Children who struggle with school attendance, anxiety, focus, concentration, sensory processing, behaviour, handwriting and many other issues often have retained primitive reflexes.  Primitive reflexes are movement patterns that babies make to develop the central nervous system  They start during pregnancy and should integrate into their system by age 2-3.  When reflexes don’t integrate they create the problems listed above and many others.  Retained fear reflexes will keep a child in permanent fight/flight or shut down, aggressive or anxious.  Retained neck reflexes affect balance, information processing, handwriting, reading and core strength.  Retained spinal reflexes make a child fidgety, chatty, have problems listening and concentrating.  Retained hand reflexes affect handwriting, speech and friendships.  Primitive reflexes are movement patterns and when they are retained or stuck in the system a good movement program can encourage them to integrate and so improve all of those symptoms listed above.  Organised Mind Training runs courses teaching all about primitive reflexes and how to encourage them to integrate.  An Introduction to Primitive Reflexes is a two day course that explains the main reflexes and movements to encourage them to integrate.  Primitive Reflexes for Schools and Groups is a two day course perfect for teachers or TA’s.