ABR and the Special Needs Child

Essentially all special needs children suffer from compressional weakness.

This weakness is generally global, but can be more pronounced in certain areas of the body as in the case of the hemiplegic child where one of the sides is more affected.

In severe cases this weakness is more pronounced – in less severe cases it is nevertheless present and in a high enough degree to inhibit a child’s general function.

Compressional weakness is present in the core structures, but also in soft tissues such as the joint capsules. These are all structures that cannot be trained through physical training, but are dependant upon a technique that can initiate an automatic response.

Therefore the ABR Technique is equally applicable for children with mild and severe developmentary disorders.