This book clearly identifies the importance of movement as a cornerstone for learning. In particular, it highlights how traces of early reflexes, which are usually subsumed into more complex and voluntary movement, can impact a child’s ability to carry out activities which crucially support a child’s ability to read, write, focus and pay attention.
The tests and exercises are not a diagnostic tool, but with training are to be used as a screening device to help teachers understand further the difficulties of some children in their school, and to re-evaluate their needs and provide an effective intervention programme. The programme identified in the book should, in my view, be part of all teacher training.
―Maria Robinson, Independent Adviser in Early Years Development
Sally Goddard-Blythe has worked for many years to help young children respond to the demanding tasks of school: speaking and understanding speech, reading and writing, and the logic of using tools. All depend on moving with balance and versatility, and with clear sight and hearing. In this rich manual for screening and development of motor awareness, teachers and other professionals working with children aged 4 to 7 and upward, are offered the fruit of Sally Goddard Blythe’s four decades of research and practice. Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning will help to give every child confidence and pleasure in moving to learn.
―Colwyn Trevarthen, Professor Emeritus of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Edinburgh
From the Inside Flap
A significant number of children in mainstream schools suffer from neuromotor immaturity. While several motor training and movement programmes are available, the INPP model is unique in having been rigorously evaluated in research and practice, and has consistently proved more effective than rivals or general movement activities in improving neuromotor performance.
Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning is based on an established training manual which has been in use as part of INPP’s popular training courses, and is a foundation stone of the overall INPP approach. This new text has now been substantially revised and expanded to include information normally only delivered in training, as well as new illustrations throughout.
The manual is organized into three sections. The first offers a battery of tests to assess key reflexes and visual perception in children aged 4-7; the second provides a similar series for children aged 7 and a half and over. The third section details a complete developmental movement programme designed for use with whole classes or smaller groups over the course of one academic year. This book may be supported and enhanced by INPP video training materials and score sheets, available for download purchase from the INPP website.
From the Back Cover
A significant number of children in mainstream schools suffer from neuromotor immaturity. While several motor training and movement programmes are available, the INPP model is unique in having been rigorously evaluated in research and practice, and has consistently proved more effective than rivals or general movement activities in improving neuromotor performance.
Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning is based on an established training manual which has been in use as part of INPP’s popular training courses, and is a foundation stone of the overall INPP approach. This new text has now been substantially revised and expanded to include information normally only delivered in training, as well as new illustrations throughout.
The manual is organized into three sections. The first offers a battery of tests to assess key reflexes and visual perception in children aged 4-7; the second provides a similar series for children aged 7 and a half and over. The third section details a complete developmental movement programme designed for use with whole classes or smaller groups over the course of one academic year. This book may be supported and enhanced by INPP video training materials and score sheets, available for download purchase from the INPP website.
About the Author
Sally Goddard Blythe is a Consultant in Neuro-Developmental Education and Director of The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP). She is the author of several books and published papers on child development and neuro-developmental factors in specific learning difficulties, including, Reflexes, Learning and Behaviour (2002), The Well Balanced Child (2003), What Babies and Children Really Need (2008), Attention, Balance and Coordination – the A.B.C. of Learning Success (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) and The Genius of Natural Childhood (2011).
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