
MONI LEBON
NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPIST
The process
If you’re concerned about a combination of the symptoms mentioned, the best place to start is with an initial consultation, which includes a 60-minute screening assessment. This involves a series of simple physical exercises to help identify whether any primitive reflexes are still active and whether the postural reflexes have fully developed. It also includes checks for balance, eye-tracking, and the body’s adrenaline (startle) response.
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If the results suggest that intervention would be helpful, a personalised home programme will be created. The reflex integration work may include tactile skin stimulation and specific movement-based exercises. These are simple to do at home and typically take no more than 5 to 10 minutes a day.
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Follow-up reviews are held every 6 to 8 weeks to monitor progress and make any adjustments as needed. The full process usually takes around 18 months, with a short three-month break after about a year of input. This pause allows the body to settle and gives time to observe whether improvements continue naturally. It also helps confirm that progress is being maintained before resuming to complete the process of reflex inhibition.
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Throughout the programme, there is ongoing communication with parents and children to reflect on how the exercises are supporting progress in everyday life.

Treatment

The therapy is a non-invasive neural stimulation programme. Through a combination of gentle skin stimulation and specific movement exercises that mirror the primitive reflexes, it helps the nervous system return to early developmental patterns and complete what may have remained unfinished, allowing growth to continue naturally.
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By repeating these stimulations and movements, the relevant neural pathways are reactivated and strengthened, allowing the reflexes to complete their natural developmental cycle and integrate properly. As each reflex is “switched off,” it creates space for higher functions to develop and operate more efficiently.
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This process supports the maturation of the central nervous system. It helps the body and brain to work together in a more coordinated way. The programme aims to integrate sensory input with movement, improving attention, balance, and hand-eye coordination.
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Mature postural reflexes play a vital role in the brain’s feedback systems, supporting emotional regulation, speech and language development, impulse control, and higher-level cognitive skills such as reasoning, planning, organisation, and problem-solving. Altogether, this fosters greater resilience, confidence, and the capacity for the individual to reach their full potential.
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What to expect from treatment?
Neuro-developmental therapy supports the maturation and reconnection of the central nervous system.
As the body becomes more integrated, subtle but meaningful changes often appear in areas that rely on attention, balance, and coordination.
Reading and writing may also start to feel easier, as these skills are closely linked to motor control and visual processing.
Once the nervous system is more efficiently organised, energy that was previously used for basic regulation becomes available for higher thinking and emotional balance. Movements begin to flow with greater ease, and emotional responses naturally soften as the body feels safer, calmer, and more at home within itself.
Positive changes families often notice
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Reduced impulsivity and better emotional regulation
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Improved focus and attention
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Greater ability to stay on task
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Increased empathy and emotional understanding
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Enhanced self-confidence
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Smoother social interactions and friendships
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Better coordination and body awareness in movement, dance, or sport