Why Primitive Reflexes Matter in Early Childhood | A Parent's Guide to Child Development
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Emily Roper discusses the importance of primitive reflexes in early childhood development and their impact on motor skills and sensory processing.
In this episode, Emily Roper explains why primitive reflexes play a crucial role in early childhood development, their correlation with brain and body coordination skills from feeding to breathing, and how they lay the foundation for motor skills such as crawling and walking, as well as for sensory processing, such as reading or learning, which are important for future growth milestones in toddlers. Timestamps : 0:03 What are primitive reflexes, and their goal in early child development? 01:08 Types of primitive reflexes and their functions? 01:47 Why do primitive reflexes, such as the startle/ Moro reflexes, help with survival? 02:08 Why do some primitive reflexes play a key role in early cognitive and body coordination development? Contact Emily Roper Instagram.com/earlyrootsFacebook.com/earlyroots Follow us: Fledglings’ Flight: https://www.FledglingsFlight.com App: https://app.FledglingsFlight.com Instagram://fledglingsflight TikTok://fledglings.flight Facebook://fledglingsflight LinkedIn://fledglings-flight Pinterest://fledglingsflight Music: Purple Planet Music
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