Duration: 58m 16s
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Emma is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Emma is also actively involved in training professionals with a background in the trauma of neurodiversity in the use of the ground-breaking Safe and Sound Protocol, based on Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory, which she also uses to support primitive reflex integration.
She is a member of Action Trauma, the UK Psychological Trauma Society and the The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
In this presentation, Emma Ashfield, a neurodevelopmental specialist talks about retained primitive reflexes. This dialogue explores questions such as, what are retained primitive reflexes? How do retained primitive reflexes impact fetal and infant development, specifically in regards to the sensory template, the nervous system, and the muscular-skeletal system? What are some common diagnoses and misdiagnoses? And how does the Safe and Sound Protocol work with these?
