MONI LEBON
NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPIST
The Developmental Pyramid
This detailed pyramid shows how early sensory and motor foundations support attention, behaviour and learning.
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A House is Only as Strong as Its Foundations
Imagine three houses.
One develops cracks in the walls.
Another has doors and windows that no longer close properly.
A third has uneven floors.
Although the visible problems are different, they may all stem from the same underlying cause: weak foundations.
Children can be similar.
One child may struggle with reading, another with attention, another with emotional regulation or coordination.
Although these challenges look very different on the surface, they can sometimes share a common thread: some of the developmental foundations may not have matured as efficiently as expected.
Rather than focusing only on the visible symptoms, neuro-developmental therapy looks at the developmental foundations that support learning, movement and behaviour.
Development builds progressively. Early sensory, motor and reflex foundations support the development of increasingly complex movement, regulation, attention and learning.
Primitive reflexes are expected to become less dominant during infancy as more mature postural and movement patterns develop. When these early foundations are working efficiently, higher-level skills can be supported with less effort.
"Failure of lower centres to be inhibited will prevent higher centres from maintaining control."
Sally Goddard Blythe
Reflexes, Learning and Behaviour