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Releasing educational potential through movement: a summary of individual studies carried out using the INPP test battery and developmental exercise programme for use in schools with children with special needs
- Author:
- BLYTHE Sally Goddard
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 11(4), October 2005, pp.415-432.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article provides a summary of findings from a series of independent studies that have been undertaken separately. The studies used a specific developmental test batter - the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP) Developmental Test Battery for use in schools with children with special educational needs - with a total of 810 children, to assess whether neurological dysfunction was a significant factor for underlying academic achievement. The results showed that the children who participated in the daily INPP exercises made significantly greater improvement on measures for neurological dysfunction, balance and coordination. Children who had scores of more than 25% on tests for neurological dysfunction and whose reading age was less than their chronological age at the outset also showed small but significantly greater progress in reading that children who did not take part in the programme.
Information needs of parents about learning disabilities
- Author:
- McCONKEY Roy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7(3), September 2003, pp.211-219.
- Publisher:
- Sage
A survey of over 400 parents and carers of children and adults with severe learning disabilities was undertaken in N. Ireland. The aim was to identify the persons approached by the parents, the information required and the means used. The data are relevant to the setting up of national information centres as proposed by the government. The most common informants were social workers, staff in schools and centres, and GPs, but little use was made of voluntary services. A similar pattern was found regarding future informants. The most common topics were available services, leisure and holidays, and benefits. Parents of children under 10 were more likely to want information on education and therapies. The preferred means of getting information was through face-to-face contacts in the home.