Practice for development support Neuromotor development support according to the INPP® method for children and adults Antje Steinberg Associated member INPP International english spoken! long distance training via zoom
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Children
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Causes of learning, movement and behavior disorders
Origin in pregnancy and birth
Childhood developmental disorders or delays can often be traced back to problems that could have arisen during pregnancy, at birth or within the first year of life. Even in the womb, reflexes control the first automatic movements that promote growth and brain maturation. Every child is born with early childhood reflexes. As brain maturation progresses and the associated development of voluntary motor skills, early childhood reflexes must be inhibited and converted into holding and positioning reactions. Disturbing influences can impair this developmental process and cause remnants of these reflexes to remain “active” to a non-clinical but still irritating extent. The consequences of such neuromotor development disorders are, for example, missed or incomplete movement phases in the first year of life, which are considered milestones of sensorimotor integration. This leads to restrictions in movement, perception, learning and behavior. Abnormalities in language development can also be related to this. These children often show symptoms of hyperactivity, anxiety or other behavioral problems. Failure at school completes the “vicious circle”.
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Treatment approach
Over many years of research at the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP) based in Chester, England, it was found that a high percentage of children who have learning, behavior and movement problems despite above/average intelligence still have remnants of early childhood reflexes persist. These are recognized as the cause of maturation disorders of the central nervous system. INPP's therapy concept is based on these research results. An extensive assessment of findings serves as the basis for the special movement exercises that give the child the opportunity to bring the residual reactions of early childhood reflexes - in a second attempt - to maturity and then integration. In this way, the holding and positioning reactions - which are important for movement, posture and balance - can develop and the specific difficulties can be overcome. With the normalization of the reflex structure, many learning and behavioral problems also disappear.
