New research shows that additives do affect children - April 10, 2008

A study funded by the government’s Food Standards Agency(FSA) is understood to have drawn a link with temper tantrums and poor concentration. This most recent study only confirms what research commissioned by other organisations such as “Foresight” (The organisation for pre-conceptual care) and The Hyperactive Children’s Support Group (HACSG) have demonstrated for more than 30 years.

Some children seem to be more vulnerable to the effects of food additives than others. Empirical evidence from independent vitamin and mineral profile analysis of children seen at INPP presenting with learning and attention problems suggests that children who have allergies or are born into allergic families or families with wheat, gluten or dairy intolerance, or who have low zinc status are more susceptible to the effects of chemical agents.

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Judge says that family life in the UK is in meltdown - April 8, 2008

Justice Paul Coleridge, one of the country’s most senior judges has said that Britain is suffering from an epidemic of family breakdown and this is causing misery and social ills at all levels in society. At, last someone with authority had had the courage to speak out putting the needs of children first.

Children need stability, constancy and consistency in their lives; they need models of behaviour from which to learn how to interact with the environment; they need physical interaction and social engagement on a daily basis with parents, teachers and extended family, and they need standards to live up to and consequences for inappropriate behaviour. These are the ingredients for learning the good manners on which every civilised society depends. Manners at the most basic level are practised on the basis of consideration for other people and children learn this from the family. When a society places the goals of money, materialism, personal success and political correctness before the biological, emotional and social needs of its children, it mortgages its own future.

The biological and developmental basis for children’s health and emotional well being is explored in a new book, due to be published at the end of April, “What babies and children really need - how mothers and fathers can nurture children’s growth for health and well being” (Hawthorn Press. Stroud). Books can be ordered by contacting www.hawthornpress.com

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Help for children with dyslexia - April 3, 2008

Dyslexia is often treated simply by trying to remediate the symptoms ie. difficulties with reading, writing, spelling or spatial awareness, but Dyslexia is a complex problem of neurological origin.
There can be several different types/manifestations of Dyslexia affecting primarily phonological processing, visual processing, motor-perceptual skills and or a mixed picture, each type requiring a different approach.
INPP specialises in the identification, assessment and remediation of the physical factors which can underlie many asects of Dyslexia. It does not claim to provide a “cure” for Dyslexia, but rather to unravel some of the tangled threads involved, and provide a more stable physical basis on which to build language and learning skills.
Assessments include standardised tests for balance, coordination, cerebellar impairment, primitive and postural reflexes, eye movements necessary for reading and writing, visual-perception and auditory processing. On the basis of assessment results an individual programme is devised for children to carry out at home every day under parental supervision.
Futher information on dyslexia can be found at www.inpp.org.uk/dyslexia or www.inpp.org.uk/publications
Information for parents written by a parent on how The INPP Method can help can be found at www.inpp.org.uk/publications/Miracle Children
Further information on accessing assessment and intervention can be found by contacting INPP on 01244 311414

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