Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics
Developed by Dr Bruce Perry (one of the world’s leading chid trauma experts) the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) is not a specific therapeutic technique but an approach to structuring the application of interventions in a way that best meets the needs of each child.
Our clinical therapists and several other senior staff members are NMT accredited at the practitioner level, and some have progressed to qualify as NMT trainers.
The NMT approach starts with a core assessment involving a review of the child’s relational history and an assessment of their current functioning in order to develop a “map” of developmentally appropriate interventions. It often involves patterned, repetitive somatosensory activities that help to develop the child’s capacity for self-regulation before moving on to therapies that will help with more relational-related difficulties and then to more cognitive based approaches.
Each child’s therapy programme is devised and overseen by one of our qualified therapists or clinicians using the NMT approach to identify the most appropriate types of therapeutic intervention. In order to ensure that they have the most positive impact, therapeutic activities are designed to be ‘relevant, relational, repetitive and rewarding’.
A therapeutic curriculum is woven throughout the care that children receive. This provision is overseen by qualified therapists who guide clinical therapy assistants that are based in each house. This approach ensures that children receive the support they need
Ofsted – 2024