Feldenkrais®, Functional Integration® sessions are most often transformational and life altering for babies and children with special needs or developmental disorders. Due to the remarkable plasticity of the brain, children of all ages and disabilities are able to learn how to surpass their current restrictions through this powerful learning modality. As a result of Feldenkrais® work, a countless amount of special needs children have far exceeded the expectations of their medical doctors throughout the world.

If your child has been given a bleak prognosis, keep in mind that many before you have found hope and great improvements through Feldenkrais®. It is very important that your child starts sessions as early in life as possible in order to gain the greatest benefits possible from the Feldenkrais Method®.

Functional Integration® sessions are gentle and non-invasive. Your Feldenkrais® Practitioner will thoughtfully move your baby or child in ways that are similar to the movements that a normally developing baby will learn during the first year of life. In this way your child’s brain will be stimulated to form neurological connections that will help him to initiate and improve movement on his own.

Nearly every child, regardless of his limitations, will experience change happening right away in a session. Your child will learn through touch, movement and awareness in an encouraging atmosphere. Children enjoy the sessions tremendously and are excited to come back for more. They display great pride in their eyes as they gain confidence in their physical abilities. While they are gently being moved they delightfully laugh and smile as they start feeling better in their more supple and pliable bodies.

Between sessions expect your child to continue to learn. A sign that she is learning is to observe her spontaneously doing movements that she learned during a session or seeing improvements beyond what she learned. This means that her brain is integrating the new information into her neurological system and learning is occurring.

Feldenkrais® sessions are beneficial for children and babies dealing with: neurological injuries, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, autism, strokes, brain injuries, vision impairments, attention deficit disorder, spasticity and other difficulties.