XXVII INTERNATIONAL INPP CONFERENCE IN NEURODEVELOPMENT
Chester UK . October 18th and 19th 2025
INPP would like licentiates to play an active role in the conference. The conference committee is inviting INPP licentiates to submit proposals for short (20 min.) presentations about any ongoing or published research related to their INPP practice.
Each proposal should contain a title for the presentation, abstract in English (if published) and a brief description of the content to be presented. Please submit to the conference committee: conference2025@inpp.cloud
Speakers
Sally Goddard Blythe
Sally Goddard Blythe MSc, is International Director of the Institute for Neuro-physiological Psychology and author of eight books on the relationship between physical development, learning and emotional regulation.
Over thirty-seven years of private practise she has specialised in the assessment and supervision of aspects of children’s physical development using the INPP method and developed standard professional training protocols in the INPP method which are now used in 14 countries throughout the world.
She developed The INPP Developmental Screening Test and School Intervention Programme with a view to making aspects of the method accessible to teachers and children in schools in any part of the world irrespective of financial status.
Her presentation will focus on the history of the development of the INPP method, evidence-based research and her vision for the method in the future.
Sônia Padovan Catenne
Sônia Padovan Catenne, MD, specialized in neuropsychology, child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy. She is International Director of the Padovan Method for Neurofunctional Reorganization, and responsible for the training, supervision and certification of authorized Padovan therapists in Central and South America, Canada, Europe, Africa and India.
She has over 30 years of clinical experience utilizing the Padovan method to treat different CNS disorders and syndromes (CP, autism, Down Syndrome, dyslexia, TDAH, etc). The Padovan Method was originally developed in 1972 by Beatriz Padovan, Brazilian speech therapist and teacher who devoted her life to helping children in the maturation of the CNS through the recapitulation of the developmental motor stages and the oral functions.
She will share the theoretical basis of the Padovan method, as well as the clinical results obtained in the treatment of the various disorders.
Ewa Gieysztor
Ewa Gieysztor, PhD in Physiotherapy, is developing her research at Wroclaw Medical University, Poland. She combines her work as professor and therapist with the research at the university, being first author and co-author of various articles focused on the primitive reflexes.
Maria Matuszkiewicz
Maria Matuszkiewicz, PhD in Psychology, was the first to defend her PhD thesis on reflexes at SWPS University in Warsaw. For many years, she has combined her work as an INPP therapist with research on the importance of reflexes in children and adults. She conducted a large study on the impact of reflexes on literacy and speech development. During the conference, Maria will present her findings on how neuromotor conditions are linked to anxiety in children and adults.
Vicente A. Domingo Sanz
Vicente A. Domingo Sanz is a Social Educator and MSc in Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience from the University of Murcia, Spain. He works at the Montrull Advanced Optometry Center (Valencia) which specializes in the treatment of congenital, acquired or traumatic vision alterations in patients from infants to the elderly.
His field of research focuses on the relationship between the persistence of primitive reflexes and the different alterations of oculomotor skills such as eye tracking and saccadic movements. He also studies how retained primitive reflexes can affect fusional and accommodative abilities, and consequently stereopsis and depth perception.
Vicente will present his latest published research which highlights a significant link between Primitive Reflexes, fixation values and saccadic movements.
Stefano Frediani
Dr. Stefano Frediani is an expert in Clinical Posturology and Physiological Regulation Medicine, as well as a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MD), Dentist (DDS), and Osteopath (DOM). He is a professor in the master’s degree department in clinical posturology at the University of Pisa, and he teaches at various osteopathy schools in Italy and abroad. Dr. Frediani is also a past President of the Italian Association of Orofacial Functionalists. He has been a guest speaker at many courses and conferences.
For 40 years Dr. Frediani has been working on the interrelationships between dysfunctions of the orofacial sphere, with the related sensory, motor and cognitive aspects, and the global postural attitude, motor, perception and cognitive abilities, applying a clinical model called Orofacial Morpho-Functional Harmonization. Orofacial Morpho-Functional Harmonization has among its fundamental aspects the evaluation and remodulation of primitive and postural reflexes, using both stimulation programs (i.e. INPP) and specific intraoral stimulations including intraoral appliances.
Dr. Frediani is a Licentiate of INPP Italy.
Bent Peder Holbech
Bent Peder Holbech, born in Ringe in 1947, is a celebrated music educator and composer based in Bornholm. Known for his jazz/rock influenced choral works, such as “Missa Brevis Rhythmica,” he has significantly contributed to both music education and church music. Holbech’s collaboration with Kjeld Vagn Johansen on music therapy for dyslexics, with the globally used “Waves,” highlights his innovative spirit. Beyond education, his compositions for theatre and television underscore a dynamic career dedicated to exploring music’s impact on neurodevelopment.