{"id":222,"date":"2020-06-23T22:57:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T02:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/?p=222"},"modified":"2020-06-23T22:57:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T02:57:42","slug":"prevention-activities-for-primitive-reflex-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/2020\/06\/23\/prevention-activities-for-primitive-reflex-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention\/Activities for Primitive Reflex Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For infants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lots of floor play. Decrease the amount of awake time spent in containers.<\/li><li>Lots of movement. Provide natural movement that is not from a container.<\/li><li>Avoid carrying your infant in their carseat when out and about. Try to carry them, wear them, or sit them in the cart if they have adequate head control.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For older children who exhibit signs of retained Primitive Reflexes, engage them in various activities such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rock climbing.<\/li><li>Swimming.<\/li><li>Horesback riding.<\/li><li>Hopscotch.<\/li><li>Swinging &amp; sliding.<\/li><li>Jumping rope.<\/li><li>Rolling down hills.<\/li><li>Riding bikes.<\/li><li>Obstacle courses.<\/li><li>Therapy ball activities.<\/li><li>Traditional sports.<\/li><li>Gymnastics.<\/li><li>Yoga.<\/li><li>Karate classes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>References: Sensory Project Podcast Primitive Reflex Crash Course<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For infants: Lots of floor play. Decrease the amount of awake time spent in containers. Lots of movement. Provide natural movement that is not from a container. Avoid carrying your infant in their carseat when out and about. Try to carry them, wear them, or sit them in the cart if they have adequate head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}