• Speech – physical dysfunction such as cleft palate;
• Oral dyspraxia – nothing physically wrong with mouth but brain cannot properly co-ordinate muscles etc. to correctly produce sounds;
• Speech -  due to hearing loss...certain sounds cannot be heard properly so cannot imitate sound (link with phonological awareness and dyslexia);
• Receptive/Comprehension difficulties – not understand the semantics (grammar, structure, vocabulary and word meaning etc.) of literal language;
• Semantic disorders – failure to comprehend the nuances of non-literal language (idioms, figurative and metaphorical etc.);
• Pragmatic disorder – failure to use appropriately and comprehend language in different social contexts.
• Semantic Pragmatic Disorder – Semantic and Pragmatic together. 

The last three are often associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the United Kingdom although some researchers (Szatmari 1998) say that children with these disorders have delayed milestones similar to those found in Neuro Physiological Developmental Delay.

When a child has Neuro Motor Immaturity, Open Doors Therapy can help (sometimes quite dramatically) to remove some of the barriers to learning that children with speech and language may have.

At Open Doors Therapy we can talk about the young teenage boy who would stand almost mute at a family gathering, who after 12 months therapy became more outgoing and his granny commented ‘we can talk to each other now’.

Neuro Physiological Therapy Can Improve

•  Memory and learning
•  Visual and auditory processing
•  Handwriting
•  Hand eye coordination
•  Reading
•  Time management and organisation
•  Focus and attention
•  Gross and fine motor skills
•  Coping with busy environments and change