Identifying Signs of Neuromotor Immaturity in Children and Adults

This chapter provides a definition of Neuromotor Immaturity (NMI) and its implications and a literature review of links between NMI and specific learning difficulties followed by a description of the role of primitive reflexes in normal development. The Institute for Neuro‐physiological Psychology (INPP) method is described and compared with other well‐known motor training programmes including Sensory Integration (SI), the Bobath therapy and the Vojta method. The chapter describes the INPP screening test for use with children. It explains the links between neuromotor immaturity and symptoms of anxiety, agoraphobia and panic disorder in adults. It also discusses the INPP screening test for use with adults. Reflexes that are connected to the functioning of the vestibular system have consistently been shown to act as barriers to learning and to play a part in the development of anxiety states. Link naar een samenvatting van alle hoofdstukken: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118736852