Reflexes, Movement, Learning & Behaviour addresses: Why the physical basis for learning
is important? How immaturity in aspects of physical development impacts learning, emotional
wellbeing and behaviour? How this can be identified? How can this be assessed and what
forms of remediation are available?
Reflexes, Movement, Learning & Behaviour covers an area of education and emotional wellbeing
that either tends to be over-looked or falls between professional domains. It provides information
that can help parents, teachers and other professionals to understand what lies behind the under-achieving child and adults who suffer from balance-related anxiety disorders. The method fills a yawning gap in ‘the system’, which often fails to recognise underlying physical factors in under-achievement, behavioural and emotional problems. Identifying some of the mechanics involved is the first stage in moving from victimhood to being able to live with a problem and in many cases, overcome it. It helps parents and teachers to understand children better, introduce more effective coping strategies if needed and ideally correct some of the underlying problems enabling children and adults to become more resilient and flexible in response to stress and to realise their potential.
Sally Goddard Blythe is Director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology. She researches the relationship between physical development and learning. Her remedial programmes help transform children’s learning through movement. Her widely translated books include The Well Balanced Child, The Genius of Play, Raising Happy Healthy Children and Movement: Your Child’s First Language from Hawthorn Press, and Attention Balance and Coordination, The ABC of Learning Success.
Introduction: Why physical development matters and its relationship to school readiness and learning success. 1. Primitive reflexes – their influence on life and learning 2. From primitive reflex to postural control 3. Brain development: Establishing a hierarchy 4. The senses: Interreceptor and exteroceptor systems 5.Examples of reflex testing. 6. What can be done? Levels of intervention from individualized programmes to how parents can help; awareness in schools; signs and symptoms of listening problems; music as a primary teacher; visual processing; simple changes in the classroom; nature and nurture; use of electronic media. 7. History of the INPP method and selected papers by Lawrence Beuret MD and Sally Goddard Blythe Appendix 1: Case Studies Appendix 2: A short history of reflexes and the INPP method References and Glossary
*Analyses how neuro-motor immaturity influences physical, behavioural, learning and emotional blockages in children and adults *Pioneering, updated research into how primitive and postural reflexes affect learning and emotional wellbeing. *Why physical development matters for school readiness and learning success *Recognising neuromotor immaturity - signs, symptoms and behaviours *What can be done? Case studies, screening, neuromotor training, sensory programs, action songs and movement.
