Retained Reflex Therapy in Schools

[IndigoBell]

Is County Durham being innotive again?

Over on the SN board lots of us rave about Retained Reflex Therapy, which has significantly helped many of our kids.

Now finally it seems like it's getting a bit of traction.....

20 Schools try out Retained Reflex Therapy

Anybody involved with this or know any more about it?

( Activate in the classroom and INPP are similar schemes which are also used in schools)

[anthonytrollopesrevenge]

My kids school, in rural Hampshire, uses activate on a daily basis in all classes, and both of them enjoy it and talk about it a lot. I had no idea it was a retained reflex therapy, the school hasn't really advertised the programme at all and from my DD's voluble but probably inaccurate description it seemed to be some sort of short dance class. I also saw news coverage of the Durham scheme but had not connected it with activate until I saw your post. I am surprised and pleased the school can be categorised as innovative in at least one respect! DD is terribly clumsy and can be relied on to fall over and bump into things on a daily basis. Perhaps this may help.

[IndigoBell]

If your child is 'clumsy' it should help.

How long has she been doing it?

Please message me in a few months if you do notice any changes.....

(We've had one thread about activate in the SN section, and it certainly helped one DD)

[anthonytrollopesrevenge]

They've been doing it since Sept 2010, which was when DD started school. I suppose she is less clumsy than she used to be, she has always been slow to develop physically, late walker, late to be able to jump, hop, etc but there is nontheless a clear improvement as time goes by and she can learn new things. DS is quite able physically so quite likely has no need of it, but any tiny bit of physical activity helps as spending a whole pm in class, now that he is a junior and gets no pm playtime, is a good thing. DD doesn't look where she is going, falls up and down kerbs, over steps and down each and every pot hole we come across. She also walks into door frames, she may have inherited my poor spacial awareness. She's away with the fairies playing imaginary games in her head and has no interest in the boring here and now of walking through the village.

I will ask the school about activate, why it is using it and what effect if any has been noticed. I've got interested now. Generally the school is a sleepy place with little of excitement going on. Though friendly.

[PrisonerOfWaugh]

The Activate in DDs school seems to be a scratchy video played on the whiteboard with wobbly music! The kids seem to love it though, DD certainly mentions it enough. Can't say I have noticed much effect on her perennial clumsiness - this is a child who can fall over whilst standing still

[IndigoBell]

Thanks for the feedback. Doesn't sound like activate is working as well for your 2 children as I'd heard.

[mrsbaffled]

I think it's great it's getting such mainstream attendtion, but worry it won't work as well as it could as the teachers can't tailor the exercises or make sure they are being done 100% correctly.

The BO who we are doing VT through says the RRT exercises DS is doing have to be done perfectly and we can't move on til he's got it right.

Happily, he seems to be progressing really quickly so we should be able to move onto specific eye exercise really soon :)