Frequently Asked Questions
The questions below are among the most common we hear from families, schools, and professionals exploring the INPP Method. If your question is not answered here, you are welcome to contact us or speak directly with an INPP Licentiate in your area.
About the INPP programme
What does an INPP programme look like?
Each programme is tailored to the individual, but most follow a similar structure. It begins with an initial consultation to explore whether the INPP Method is likely to be relevant and helpful.
If appropriate, a full neuromotor assessment follows. This identifies which reflexes may be retained and establishes the starting point for the programme. The practitioner will show you the first exercise at this stage.
Review appointments are then held every six to eight weeks. At each review, the practitioner reassesses the reflexes being worked on and introduces the next exercise in the sequence. Programmes typically last between twelve and eighteen months.
What will an INPP programme cost?
Each INPP Licentiate sets their own fees independently. We recommend contacting practitioners in your area directly to ask about their current pricing and what is included in each appointment.
You can find INPP UK licentiates through our practitioner directory.
How do I know if INPP is right for my child?
The best starting point is to contact an INPP Licentiate in your area. Most practitioners offer an initial conversation or consultation where you can discuss your child's history and the difficulties you have noticed.
This gives the practitioner an opportunity to listen and to share an honest view of whether a neuromotor assessment is likely to be relevant. Not every child who presents with learning or developmental difficulties will have retained primitive reflexes as a contributing factor, a good practitioner will tell you if they feel INPP is unlikely to help in your situation.
Is there an age limit?
For an individual reflex integration programme, practitioners generally prefer to work with children aged six and older. This is because the assessment requires a level of cooperation and body awareness that younger children may not yet have. That said, individual circumstances are always taken into account, and some practitioners do work with younger children where appropriate.
There is no upper age limit. Adults can and do benefit from the INPP Method, and many licentiates work with adult clients alongside children.
Will the results last?
The INPP programme is designed to support the integration of retained primitive reflexes and the development of more mature postural reflexes. Where this process is completed, the changes should be lasting, the nervous system has, in effect, completed a developmental step that was previously incomplete.
It is worth noting that primitive reflexes never fully disappear in developmentally mature individuals and may re-emerge temporarily under conditions of significant stress, illness, or physical trauma. Your INPP practitioner will explain this during your consultations and help you understand what to look out for.
What to expect from an INPP assessment
What does a developmental assessment involve?
A full INPP diagnostic assessment involves a series of standardised neuromotor tests. These include balance and movement tasks · some of which may look quite simple, that are specifically designed to reveal the degree to which particular reflexes are retained and the extent to which neuromotor maturity has developed.
The assessment also includes a short visual element and some drawing tasks. Taken together, these give the practitioner a clear picture of which reflexes, if any, are retained and to what degree.
At the end of the assessment, the practitioner will usually introduce the first exercise and show the client how to carry it out at home.
What happens at a review appointment?
Review appointments are shorter than the initial assessment · typically around thirty minutes, though they can run to an hour where there is more to discuss. The practitioner will reassess the reflexes that have been the focus of the previous exercise, check how the programme has been going at home, and introduce the next exercise in the sequence.
Reviews are held every six to eight weeks throughout the programme.
What conditions do people come with?
INPP practitioners see a wide range of presentations. Among children, these commonly include dyslexia and reading difficulties, developmental coordination disorder, ADHD and attention difficulties, autistic spectrum differences, anxiety, school avoidance, and broader educational underachievement.
Adults may come with long-standing coordination or balance difficulties, anxiety, sensory sensitivities, or a wish to understand difficulties that were never fully explained in childhood. The INPP assessment is relevant wherever retained primitive reflexes may be a contributing factor, and this can be established through the assessment itself.
INPP for adults
Is the INPP programme relevant for adults?
Yes. Retained primitive reflexes do not resolve simply with age, and many adults carry the effects of neuromotor immaturity without ever having had it identified. Adults with balance and coordination difficulties, anxiety, sensory sensitivities, or a long history of unexplained learning challenges may find the INPP assessment a useful starting point.
It is worth noting that for adults, the programme can sometimes bring with it an increased awareness of physical and emotional patterns that have been present for a long time. A supportive environment and an open conversation with the practitioner before beginning are both recommended.
Still have questions? We are happy to help.