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| About the Author | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Windows on the Brain | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Development Readiness for Education | |
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| What Is Neuro-development Delay? | |
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| What Is the Connection Between Neuro-development Delay and Specific Learning Difficulties? | |
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| Primitive and Postural Reflexes-the Medical Model | |
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| Neurological Dysfunction in Specific Learning Difficulties | |
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| Diagnostic Criteria, Signs, and Symptoms of Specific Learning Difficulties | |
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| Dyslexia-Signs and Symptoms | |
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| DCD (Dyspraxia) | |
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| Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) | |
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| Underachievement | |
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| The Sensory-Motor Connection | |
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| Theories of Motor Control | |
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| The Significance of Primitive and Postural Reflexes | |
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| What Are Primitive and Postural Reflexes? | |
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| What Can Primitive and Postural Reflexes Tell Us? | |
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| The Developing Brain | |
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| The Emergence of Spinal Reflexes | |
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| Reflexes Mediated at the Spinal Level | |
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| Reflexes Mediated in the Brainstem | |
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| Reflexes as Reflections of Hierarchical Development | |
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| Areas of the Brain Involved in the Mediation of Primitive and Postural Reflexes | |
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| The Multisensory Reflex - the Moro Reflex | |
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| Characteristics of the Fear Paralysis Reflex | |
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| Moro Reflex Activators | |
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| Functions of the Moro Reflex | |
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| Physiological Response to the Moro Reflex | |
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| Implications of a Retained Moro Reflex | |
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| Symptoms of Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome (SSS) | |
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| General Symptoms Associated with a Retained Moro Reflex | |
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| Behavioural Outcomes Associated with a Retained Moro Reflex | |
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| Primitive Reflexes of Position | |
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| Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex (TLR) | |
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| Development of Head Control | |
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| Why Is Head Control So Important? | |
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| The Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex (TLR) and Early Feeding | |
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| Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR) | |
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| Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (STNR) | |
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| Primitive Tactile Reflexes | |
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| Palmar Grasp Reflex | |
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| Plantar Reflex | |
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| Rooting Reflex | |
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| Suckling and Sucking Reflexes | |
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| The Spinal Galant Reflex | |
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| Postural Reflexes | |
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| Head Righting Reflexes | |
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| Righting, Placing, and Equilibrium Reactions | |
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| Parachute Reflex | |
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| Use of the INPP Screening Questionnaire | |
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| The INPP Screening Questionnaire for Children | |
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| How to Use the INPP Questionnaire | |
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| Post-natal Factors Using the INPP Questionnaire | |
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| Schooling | |
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| Scoring the INPP Questionnaire | |
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| Research into the Reliability of the INPP Questionnaire | |
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| The Development of the Vestibular-Cerebellar Theory | |
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| Origins | |
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| Development of Balance | |
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| Cerebellum and Balance | |
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| Significance of Vestibular Dysfunction | |
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| Symptoms of Vestibular Problems | |
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| The Effects of Neuro-development Delay in Adults and in Adolescents | |
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| Problems in Higher Education | |
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| Vestibular Connections to the Reticular Activating System (RAS) | |
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| Adolescent and Adult Manifestations of NDD-a Clinical Perspective | |
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| Development of the INPP Method-from Theory to Fact | |
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| Other Factors in Specific Learning Difficulties | |
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| Unravelling the Threads | |
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| Use of Physical Tests to Assess Neurological Readiness in Schools | |
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| Application of the INPP Method | |
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| The Neuro-educator | |
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| Attention, Balance, and Coordination | |
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| Screening for Neurological Dysfunction in the Specific Learning Difficulty Child | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Early Identification | |
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| Aim of the Study | |
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| Method | |
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| Analysis of the Questionnaire as a Means of Identifying Specific Learning Difficulties | |
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| Analysis of Individual Questions | |
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| Results | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Frequency Range of Vocals and Musical Instruments | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |