Tegan Piacentini

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A movement based, non-invasive approach to improve learning, behaviours, attention, focus, motor skills & emotional regulation by integrating primitive reflexes.

Is something going on with your child that you just cannot quite put your finger on?Maybe it is the behaviour. The anxie...
12/05/2026

Is something going on with your child that you just cannot quite put your finger on?

Maybe it is the behaviour. The anxiety. The way they struggle at school despite trying so hard. The sensory stuff that does not seem to make sense. Or just that feeling that something is off, even when nobody else seems to see it.

You are not imagining it. And you do not have to keep guessing.

I am Tegan, a Neurodevelopmental Practitioner specialising in primitive reflex integration. Primitive reflexes are automatic movements that develop before birth and should naturally integrate in the early years of life. When they do not, they can quietly affect everything from learning and attention to behaviour, anxiety, and sensory processing.

The good news? These patterns can change. With the right support, the nervous system can catch up on what it missed, and children can start to feel more settled, more capable, and more like themselves.

If any of this sounds familiar, I would love to hear from you.

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Have you ever watched your child completely fall apart and wondered... is this a tantrum or something else entirely?The ...
10/05/2026

Have you ever watched your child completely fall apart and wondered... is this a tantrum or something else entirely?

The truth is, they can look identical from the outside. But what is happening underneath is very different. And when we understand that difference, everything about how we respond can shift.

Swipe through for a simple breakdown. No judgement, no perfect parenting required.

This is the kind of thing I talk about a lot in my work as a neurodevelopmental practitioner. When we understand what the nervous system is doing, we stop seeing behaviour as the problem and start asking better questions.

If something in these slides resonated, feel free to reach out.

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Mother's Day looks different for everyone.For some of you, today was beautiful. I really hope it was.But as the day wind...
10/05/2026

Mother's Day looks different for everyone.

For some of you, today was beautiful. I really hope it was.

But as the day winds down, I'm thinking about the mums for whom today was just... hard. Or complicated. Or quietly lonely in a way that's difficult to explain.

Perhaps the morning didn't go the way you hoped. Perhaps there was a meltdown before breakfast, or an awkward silence, or something was said that you're still carrying now, hours later, even though you wish you could put it down.

Perhaps you have been showing up for your kids with everything you have, day after day, and today of all days just reminded you of how much of that goes unseen.

Perhaps today had you thinking about your own mum. Missing her. Or sitting with the grief of a relationship that never quite gave you what you needed. Sometimes it's both of those things at the same time, and that is a particular kind of ache.

Perhaps motherhood came to you through loss, or you are raising children who carry their own losses, and a day like today brings all of that quietly back to the surface.

Whatever today held for you, it is all valid. All of it counts.

Because the mothering I see in my work doesn't look like the highlight reel. It looks like regulating yourself so your child has somewhere safe to land. It looks like loving fiercely and being met with resistance anyway. It looks like choosing patience over and over again when you are completely spent and nobody is watching.

That is not small. That is everything.

The fact that today didn't feel like a celebration doesn't mean you haven't earned one.

I'm thinking of you.

With warmth,
Tegan

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A child who is coping is not the same as a child who is well.Here is what that can look like in real life.Your child sit...
06/05/2026

A child who is coping is not the same as a child who is well.
Here is what that can look like in real life.
Your child sits at their desk at school. Simple enough. But if their primitive reflexes have not fully integrated, their nervous system may be working overtime just to keep them upright. Muscles firing to stabilise a body that hasn't developed the automatic postural control it needs. Balance being managed consciously rather than automatically.
And that comes at a cost.
Because the brain cannot do two things at full capacity at the same time. While it is busy managing the body, it has fewer resources available for everything else. Learning. Regulating emotions. Connecting with others. Feeling safe.
This is why a child can look fine on the outside and still be exhausted by lunchtime. Why they can know the answer at home and forget it in the classroom. Why they can fall apart over something small at the end of the day. The tank was already empty before they even picked up a pencil.
It is not a willpower problem. It is not a behaviour problem. It is a nervous system that is carrying more than it should.
Primitive Reflex Integration works at the foundation, helping the nervous system do automatically what it has been doing manually. When that load lifts, children often find that learning, regulation and connection become so much easier.
If this sounds familiar, I would love to chat.
Send me a DM or visit the link below. 馃憞
馃敆 www.teganpiacentini.com.au

Most people have never heard of primitive reflexes. But they are the foundation of everything.We are all born with a set...
06/05/2026

Most people have never heard of primitive reflexes. But they are the foundation of everything.
We are all born with a set of automatic reflexes designed to support our survival and early development. As the brain matures, these reflexes are meant to integrate, making way for higher level skills to develop.
But when that doesn't happen, the nervous system gets stuck, quietly running old survival programmes in the background and interfering with the skills your child needs to thrive.
Oversensitivity to sound or touch, poor coordination, emotional dysregulation, difficulty focusing, feeding issues. These are not just personality quirks. They can be signs that the nervous system is still working from an outdated blueprint.
The good news? Through Primitive Reflex Integration, we can go back to the foundation and give the nervous system what it needs to reorganise.
If you recognise your child in this list, it might be worth exploring.
Send me a DM or visit the link below. 馃憞
馃敆 www.teganpiacentini.com.au

Did you know your child's nervous system could be working overtime, every single day? 馃攲When primitive reflexes don't int...
05/05/2026

Did you know your child's nervous system could be working overtime, every single day? 馃攲
When primitive reflexes don't integrate properly, the brain has to use a huge amount of energy just to get through basic tasks. Things like sitting still, holding a pencil, reading a line of text, or managing emotions can all take far more effort than they should.
This is the hidden energy drain. And it's exhausting for your child and your whole family.
The good news? It doesn't have to stay this way. Primitive Reflex Integration works with the nervous system to reduce that background load, so your child can save their energy for the things that matter.
Curious to learn more? Send me a DM or visit the link below. 馃憞
馃敆 www.teganpiacentini.com.au

I know what it feels like to be the parent who has tried everything 馃挋Sometimes the root of struggles with focus, coordin...
04/05/2026

I know what it feels like to be the parent who has tried everything 馃挋
Sometimes the root of struggles with focus, coordination, behaviour or learning runs deeper than we realise. Unintegrated primitive reflexes can quietly affect so much of a child's daily life.
The good news? It's never too late to support your child's nervous system.
Primitive Reflex Integration is a gentle, movement-based approach that can make a real difference - for your child and your whole family. 馃尶
Curious to know more? Send me a DM or visit the link below. 馃憞
馃敆 www.teganpiacentini.com.au

What actually happens when you reach out?This is the question I get asked most often. And I get it. When you have spent ...
01/05/2026

What actually happens when you reach out?
This is the question I get asked most often. And I get it. When you have spent years being assessed, diagnosed, referred on and handed strategies that only go so far, the idea of starting something new can feel exhausting before it has even begun.
So here is exactly what the process looks like when we work together as adults.
It starts with a conversation. Not a form, not a checklist. Just you telling me what life has been like, and me actually listening.
From there we move into the screening itself, which looks at how your nervous system is organised, what patterns are present, and what may have been quietly driving things that no one ever thought to look underneath.
You leave knowinga written report and a movement programme that is built entirely around you.is on its way! And I stay alongside you through the whole process, not just at the beginning.
This is not a quick fix. It is a careful, collaborative uncovering. And for many women, it is the first time someone has looked at the whole picture.
If you are curious, the first step is just reaching out. That is genuinely all it takes.
Swipe through to see what each step looks like in practice.
馃搷 Bunbury WA 路 teganpiacentini.com.au 路 info@teganpiacentini.com.au

What if your ADHD diagnosis only told half the story?For many women, the overwhelm, the restlessness, the anxiety that l...
01/05/2026

What if your ADHD diagnosis only told half the story?
For many women, the overwhelm, the restlessness, the anxiety that lives in the body and never quite switches off... these are not just ADHD symptoms. They are also the nervous system speaking a language that was never decoded.
Primitive reflexes are automatic movement patterns from early development. When they remain unintegrated into adulthood, they can quietly drive emotional dysregulation, difficulty with stillness and focus, chronic tension, and a persistent sense of unease that no amount of coping strategies can fully reach.
This is not about replacing your diagnosis or your existing supports. It is about adding a layer of understanding that many women have never had access to before.
Swipe to see three of the most common patterns I work with in women with ADHD, and the neuromotor connection that is often sitting underneath them.
If something lands, I would love to hear from you.
馃搷 Bunbury WA 路 teganpiacentini.com.au 路 info@teganpiacentini.com.au

Can adults work on primitive reflex integration?The short answer is yes. Absolutely yes.The longer answer is that adults...
29/04/2026

Can adults work on primitive reflex integration?
The short answer is yes. Absolutely yes.
The longer answer is that adults are beautifully complex.
When primitive reflexes remain unintegrated into adulthood, they do not exist in isolation. They sit alongside decades of compensatory patterns. Ways the nervous system has quietly adapted, worked around, held on and held together. Adults have often been managing a dysregulated nervous system for so long that the adaptations feel like personality. Like just who they are.
Retained reflexes in adults frequently co-exist alongside mental health challenges, anxiety, burnout, chronic stress, sensory sensitivities and neurodevelopmental diagnoses. The picture is layered in ways it simply is not in a child of seven.
This does not mean the work cannot be done. It means it needs to be done carefully, slowly and always in collaboration with whatever other supports are already in place. We do not work instead of a psychologist, a psychiatrist or a GP. We work alongside them.
What we can offer is a lens that many adults have never had access to before. A way of understanding why certain things have always been hard. And a gentle, evidence-informed pathway toward a nervous system that feels a little more like home.
If you are an adult who has always wondered why you are wired the way you are, we would love to talk.
馃搷 Bunbury WA 路 teganpiacentini.com.au 路 info@teganpiacentini.com.au

Most interventions work around the edges. They manage the behaviour, accommodate the struggle, or build strategies on to...
25/04/2026

Most interventions work around the edges. They manage the behaviour, accommodate the struggle, or build strategies on top of a nervous system that was never given what it needed in the first place.
Primitive reflex integration is different. It goes underneath all of that, to the foundational neurological development that sets the stage for everything else. Attention, emotional regulation, learning, coordination, sleep. When retained reflexes are keeping the nervous system in a state of low-level alarm, no amount of effort or willpower changes that. But gentle, specific movement can.
This is the work I am quietly passionate about, and I have seen it change things for children and families in ways that genuinely move me.
If any of this resonates, if you find yourself reading this and thinking of your child, please reach out. I offer a complimentary 30-minute consultation and I would love to talk through whether this work might be right for your family.
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