MONI LEBON
NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPIST
You may notice things like:
Physical symptoms
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​​Bed wetting beyond age 6
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Clumsiness
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Dyspraxia
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Motion sickness
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Photosensitivity
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Poor posture
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Poor spatial awareness
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Walking on toes
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Tics
Emotional difficulties
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​​​Hypersensitivity
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Mood swings
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Poor impulse control
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Anger and aggression issues
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Withdrawn, timid behaviour
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Low self-esteem
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Difficulty relating to their peers/making friends
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Angel at school, demon at home
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Attachment and separation issues
Learning difficulties
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Coordination difficulties
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Dyslexia
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ADHD
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Poor concentration
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Poor organisational skill
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Poor handwriting
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Poor short-term memory
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Sequencing difficulties
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Dyscalculia
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Difficulty conceptualising
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Slowness at copying tasks
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Translating thoughts into words on paper
Many clients come with diagnoses such as ADHD, autism, or dyslexia. Others come without labels, but experience similar challenges across learning, coordination, attention, or emotional regulation.
Regardless of diagnosis, neuro-developmental therapy focuses on supporting the nervous system foundations that sit beneath these difficulties.
By working with the body and integrating retained reflexes, children develop greater ease in movement, learning and everyday life.
A second chance for the body to grow with confidence and capacity.
How neuro-developmental therapy works
The nervous system underpins how we learn, move, regulate emotions and respond to everyday life. When these foundations haven’t fully matured, children can come under constant pressure. This may show up as difficulties with learning, coordination, attention, emotional regulation or anxiety.
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In many cases, these challenges are linked to retained primitive reflexes. These are early movement patterns present at birth that should naturally integrate in the first years of life. When they remain active, it can be harder for the brain and body to work together efficiently. This is common and not the result of anything having gone wrong.
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Neuro-developmental therapy is a gentle, drug-free approach that supports the nervous system’s natural development. Through simple tactile input and specific movement exercises, it helps integrate retained reflexes and supports the brain’s ability to organise and adapt.
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As integration progresses, many families notice improvements in attention, learning, coordination and emotional regulation, along with a greater sense of calm and ease in the body. Over time, this supports growing confidence and access to each child’s potential.
"Our rightful place as educators is to be removers of hindrances. Each child in every age brings something new into the world from divine regions, and it is our task to remove bodily and psychical obstacles out of his way, to remove hindrances so that his spirit may enter in full freedom into life."
Dr. Rudolf Steiner addressing the Waldorf teachers at the Oxford Course
