As an Anat Baniel Method® Practitioner, I wanted to share with you some insights on how I approach the initial assessment of children who come to my office. I'm hoping it can be helpful for parents with children with developmental delays and/or disabilities to have a better understanding of...

As parents, we all want our children to thrive and reach their full potential. However, when our children have developmental disabilities, it can be challenging to know how to best support them.

The Anat Baniel Method® (ABM) is a gentle and innovative approach to working with children with...

How to Help a Child in a Non-Responsive State

It can be challenging for parents to see their child in a non-responsive state. Parents can feel helpless and wonder what they can do to help their child. Fortunately, there are things that parents can do to help their child start to wake up to...

Parent Question: How Can I Tell If My Child Is Uninterested in Learning or If It's Just Too Hard for Them?

A wonderful parent asked this question inside my MindfullMovement Program, and I wanted to answer it for them. Hi, I'm Jen Stewart, an Anat Baniel Method® practitioner, and I...

If your child with Cerebral Palsy, brain injury or developmental delays, has tight hamstrings… instead of stretching…. try this gentle exercise that focuses on the pelvis!

What does the movement of the pelvis have to do with tight hamstrings!?!?

Give this exercise a try and let me...

How are you 'teaching' your child to sit?
Making this small change in how you pick up your child, can make a HUGE difference in helping your child's natural development.

Learn how to work WITH your child's brain, instead of against it!

Hi! I'm Jen, an Anat Baniel Method® Practitioner, and I...

 How much freedom of movement do you have in your pelvis?

How does the movement of your pelvis influence the movement of your leg? 

Come explore this quick 1 min movement class with me!  

CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE TO WATCH VIDEO AND FOLLOW ALONG

1. Explore just rolling your leg.
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If there's one controversial topic that an Anat Baniel Method® Practitioner is passionate about... it's probably the case AGAINST tummytime.

Yikes... hear me out...

There are soooo many reasons to STOP and think about why we are putting babies in a position they can't get into or out of on...

This is one of the hardest questions I get asked as an ABM practitioner!

It seems silly, because after 9 years of taking my daughter to practitioners, 3 years of training and 5 years of practicing, I should probably be able to answer this simple question in one sentence. 

But... well...it's...

How Do You Parent Your Child with Special Needs? 
With a Fixed Mindset or a Growth Mindset?
 

I find self-help and respectful-parenting books fascinating, as many mirror the same principles as the Anat Baniel Method©.
It's exciting to have so many different types of work...