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FAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER, INC.
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Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT)
The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) was developed by Dr. Bruce Perry. NMT process produces a brain map that is a developmentally sensitive, neurobiologically informed approach to organizing and then understanding a child's history and current functioning. NMT is not a therapeutic technique or intervention; it is an approach to assessing, articulating the primary problems and identifying interventions (educational, enrichment and therapeutic) that helps families, educators, therapists and related professionals best meet the needs of the child.
Using information about the child’s history of adversity, the child’s current relational support and development of 32 areas of the brain, the Brain Map provides a snapshot of the child’s current brain-based functioning, their relational health, and their cortical modulation ration (CMR). The CMR provides an approximation of the child’s developmental age.
The 4 areas of the brain scored are sensory integration, self-regulation, relational functioning, and cognition. This information, taken together provides real time information to parents, caregivers and professionals regarding caregiving, learning, social-emotional health. Most importantly, services are prescribed to fit the child’s needs.