Neuro-Developmental Therapy

for children with co-ordination, behavioural and learning disorders.

A physical approach to resolving learning difficulties

In order to learn, a child needs to be able to control their body movements so that they can function in a classroom. These movements include the ability to sit still at a desk, remain silent, hold a book in their hand, follow a line of reading on a page, readjust their vision to copy from a blackboard and hold a pencil comfortably.

Children who find learning difficult often experience difficulties with balance and coordination, organization and staying on task. Frustration, anxiety and hypersensitivity are common results, as the child finds it difficult to perform daily tasks to potential.

Successful learning depends on foundation physical abilities being fully developed. If they are not, children may experience a range of problems that often require long term intervention to learn strategies to help them to compensate.

This physical therapy designed to assist children with learning difficulties involves a series of exercises to correct balance and co-ordination, going back to the early stages of development in order to give the body a second chance. NDT entails devising a series of exercises for a particular child that parents supervise at home over a period of time. Early intervention programmes are available as well as individual therapy for school age children, adolescents and adults.

Some indications of underlying physical factors in difficulties with learning