Chester leads innovation in the understanding of special educational needs (SEND)

This weekend, Chester will host an international conference to celebrate fifty years of development and training in a method developed in the heart of the city.

The conference will feature world expert speakers in the field of child development some of whom have been pioneers in the development of new theories and methods in the understanding of what can underly special educational needs (SEN).

  Speakers:

§  Sally Goddard Blythe MSc. Director of INPP Ltd will summarise the history, underlying theory, evidence and research of the INPP method.

§  Harold Levinson MD (USA) one of the first doctors to recognise a physical link between the vestibular (balance) system, the cerebellum, Dyslexia and Phobic disorders.

§ Professor Mikhail Lazarev MD - a system of musical education, which starts before birth (SONATAL) designed to support the natural development of language and social skills in young children.

§  Professor Ewa Gieysztor PhD (Poland) will discuss the implications of children’s neuromotor status to cognitive, social and motor skills

§  Stefano Frediani MD (Italy) will present findings linking immaturity in the neuromotor system to orofacial function

§  Anja Hollowell - recent findings that suggest a paradox between genetic influences, age at learning to walk and later learning success.

§  Vicente Domingo - results from research that has shown how reflex integration movements can impact function of the visual system

§  Other practitioners of the INPP method will report use of the method in schools in Spain, New Zealand and in orphanages in Brazil.

The 50^th anniversary of the founding of this unsung local Chester success story also celebrates a change in its international structure as Sally Goddard Blythe retires as Director to pass responsibility for future training to a group of international trainers who will work within  a not for profit organisation to secure content and standards of training in the future.

Sally Goddard Blythe MSc (Psych) has worked at INPP since 1988 becoming its international Director in 2000.  She is the author of more than eight books on child development, numerous articles and published research papers. 

Information and conference programme may be found at: www.inpp.cloud/conference