Could shining light on a child's head help rewire a struggling brain?
That's the question at the center of today's conversation. Erinn Askin, MA, OTR/L, is a pediatric occupational therapist, the creator of NeuroAdaptive Therapy™, and founder of OTEIM (Occupational Therapy Empowering Individual Minds). Erinn joins Dr. Murray Clarke and Bryce Wylde to break down photobiomodulation, the use of specific light wavelengths to energize brain cells at the mitochondrial level, and why she believes it's changing outcomes for kids with autism, ADHD, developmental delay, and sensory processing challenges.
This conversation goes beyond behavioural labels into the biology underneath them: mitochondrial dysfunction, neuroinflammation, retained primitive reflexes, and BDNF (often called "fertilizer for the brain"). Erinn explains how her own daughter's severe ADHD led her to pioneer this work, walks through what a QEEG brain map reveals that a standard evaluation can't, and shares real outcomes from OTEIM's intensive therapy model, including a nonverbal child who is now keeping pace in the fifth grade.
Follow Erinn Askin:
Website: https://www.oteim.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oteimpeds/
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Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
Primitive Reflex Integration eBook & Video Package: https://www.oteim.com/product-page/primitive-reflex-integration-video-training-and-e-book
Custom Primitive Reflex Integration Home Program: https://www.oteim.com/product-page/primitive-reflex-integration-home-program-custom
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Website: http://www.drmurrayclarke.com/
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Website: https://wyldeonhealth.com/
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wyldeabouthealth
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