Help By Diagnosis

Standard neurological tests will reveal the continued presence of aberrant Primitive and Postural Reflexes.

Individual reflexes affect specific areas of functioning: one reflex can interfere with the control of the hand when writing; another can affect balance and control of eye movements so that the eyes ‘play tricks’ on the brain, making the letters appear to move on the page.

A full Neuro-Developmental assessment will detect the presence of primitive reflexes and balance problems. Detailed tests assess Central Nervous System maturity. Both types of test aid INPP in the diagnosis of NDD / Neuro-Developmental Delay.

These are the medical facts which form the basis of our work at INPP:

• During life in the womb a group of reflexes called the primitive reflexes emerge.
• Primitive reflexes should be present at birth in the baby born at full term.
• Primitive reflexes are inhibited by the developing brain during the first year of life.
• Primitive reflexes are gradually replaced by Postural reflexes.  Postural reflexes develop in the first 3½ years of life to provide the basis for automatic (unconscious) control of balance, posture and voluntary movement.
• It is an accepted medical fact that retained primitive reflexes beyond the first 6–12 months of post natal life indicate immaturity in the functioning of the Central Nervous System.

Information by Diagnosis

• Agoraphobia
• Anxiety & Panic Disorder
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Auditory Processing Disorder
• Dyscalculia
• Dysgraphia
• Dyslexia
• Dyspraxia