Neuromotor Immaturity in Children and Adults: The Inpp Screening Test for Clinicians and Health Practitioners

Available to healthcare professionals for the first time, this book contains proven screening tests to measure neuromotor immaturity in children and adults in order to provide a basis for referral and help.

• Allows practitioners to screen for disorders of movement that can negatively affect educational performance and emotional function in children and adolescents
• Assesses instances where disorders of movement in adults are affecting thoughts and behavior, as in panic disorder
• Provides a novel approach for health care professionals observing aberrant reflexes in the absence of more serious pathology
• Includes reproducible scoring and observation sheets for practice and serves as the perfect complement to Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning

Author: Sally Goddard Blythe
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 08/11/2014
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781118736968

About the Author

Sally Goddard Blythe is International Director of The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP) in Chester, UK. She is the author of seven books on child development, including Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning: The INPP Developmental Screening Test and School Intervention Programme (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), The Genius of Natural Childhood (2011), and Attention, Balance and Coordination: The A.B.C. of Learning Success (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).