More and more children start school with some form of developmental delay.
Early brain development is one of the most important pathways to ongoing learning, behavioural competence, positive social relationships and health. Brain development requires special consideration during early schooling because critical changes follow. An appropriate school readiness program could facilitate identifying any weaknesses.
The site within the brain that controls movement is shared with the location for procedural learning. Almost all children learn to move, balance, speak, and read feelings during their early years. Later, they learn to handle more difficult tasks like reading, music, and understanding themselves. However, not all children learn these things in the same way. Some children don’t process information properly during their early years, which may result in delays in learning, socialisation, and motor coordination and thus limit their potential.
Neuroplasticity research shows that brain development depends on environmental stimulation and that quality input is vital for proper growth. Quality input is critical for rich brain development. An example includes some sensory processing disorders, in which altered tactile or sound may manifest as altered emotional or motor events from the brain. Often, such children (and parents) are unaware until academia becomes more challenging. As such, school work becomes difficult, and the home routine is frequently stressful.
There is a clear link between poor motor development and cognitive dysfunction. Combined with disturbance to balance systems, non-integrative primitive reflexes and lack of postural control, a child with such brain developmental delay will not learn in our current school setting.
Brainstorm offers functional and neurological assessments for children. An examination routinely addresses clinical assessment of the child’s balance, righting and posturing reflexes, primitive reflexes, motor control, and cortical endurance. We highly recommend assessing your children to optimise their brain health and development and prepare them well for school. For more information https://www.brainstormrehab.com.au/paediatric-care-learning-difficulties.html
