Guest Speaker: "Primitive versus Primary Reflexes according to MNRI: A difference that changes EVERYTHING"
Mon, Jul 29
|Virtual Event
Join Isabelle Renard-Fontaine, MSPT, MNRI Core Specialist and Instructor, on July 29th as she introduces the importance of the discrimination between primitive and primary reflexes and its direct implication when working with reflexes, most specifically in infants.
Time & Location
Jul 29, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Virtual Event
About the Event
Join Isabelle Renard-Fontaine, MSPT, MNRI Core Specialist and Instructor, as she introduces the importance of the discrimination between primitive and primary reflexes and its direct implication when working with reflexes, most specifically in infants. Some key definitions, a brief overview of the developmental dynamic of a reflex, and examples will be provided.Â
Isabelle Renard-Fontaine, MSPT, is a Pediatric Physical Therapist, MNRI® Core Specialist, and Instructor in Florida, USA
Isabelle has acquired over 30 years of experience as a Physical Therapist, predominantly with infants and children. Isabelle is an MNRI® Core Specialist and Instructor with extensive expertise on the effect of the MNRI® as an early intervention tool for individuals with neurodevelopmental challenges. She has accrued over 3,000 clinical hours working directly with Dr. Svetlana Masgutova during international MNRI® Family Educational Conferences and Clinics. A lecturer and subject matter expert for The Masgutova Graduate School of Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Isabelle has developed the curriculum for and instructs the Neuromodulation for Infants and Toddlers university-level course and serves as an instructor for the Primary Movement and Biomechanics Integration and Neuromodulation and Stress Hormone Reflex Neuromodulation courses. In addition, Isabelle is co-coordinator of the MNRI® Reflex Screening in Infants Development Program for Pediatricians and Physicians. She also lectured for International Conferences on the latest advancements and applications in MNRI®. Isabelle’s professional and personal passion is helping babies and children with life-survival challenges reach their highest level of neurodevelopment.