Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning E-Book

Sally Goddard Blythe

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Seitenzahl: 164

Beschreibung

Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning is a substantially revised and expanded edition of a long established INPP training manual that has been consistently proven in practice. The package includes tests for children, a developmental movement programme, and information about online access to INPP video training materials. * Based on the proven INPP model for neuromotor development screening and intervention, which is unique in having been rigorously evaluated in research and practice * Expands and revises an INPP manual which has previously only been available to training customers, and which is a foundation stone of the overall INPP approach * Places emphasis on children's physical development and how neuro-motor skills provide the foundations for learning success. * The package includes batteries of tests for younger and older children, a developmental movement programme * This book may be supported and enhanced by INPP video training materials and score sheets, available for download purchase from the INPP website

Leseprobe

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Overview

1.2 Rationale for Screening and Remediation of Neuromotor Immaturity

1.3 What is INPP?

1.4 The INPP Developmental Movement Programme for Schools

1.5 What is Neuromotor Immaturity?

1.6 What is the Significance of Primitive Reflexes to Education?

1.7 What are Primitive Reflexes?

1.8 What is the Significance of Neuromotor Maturity to Education?

1.9 What is the Purpose of Developmental Screening Tests?

1.10 Why Assess Posture and Balance?

1.11 Why Carry Out Assessments for Balance?

1.12 What is the Difference Between Static Balance and Dynamic Balance?

1.13 What is the Significance of Postural Control to Learning?

1.14 Primitive Reflexes: Why Have These Three Reflexes Been Selected for Evaluation?

1.15 What Evidence is There Linking Balance, Posture and Reflexes to Educational Achievement?

1.16 What Evidence is There That Intervention in the Form of Movement Programmes Aimed at the Level of Primitive Reflexes Improves Educational Outcomes?

1.17 How to Use The Screening Tests

References

Chapter 2: Developmental Screening Tests for Use with Children Aged 4–7 Years

2.1 General instructions

2.2 Neuromotor tests

2.3 Tests for Primitive Reflexes

2.4 Tests for Visual Perception and Visual-Motor Integration

2.5 Score Sheets for 4–7 Year Old Test

2.6 Observation Sheets

2.7 Interpreting the Scores

References

Chapter 3: Developmental Screening Tests for Use with Children from 7 Years of Age

3.1 General Instructions

3.2 Tests for Gross Muscle Coordination and Balance

3.3 Tests for Aberrant Primitive Reflexes

3.4 Tests for Oculomotor Functioning

3.5 Tests for Visual-Speech Recognition

3.6 Tests for Visual Perception and Visual-Motor Integration

3.7 Score Sheets (7+ Test)

3.8 Observation Sheets (7+ Test)

3.9 How to Interpret The Scores

References

Chapter 4: The INPP Developmental Movement Programme

4.1 How to use the INPP Developmental Movement Programme

4.2 The Developmental Movement Programme

4.3 Additional Optional Exercises for Integration of Left and Right

4.4 Post Script

References

Resources

Training DVD

Training

Supplementary Resources

Additional Resources

Other books by the author

This edition first published 2012

© 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This book is a revised and extended version of: Goddard Blythe (1996) The INPP Test Battery and Developmental Exercise Programme for use in Schools produced by The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP Ltd), Chester, UK.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Goddard, Sally, 1957-

Assessing neuromotor readiness for learning: the INPP developmental screening test and school intervention programme / Sally Goddard Blythe.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-119-97068-2 (pbk.)

1. Learning disabled children–Education. 2. Learning disabilities–Physiological aspects. 3. Movement disorders in children–Diagnosis. 4. Movement disorders in children–Treatment. 5. Motor ability–Testing. I. Title.

LC4704.G64 2012

371.9–dc23

2011043298

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Acknowledgements

Sheila Dobie OBE for permission to use examples of exercises developed by her to train bilateral integration.

Riverside Publishing for permission to reproduce figures from the Bender Visual Gestalt test

Ágnes Nyiregyházi Dobrovits and Magdalena Zweegman for arranging revision of all drawings for Chapter 4.

To schools that have participated in The INPP Developmental Movement Programme for Schools, carried out assessments and given permission for their results to be made available for publication.

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 Overview

A significant percentage of children in mainstream schools has been found to have immature motor skills and postural instability.(1) Such neuromotor immaturity is often rooted in the continued presence of a cluster of primitive reflexes (normally present in infants up to six months of age, and then replaced over time by postural reactions). Research has shown that there is a direct correlation between immature motor skills and educational achievement. With proper guidance and instruction, teachers and other professionals can be trained to screen for signs of such delay, so that appropriate referrals can be made or physical intervention programmes introduced. This book provides all the tools and guidance needed to identify children with such immaturity, implement a physical programme if appropriate and evaluate outcomes.

There are many motor training and movement programmes available, but the model developed by The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP) described in this book is unique in having been evaluated in practice and offering a means of assessing neuromotor status in the pre-school and school-aged child both at the beginning and end of intervention.