYVAGAL THEORY IN LIFE AND IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Polyvagal theory and evolution of the autonomic system
Fear paralysis reflex, the Moro reflex, and both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems development
Relate movement and primitive reflexes with Polyvagal Theory
Autonomic and hemispheric regulation of immune system, gut function, and other issues
Assess autonomic development, heart rate variability, and autonomic dysregulation
Connect brainstem development, the development of the social engagement system, and attachment disorders
HANDS-ON LAB: 35 ways to stimulate the Vagal system
CASE STUDY: Child with ADHD, retained Moro reflex, and abnormal heart rate variability
CASE STUDY: Patient with autonomic imbalance and autism
HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE VS HEMISPHERIC WEAKNESS
Right brain vs left brain functions
Why and how the right and left brain become specialized
How imbalances can develop
How imbalance produces specific symptoms
HANDS-ON LAB: Testing for brain imbalances
Cognitive style profile
Hemispheric checklist
Postural hemispheric exam
Cranial nerve exam
Develop specialized hemispheric-based treatment to restore balance
CASE STUDY: Patient with dyslexia, learning disabilities and retained primitive reflexes
ATTACHMENT, POLYVAGAL SYSTEM, AND HEMISPHERIC IMBALANCE
Understanding attachment and behavior
Relate attachment with movement and discover the subconscious way we form and maintain relationships, and how this can affect us our whole life
How the brain hemispheres contribute to attachment
Functional neurology of human behavior, relationships and emotions
HANDS-ON LAB: Use the adult attachment inventory as a diagnostic tool
HANDS-ON LAB: Target functional neurology networks diagnostically and therapeutically
CASE STUDY: Patient with reactive attachment disorder and ADHD
