About the Qualification
One year to internationally accredited Licentiate status
The professionals who come to INPP training are already skilled and already experienced. What the programme offers is not a replacement for what they know, it is a structured, evidence-based framework for understanding and addressing the neuromotor foundations that underlie so many of the difficulties practitioners encounter every day in their work.
Who this training is for
This programme is open to professionals holding a relevant degree and a minimum of five years' post-qualification experience. Trainees come from a wide range of backgrounds, and what they share is a caseload of children or adults for whom existing approaches have not fully explained or addressed what they are experiencing.
If you regularly work with children or adults presenting with learning difficulties, coordination challenges, attention difficulties, or developmental differences, and you are looking for a deeper framework for understanding what may be contributing to those difficulties, this training may be a significant addition to your practice.
Applications are by CV and supporting documentation. Places in each cohort are limited and early enquiry is encouraged.
Professional backgrounds we welcome
- Occupational therapists
- Teachers and specialist educators
- Psychologists and educational psychologists
- Physiotherapists
- Social workers and family support practitioners
- Speech and language therapists
- Paediatric nurses and healthcare professionals
- Other allied health and education professionals
What the training involves
The programme is delivered over approximately one year and combines face-to-face practical training days, supported self-study, supervised clinical casework, and written case study submissions. Training is deliberately kinaesthetic and experiential, the INPP Method is fundamentally physical and observational, and trainees work through assessment techniques and movement patterns in their own bodies before applying them with clients.
Taught content
- History and development of the INPP Method
- Reflex development and neuromotor maturation
- The relationship between reflexes, learning, and behaviour
- Standardised neuromotor assessment techniques
- Diagnostic report writing
- Designing and overseeing individualised movement programmes
- INPP movement exercises and their clinical application
How learning is assessed
- Supervised clinical casework across the training year
- Written case study submissions demonstrating assessment and programme design
- Peer observation and structured feedback
- Four written examination papers (minimum 60% required in each)
- Demonstration of professional conduct and ethical practice
What you will be able to do as an INPP Licentiate
On achieving Licentiate status, practitioners are equipped to work independently within their existing professional context, or to build a dedicated INPP practice alongside it.
Carry out the full standardised INPP neuromotor assessment with children and adults, using the INPP Questionnaire and Diagnostic Assessment.
Interpret assessment findings and communicate them clearly in written reports for families, schools, and multidisciplinary colleagues.
Design individualised daily movement programmes based on assessment results and the INPP exercise sequence.
Review and adapt programmes at regular intervals in response to the client's progress through the neuromotor development sequence.
Speak confidently with parents, schools, and professional colleagues about the neuromotor basis of learning and developmental difficulties.
Access the ongoing INPP UK supervision, CPD, and peer community, and the international INPP network of licentiates and National Principals.
About Pauline Shannon
INPP UK
The INPP UK practitioner training programme is led by Pauline Shannon, National Principal for Training, appointed by INPP International. Pauline brings a background spanning social work, child development, and Waldorf education, alongside more than a decade of active INPP clinical practice based in Edinburgh.
Her approach to training reflects her belief that adult learners are not empty vessels. Trainees are experienced professionals, the training is designed to meet them where they are, to build on what they already know, and to give them something genuinely powerful to add to an already well-developed practice.
Pauline is an active member of the international community of INPP National Principals and maintains close involvement in the ongoing development and quality of the method internationally.
Course fees and postgraduate credit
All fees are subject to VAT at the current rate. A 50% deposit is required to secure your place, with the remaining balance due one month before the programme begins. A monthly payment arrangement is also available · please contact us to discuss.
Graduates of the four-module programme may be eligible to apply for up to 60 postgraduate credit points toward a Master's degree through the School of Medicine at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Subject to additional assignments set by the university and additional fees payable directly to UCLan.
UCLan Postgraduate Accreditation
For further information about the UCLan postgraduate credit pathway, contact the School of Medicine directly at PGMed@uclan.ac.uk.
One-Day Teachers Course
For educators who want to understand and address neuromotor immaturity within a classroom setting, INPP UK also offers a one-day teacher training course. This equips teachers, SENCOs, and educational professionals with practical tools to screen for neuromotor immaturity and implement the INPP School Intervention Programme, a ten-minute daily movement routine for whole-class use.
The one-day course does not lead to Licentiate status. It is a separate qualification designed specifically for school-based delivery rather than individual clinical assessment.
Ready to take the next step? We would be glad to hear from you.