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Positioning for Play

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At rest, hypotonic muscles have decreased resistance to passive movement. As a result, joints might move past the normal range of motion: hypermobility.

Stay with me because now we will add movement to this picture and this always complicates things

Jumping on two feet typically emerges between 18 and 24 months. In general, about 6 months after a child has started to walk independently they demonstrate enough strength and control to experiment with jumping. This is why we see variation in terms

Children need the right input through their bodies to nourish their nervous system and make new brain connections (aka learning!).

I use tactile (touch), proprioceptive (body awareness), and vestibular (movement) input during my sessions to prep my

Why wait until a potential problem or a real problem becomes a true problem or a worse problem when we can be proactive?

Can someone please explain to me the benefit in “waiting and seeing”?
I’m being facetious. There’s no

Children with movement restrictions associated with muscle tone abnormalities, involuntary movements, and/or neuromuscular weakness often experience limited access to purposeful interactions and play as a result.

Thoughtfully positioning a child to

Practicing developmentally appropriate movements and transitions is an incredibly functional way of targeting impairments while providing babies with opportunities to experience multi-sensory input.

Here’s an example of how breaking down the

“Don’t lose your balance” Vs “Don’t spill the water”

The difference between these two cues is that the first one focuses on balance itself and the second one focuses on the *outcomes* of either maintaining or losi

I see quite frequently in my practice that infants with motor development challenges present with an imbalance between the postural muscles in the front and back of their bodies (aka flexors and extensors). This results in issues with alignment and p

This is an oversimplification but an analogy I use to explain the difference between low muscle tone and normal muscle tone when it comes to *resting tension and response to passive movement at a joint*.
Even at rest muscles are active. In children

Relying on extension (arching) is a common compensatory pattern for weakness. Here’s an easy way to modify the environment to engage postural flexors during floor to stand transitions!

“Raising the ground up” by using a cushion, l

Babies with low muscle tone and/or weakness tend to have a harder time engaging and stabilizing their core to sustain play postures and move confidently. These are some of my favorite activities to help little ones build a stronger foundation to supp

- The brain pays attention to what’s important.
- Learning consolidation (retention) is affected by emotions.

These two powerful sentences describe the neuroscience term SALIENCE, one of the principles of neuroplasticity. In other words, we

📣 Okay, hear me out because you won’t want to miss this FREE conference. Let me give you four really good reasons:

1. FREE interdisciplinary online conference for anyone who works with toddlers!
2. EVIDENCE-BASED topics delivered by experts

Here are a few reasons why this position is so beneficial!

☑️ core & trunk strengthening in preparation for higher level skills such as crawling on hands and knees
☑️ percursor to transitional movements such as sit to quadruped & pull to sta

I am so excited to be a speaker at the 5th annual Toddler Play FREE Online Conference which starts on March 18th. 🎉 🎊

Over 4 days 20 other speakers and I are going to lay out evidence-based tools to Integrate play into practice for ALL children ?

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Upright mobility is uncharted territory for babies when they spent most of their lives learning how to move and explore on the floor or very close to the ground. Some babies are willing to learn by taking risks and falling (and failing!), and some pr

Weakness in the muscles that bend the foot upwards (ankle dorsiflexors) leads to frequent tripping/falling due difficulty with actively clearing the foot. If on one side only, walking becomes asymmetrical. Balance reactions are also impaired as a res

Part of building resiliency comes from shared experiences. They can make us feel heard, validated, less lonely, and empowered.

We’re creating a place where families of children with rare genetic syndromes can get together, connect, provide mu

While this might look like a “simple” transitional movement, the integration of the underlying components of this pre-walking activity reflects the complexity behind human movement.

Transitioning from sitting to standing requires integr