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A method built around inhibiting retained primitive reflexes — the early-infant motor patterns that should have faded in the first months of life, but in some children persist and affect learning, attention, coordination, and speech.
what it is
Neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) and stimulation (NVS) work through the body, but the goal is in the brain. Simple exercises, repeated daily, mimic infant movement and give the central nervous system a second chance to complete developmental connections that didn't fully form in early childhood.
Typical practice is about 10 minutes a day for 9–12 months. Suitable from around age 4, effective in adults too. In the Czech Republic the method is most widely spread through PhDr. Marja Volemanová's framework NVSNeurovývojová stimulace (Czech) — set of exercises building on neurodevelopmental therapy, popularised by PhDr. Marja Volemanová's "Learning through movement" programme. — learning through movement.
Who it suits most: children with developmental language disorder, with ADHDAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — a neurodevelopmental difference involving attention regulation, impulsivity, and motor activity., with dyslexia, with dyspraxia, with autistic features, with balance, coordination, or graphomotor difficulties. For children where “something doesn't quite click” and standard methods aren't breaking through.
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People and centres we've vetted and trust. The list grows slowly — quality over quantity.
More specialists will appear here gradually. If you know a certified NDTNeurodevelopmental therapy — a method focused on inhibiting retained primitive reflexes through ~10 minutes of daily movement exercises over 9–12 months./NVS therapist you'd personally recommend, write to us.
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