Anyone got any personal experience of INPP?

[haggisaggis]

or Institute of Neuro - Physiological Psychology? I have heard it works really well on children with dyspraxia / dyslexia but I cannot find any independant reviews on teh internet and am a bit sceptical. It is very expensive and I need to justify to myself that it will benefit dd before I sign her up. She has had the initail assessment where surprise surprise they think they can help her..
WOudl like to find out if anyone has any personal experience and whether it helped their dc.

Yes-found it great for DS (5) with dyspraxia and on autistic spectrum-dont expect instant results-we have been doing 9 months and only now seeing some real improvement but there is no doubt visual tracking, balance and co-ordination have improved...of course this may all be down to natural maturation but some things have been so dramatic (ie able to hold pencil properly and write name after 2 sessions) that it would appear as though it is working for us at least.
You will find very little independent research and almost no peer reviewed, properly validated studies to back up their claims so from a scientific point of view it has little validation and demands a leap of faith on your part I suppose. BUT many OTs would also back the use of reflex inhibition as a valid tool for these children.
HTH

I've just requested details for this organisation but not sure if DD is too young - she's nearly 3 yrs?

It is the reflex inhibition which interests me and although DD doesn't have dyspraxia as the cause of her co-ordination problems, she has trouble with balance, bilateral movement and crossing midline. I know she's still young but I want to do everything possible to help her before she starts school. Not sure if OT can really help with these sorts of issues?

Oddgirl - thanks for that. Part of my reticence to go ahead (apart from cost!) is that dd got very upset during teh initial assessment as the guy was discussing her in front of her, and she thought he was saying she was not mature and ababy and not the reflexes she was displaying - so don't want to put her through it unless it is of benefit.
Minty- dd has had OT help and yes they can certainly help with balance, midline crossing etc (as these are all difficulties dd displays). I found Tai Kwon Do and dancing also both helped dd's balance and co-ordination (altough your dd is a bit young for martial arts yet!)

Thats a shame haggis-when our practitioner saw DS she only discussed her findings with me on my own in a separate appointment not in front of DS.

Our practitioner has a special needs background so has a good hold of issues in general so as well as reflex inhibition she did loads of sensory and proprioception exercises and we practised lots of midline exercises.The biggest change for us was inhibition of moro reflex when DS behaviour improved dramatically over 6 weeks.

Minty 3 is probably a bit hard for INPP stuff-some practitioners wont look at under 7s and there are quite a few exercises we couldnt address with DS until he matures a bit but for OT the earlier the better if you ask me-DS did it from 3 and had lots of fun-play lots of simon says games for good body awareness and then made it harder by saying stuff like "touch your right ear with yr left hand" etc forcing them to cross midline-DS now brilliant-even stuff like snow angels and star jumps all good stuff-but push for an OT assessment..
HTH