Bette Lamont

I feel such urgency to help parents and professionals understand how much the experience of the body, as generated from within, from deep primitive drives to wholeness, creates the brain. In our NeuroDevelopmental Movement® programs, we are working with the very most basic ways that the body – the knowing, brilliant infant body – creates […]

How often do our children have “behaviors” that are disruptive, annoying, frightening, inappropriate, or destructive, and how many of our children have a DSM label for those behaviors? “BEHAVIORS” are overwhelming families and schools. What if we had the deep understanding that these so called behaviors are cries for help, for deep listening, for support,

One of the trends I have appreciated is a new recognition of neurodiversity and an acceptance of children who are different in their social, emotional, and learning skills. How can we possibly truly love a person when we don’t see and accept who they really are? However, I also see a component of that trend

Every week we see new posts online about conferences, discussions, and classes on trauma. It seems to be the hot topic of the moment. The film, The Wisdom of Trauma, which I cannot recommend highly enough to those who have not seen it, and the Biology of Trauma online conference, at which I am a

NeuroDevelopmental Movement® is a field that is concerned with the whole of childhood, even beyond the critical developmental years before age two. Children’s brains are designed to be curious, to explore and learn. In the first months of life, that takes place through the inherent desire to move about and stimulate the body and brain

Have you ever seen a child in an emotionally intense environment, such as fear of being scolded for a behavior and watched them cover their ears? How about children who are in a noisy place and cover their eyes and curl up? Our sensations – visual, auditory and tactile – are pathways into the brain

Limbic rage is a neurological disorder that presents as “tantrums” in children. Limbic rage is almost never diagnosed in children, where it should, because it removes blame from the child and focuses attention on helping that child recover. Limbic rage is usually described in men who have had a trauma to the limbic area of

I woke up today to NPR and the first story caught my attention with the fact that 30% of American children suffer from an anxiety disorder. I wanted to cry, and I DID! I understand that there are various socio-economic factors that can be involved in the triggering of anxiety. But I also know that

I am indebted to Elizabeth Stanley, Ph.D. for this insight, which comes from hearing her lecture on Thriving During Stress and Recovering from Trauma and her book called “Widen the Window”. So many of our children who are adopted, who have been abandoned, who have suffered early life medical procedures, live their lives through trauma.

“I find myself worrying that when we hand our children phones, we steal their boredom from them. As a result, we are raising a generation of writers who will never start writing, artists who will never start doodling, chefs who will never make a mess of the kitchen, athletes who will never kick a ball