My daughter was struggling with schoolwork and reading. Things just weren’t clicking. We got the official diagnosis of severe dyslexia when she was in third grade.
Shortly after her diagnosis I heard about NeuroDevelopmental Movement. I knew immediately it was the answer I was searching for. The real solution.
I became certified in NDM, not only for my own daughter, but to help other children as well.
After six months of committing to my daughter’s NDM program, she graduated. She had no signs of developmental gaps at the pons and midbrain level.
But what really matters is that she is now reading at grade level. Before NDM she wouldn’t even try to read. Now, in fifth grade, she’s joyfully reading books that are hundreds of pages long.
Not only did we see improvement in her ability to read, but she also became much more regulated, independent, and confident. She is also excelling in her piano and viola playing.
We didn’t spend hundreds of dollars for weekly tutors or therapists. We got to spend lots of quality time together. And my daughter felt empowered to achieve her full potential.
My daughter is just one example of the power of NeuroDevelopmental Movement. The stories are endless.
What are parents saying?
“We are seeing phenomenal results with these exercises!! He plays much better with others, has a ton less outbursts, and I don’t fear him having a screaming fit.”
“He is already more interested in books.”
“After only a few months her OCD is completely gone!”
“My daughter is more organized and independent than ever. Her executive function challenges have almost completely vanished. She even just received multiple scholarships to her college of choice!”
If you want your child’s story to sound similar, NeuroDevelopmental Movement may be right for you!
“NeuroDevelopmental Movement® (NDM®) is an approach to behavioral, academic, psychological, social, and physical challenges of both children and adults with any form or degree of injury or delay in the central nervous system. NDM is fully informed by and takes all of its powerful tools for change from the model for natural growth called the Developmental Sequence.
The Developmental Sequence is the hierarchy of physical activities through which every human being moves. From pre-natal activities up through cross pattern walking, all humans are genetically programmed to move through an ascending hierarchy of functional movements, each of which stimulates the next phase of growth. Each layer of development is built on the layer of growth that occurred prior, so it is critical that each stage is fulfilled in a timely manner. This hierarchy of movements is responsible for our anatomical and neurological health. By replicating the Developmental Sequence through a program of NeuroDevelopmental Movement, we are able to create a healthy physical body and nervous system.
Through its neuro-motor and sensory programs, NDM completes and fills in gaps in development, allowing the client to move forward in their anatomical and neurological growth.
NeuroDevelopmental Movement® is a movement and sensory-based, drug-free approach to addressing the challenges of a disorganized or injured brain. Brains can become dysfunctional with a patchy or spotty distribution of challenges that often stand out against a pattern of largely normal neurodevelopmental skills. They may present themselves against a background of good intelligence, while behavior can be extreme and unmanageable. Some children have pervasive neurodevelopmental challenges that impact all areas of their functioning, and in more extreme cases, children are globally delayed, or brain injured.
More commonly, however, children can have a wide range of less extreme, but still highly challenging diagnoses, including most of the “alphabet” diagnoses: RAD, ODD, OCD, ADD, ADHD, FASD, CP, Tourette’s, Autism Spectrum, etc. All of these diagnoses are on a continuum of a damaged or under-developed brain.
The brain itself is the central problem, and when you have a central problem, you can logically posit a central solution. Thus, when you treat the central organism, the brain itself, you can go a long way toward recovery.
NeuroDevelopmental Movement® addresses these issues by evaluating skills at different developmental levels, and considers reflexes, movement, and sensory development. If there are gaps at any level, work is begun at the lowest level to enhance functionality and complete the required developmental task, by replicating the activities that a neurologically typical child instinctively utilizes to integrate the brain.
The tools that are naturally provided to integrate the infant brain are the most effective way to integrate a brain that is missing some of those functions that lead to the above diagnoses.
NeuroDevelopmental Movement® will assess a child and provide a program of activities that should take about an hour a day. These activities will replicate any missing stages and will include reflex, motor, and sensory activities.
NeuroDevelopmental Movement® provides the client with one of the most comprehensive, effective, and natural approaches to these challenging issues.
Traditionally, the prevailing approaches in our culture respond to challenging children with one or both of two solutions, either: 1) Change or modify the behavior directly through behavioral programs or coaching—including social behavior, academic behavior, and physical behavior; or, 2) Medicate.
We are given primarily these modalities, but with the ever-increasing level of dysfunction in our children, we must look beyond the two approaches that have been tried for an extended period of time with no resolution of the bigger trends in the culture, We challenge all of our clients to look beyond interventions that have failed to heal the current problems in childhood mental and physical health, and look to the central solution which, on examination, is the most logical and effective approach.
Treat the brain itself with what the brain naturally needs.
NeuroDevelopmental Movement® discards the behavior and/or medication model and focuses on the problems underlying the neurological dysfunction. The central problem is met with a central solution.” – Bette Lamont
NeuroDevelopmental Movement may meet the needs of children struggling with:
- reading
- writing
- schoolwork
- behavior
- social interaction
- focus
- anger/violence
- hyperactivity
- inability to feel hunger or pain
- lack of empathy
- lack of coordination
- bathroom accidents
- and more!
At this time I am only working with in-person clients (in the West MI area or those that wish to travel). Onboarding and follow-up sessions can be done online. All assessments and re-assessments must be done in-person, located in Marne, MI (note there is a small additional travel fee for in-home assessments) Assessements can last anywhere from 30 – 60 minutes, depending on the child. Assessments are typically performed every three months to monitor progress and make program adjustments.
Daily exercises as part of an NDM program can take anywhere from 30-60 minutes per day. A child may graduate from the program between 6 months and 3 years, depending on the degree of developmental gaps and the consistency of the exercises.
Discounts are available for families utilizing NDM for multiple children.
Curious if NeuroDevelopmental Movement is right for your child? Schedule a 15-minute Clarity Call to learn more. Have questions or want to sign up? Email me at [email protected].
