What is INPP method?
The INPP method of Neuro-Developmental Therapy (developed by the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology) helps address difficulties associated with Neuro Develomental Immaturity (or Neuro Developmental Delay). A clinical assessment process is used to determine an individualised movement and therapy programme designed to meet the developmental profile of the child or adult seeking assistance. Regular assessments inform the INPP practitioner who will modify and adapt the programme over a period of time ensuring continued customisation as the patient progresses.
What is Neuro Developmental Immaturity?
Neuro Developmental Immaturity can occur when the primitive reflexes are not fully integrated and the postural reflexes are not fully developed. This can result in children experiencing difficulty sitting still, developing co-ordination and body control, developing fine motor skills, developing adequate eye control and visual function to assist learning tasks including reading, writing and comprehension. This physiological basis for learning difficulty can cause frustration and an inability to comply with many of the requirements of a standard schooling experience. It can interfere with concentration, memory and perception of information. Some children may be hypersensitive to sound or visual stimulation, unable to exclude irrelevant data and information and are therefore easily distracted.
Physio Consultation looks behind and treats the symptoms of Neuro-Motor Immaturity (NMI), or Neuro-Developmental Delay (NDD), by identifying the roots of the problem using an assessment and screening programme developed and successfully used by Dr Peter Blythe and the Institute for Neuro Physiological Psychology since 1969, the INPP programme.
Integrating Thinking helps address:
- Reading and writing difficulties
- Educational underachievement eg. Consistently being told “you can do better”
- Dyslexia (reading difficulties)
- Dyspraxia (DCD) (clumsy child syndrome)
- Dysgraphia (writing problems)
- Co-ordination difficulties
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Concentration problems
- Asperger’s Syndrome
- Auditory processing difficulties
- Visual processing difficulties
The neuro-motor development programmes include clinical assessments and supervision of remedial programmes using specific developmental movement methods devised at the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology in the UK. (www.inpp.org.uk)
Clinical assessments include standardised neurological tests to identify underlying developmental and physiological factors that may be contributing to learning difficulties.
The INPP program is drug free and non-invasive and is designed to match the developmental profile of the child or adult assessed.
The INPP method of addressing neuro-motor immaturity is a home-based programme supported by a trained neuro-developmental therapist. Implementing the programme requires approximately 10 minutes of daily activity.
No equipment is necessary for conducting the therapy programme at home. Regular follow up assessments are scheduled on a 6 – 8 week basis with ongoing support available between visits.
Six steps to the Integrating Thinking INPP program:
- Screening questionnaire (Free online Questionnaire);
- Initial consultation to determine program suitability (1 — 1.5hours);
- Diagnostic assessment and exercise programme development (2 – 3 hours);
- Report reading and exercise programme establishment;
- Implementing the programme (5—10 minutes/day @ home);
- Follow up reviews at 6 weekly intervals
vardhman jain has completed 1 year training program of INPP (www.inpp.org.uk)
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