An Interactive Guide to the Palmar Grasp, Hands Pulling, and Babkin Reflexes

$20.89

Do you work with children struggling with fine motor skills, handwriting, coordination, speech delays, or sensory processing challenges? Are you a parent, therapist, or educator looking for a simple, research-based approach to improving developmental delays?

This must-have guidebook by Kokeb McDonald, OTR/L offers easy-to-follow, play-based exercises designed to help children integrate the Palmar Grasp, Hands Pulling, and Babkin Reflexes—critical reflexes that impact grip strength, handwriting, feeding, speech development, and overall motor control.

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Who Is This Book For?

✔ Parents seeking practical, at-home strategies to support their child’s motor and speech development
✔ Occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech therapists working with children who have retained primitive reflexes
✔ Teachers and educators looking to enhance classroom accommodations for students with fine motor and speech challenges
✔ Chiropractors, movement specialists, and fitness instructors aiming to integrate reflex-based therapeutic exercises into their practice

What’s Inside?

✔ Understanding Reflexes: Learn how the Palmar Grasp, Hands Pulling, and Babkin Reflexes affect a child’s ability to write, hold objects, develop speech, and overcome oral fixation (putting things in the mouth)
✔ Understand Hand Anatomy and Functional Movement Efficiency: Gain insights into how hand structures and movements impact motor skills and coordination
✔ Screening Checklists: Identify signs of retained reflexes in children and know when intervention is needed
✔ Step-by-Step Exercises: Engaging, 5-10 minute therapeutic activities that can be done at home, in the classroom, or in a clinical setting
✔ Custom Treatment Plans: Professional guidance for occupational therapists and other specialists
✔ Parent & Provider Support: A detailed letter to parents, glossary of clinical terms, and practical implementation tips

Why This Book?

🔹 Time Saving & Effective: Activities designed for busy parents, teachers, and therapists
🔹 Kid Friendly & Fun: Activities that encourage natural movement and play
🔹 Evidence Based & Practical: Rooted in research, yet easy to implement in a natural and daily routines

If your child or student struggles with grip strength, handwriting, posture, coordination, putting things in their mouth, speech delays, ADHD tendencies, or learning and behavioral challengesthis book is your essential guide to supporting their development.

📘 Get your copy today and start Integrating Primitive Reflexes Through Play and Exercise!

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Weight .67 lbs