Rhythmic Movement Training

[Guest guest]

hi

my friend attended the RMT sometime ago. She felt that it was useful

for her ASD child. She's using it in conjunction with braingym and

childhood reflexes and so am I.

Dr Svetlana Masgutova was in S'pore last month to conduct a course

on childhood reflexes. She uses RMT techniques too (on children of

various types and severity of disabilities).

My son's OT is not trained in RMT, but she is extremely supportive

of it and told me that i should do them throughout the day. In her

opinion, it's great for sensory integration.

WP

>

> Has anyone taken the R.M.T. course and used the techniques with

> success for a severely disabled child?

>

> Thank you.

>

> Reese

>

[Guest guest]

Dear WP,

May I know where to find the RMT course in S'pore or Malaysia?

I am from Malaysia.

My son has sensory integration and learning problems.

Thanks and regards,

wendy

hongyang03 <hongyang03@...> wrote:

hi

my friend attended the RMT sometime ago. She felt that it was useful

for her ASD child. She's using it in conjunction with braingym and

childhood reflexes and so am I.

Dr Svetlana Masgutova was in S'pore last month to conduct a course

on childhood reflexes. She uses RMT techniques too (on children of

various types and severity of disabilities).

My son's OT is not trained in RMT, but she is extremely supportive

of it and told me that i should do them throughout the day. In her

opinion, it's great for sensory integration.

WP

>

> Has anyone taken the R.M.T. course and used the techniques with

> success for a severely disabled child?

>

> Thank you.

>

> Reese

>

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Dear Reese, I'm from Minneapolis, I've used RMT successfully

with children in my classroom for behavior and coordination, but not

more. Here's a story sent to me recently, I hope it is helpful:

Sophie's Story

At the recent Rhythmic Movement Training with Dr. Harald Blomberg, we

got to see the work in action when a mother came with her one year

old daughter, Sophie. Sophie was born premature, had complications

in the hospital, and severe developmental delay. She had no control

of her head and couldn't keep it from flopping around. Her

development was at the stage of a newborn infant. According to her

mother, her hands were nearly always in closed fists and out to

either side of her head. Sophie had never walked, crawled, sat up or

even rolled from back to front. After many Physical Therapy

appointments there was little improvement in Sophie's condition.

With Sophie on her back Harald began the rhythmic movements with

her. We could see the intense concentration on her face while she

experienced the stimulating movements. Within minutes Sophie started

doing things her mother had never seen her do. She turned her head

back and forth from side to side on the mat. Her hands relaxed and

began opening and closing. After about 15 minutes, while Harald

continued the movements, Sophie grabbed a necklace her mother dangled

in front of her and she brought it to her mouth. Her first midline

movement! (Midline movements are critical to proper brain

functioning.)

Then Harald did the movements with Sophie on her belly. Her legs

started kicking and she lifted her head off the mat—movements she had

never done before. Sophie smiled and made cooing noises at her large

audience. After a while Sophie found her thumb (another midline

movement) and started sucking on it for the first time. At the end

of a half hour session, Sophie's mother lifted her into a sitting

position and Sophie held her head up on her own for several seconds.

Sophie's mother was overjoyed. Harald's students were inspired.

According to Dr. Blomberg, with continued proper movement activities

for brain stimulation, Sophie will grow and develop normally.

© Story, 2007 • Brain GymÆ is a registered trademark of Brain

Gym International, www.braingym.org

>

> Has anyone taken the R.M.T. course and used the techniques with

> success for a severely disabled child?

>

> Thank you.

>

> Reese

>

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Re: Rhythmic Movement Training

Dear Reese, I'm from Minneapolis, I've used RMT successfully

with children in my classroom for behavior and coordination, but not

more. Here's a story sent to me recently, I hope it is helpful:

Sophie's Story

At the recent Rhythmic Movement Training with Dr. Harald Blomberg, we

got to see the work in action when a mother came with her one year

old daughter, Sophie. Sophie was born premature, had complications

in the hospital, and severe developmental delay. She had no control

of her head and couldn't keep it from flopping around. Her

development was at the stage of a newborn infant. According to her

mother, her hands were nearly always in closed fists and out to

either side of her head. Sophie had never walked, crawled, sat up or

even rolled from back to front. After many Physical Therapy

appointments there was little improvement in Sophie's condition.

With Sophie on her back Harald began the rhythmic movements with

her. We could see the intense concentration on her face while she

experienced the stimulating movements. Within minutes Sophie started

doing things her mother had never seen her do. She turned her head

back and forth from side to side on the mat. Her hands relaxed and

began opening and closing. After about 15 minutes, while Harald

continued the movements, Sophie grabbed a necklace her mother dangled

in front of her and she brought it to her mouth. Her first midline

movement! (Midline movements are critical to proper brain

functioning.)

Then Harald did the movements with Sophie on her belly. Her legs

started kicking and she lifted her head off the mat—movements she had

never done before. Sophie smiled and made cooing noises at her large

audience. After a while Sophie found her thumb (another midline

movement) and started sucking on it for the first time. At the end

of a half hour session, Sophie's mother lifted her into a sitting

position and Sophie held her head up on her own for several seconds.

Sophie's mother was overjoyed. Harald's students were inspired.

According to Dr. Blomberg, with continued proper movement activities

for brain stimulation, Sophie will grow and develop normally.

© Story, 2007 • Brain GymÆ is a registered trademark of Brain

Gym International, www.braingym.org

>

> Has anyone taken the R.M.T. course and used the techniques with

> success for a severely disabled child?

>

> Thank you.

>

> Reese

>

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Hi All,

Pam Whitman here, Brain Gym Instructor/Consultant in the SF area. Here's a bit

more about Rhythmic Movement and a class if you're interested.

The Rhythmic Movement work of Dr. Harald Blomberg is absolutely wonderful and a

very basic, essential part of our makeup. Do you know the rocking motion we do

to calm a baby and how effective it is? That's a simple demonstration of how

important this is to our physiological system.

The Rhythmic Movement Training has many facets and is extremely important, i.e.

Svetlana incorporates it into her work. This work is fascinating in bringing

rhythm to all parts of the body and helping individuals initiate this movement

independently. It directly links reflexes with rhythm and is a great complement

to Svetlana's Masgutova's Method. If you want to learn the whole work come to a

class.

Dr. Harald Blomberg is a psychiatrist in Stockholm, Sweden. He first became

interested in the connection between movement, development and mental/emotional

imbalances in the mid 1980’s. Since that time he has worked with many people

investigating the link between retained infant reflexes and learning challenges

and emotional imbalances. Dr. Blomberg has taught RMT in Europe, USA, Australia

and Asia.

Rhythmic Movement Training (flyer attached)

with Moira Dempsey

February 8-10, 2008

San Francisco Bay Area - Orinda

contact: Pam Whitman, M.A., 925-253-1223, info@...

other trainings are happening through the US January and February.

Contact Moira, (moira@...)

About the Instructor: Moira Dempsey, from Melbourne, Australia, has been a

student and teacher of RMT since 2003, when she met its creator, Dr. Harald

Blomberg, in Poland at Dr. Svetlana Masgutova’s camp for children with special

needs. Moira has been involved with Brain Gym® since 1991. She is also a Touch

For Health instructor.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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I'm interested in this too. Is there a link with info?

thanks,

www.braininjuredkids.com

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> Has anyone taken the R.M.T. course and used the techniques with

> success for a severely disabled child?

>

> Thank you.

>

> Reese

>

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I'm emailing to ask the group if anyone is interested in RMT training in the

Cleveland, OH area.  I've been following RMT on some parent groups that are

primarily West Coast based and parents are reporting very good results

with overall academics, socialization, emotional self regulation and balance

/coordination. I'd like to bring a trainer to our area to get it started here so

parents would have a local support network.  The cost is around $400 but could

be as low as $300 depending on number of participants.  I'm attracted to RMT vs

some other programs, OT, Vision Therapy, etc because it takes about 15 minutes a

day, has good reported results, and I've tried the basic movements - they are

easy to execute or help with and feel great for anybody - my husband loves it

even.  In contrast to taking a child outside the home to a professional, this

would be a home program that you learn how to do yourself although you could

consult someone who is a

trainer separately. 

 

After reading this, if you are interested, please contact me directly at

alyricss@...

- please don't post to the list as I will have a problem keeping track. Just FYI

- The trainer who lives nearest is doing a program scheduled for Kent, OH on

October 3-4 and another in Columbus, OH on October 9-10.  You could find her

info at http://www.gobraingym.blogspot.com/

If there are enough interested I'll start working on a date to bring a trainer

to Cleveland.  ***   Thanks,

 

So What is RMT? 

My lay-person's explanation is to say that RMT duplicates the developmental

movement sequence from infancy onward. It is known that infant movements

stimulate the brain's growth of neural networks and patterns that lead to later

abilities to get up and walk, do motor functions, coordinate body movements, do

visual processing, and even later, to read, to regulate emotions. This is a

basic hierarchy of development. But in some children there are spots that have

gotten skipped and thats where a developmental movement program like RMT may

help fill in the gaps. 

 

Rhythmic Movement Training was developed by Kerstin Linde, OT of Sweden, in

conjunction with Dr. Harald Blomberg, MD. She works with people with a variety

of developmental challenges such as autism, cerebral palsy, ADD/ADHD.

 

The program was inspired by the rhythmic and reflex movements that babies make,

such as the rocking on all fours and crawling that babies do before they learn

to walk. Ms. Linde modified these movements into rhythmic whole body exercises

that can be easily used by people of all ages.

 

Rhythmic Movement Training Level One (RMT and ADD/ADHD)

In this 2-day course participants learn the basics of the Rhythmic Movement

Training: how rhythmic movements can be used to assist in regulating muscle

tone; stimulating the connections between the cerebellum and the neocortex,

especially the frontal lobes in order to improve attention and control impulses.

The course also includes examining the role of the primitive reflexes in

development, and how to integrate them using rhythmic movements and isometric

pressure.

Participants in this class have been teachers, occupational therapists,

physiotherapists/physical therapists, behavioural optomotrists, vision trainers,

kinesiologists, Brain Gym instructors, doctors, nurses, early childhood

specialists