Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT)
The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics is a clinical approach that helps professionals create individualized intervention, enrichment, and educational plans to match the unique needs of people of all ages and the communities in which they live.
NMT offers enhanced service delivery because of the provider’s insight into core principles of neurodevelopment and traumatology:
Youth and adult assessment
Specialized recommendations for therapeutic, educational, and enrichment activities
Training and capacity building
History of NMT
NMT is a comprehensive approach developed by Dr. Bruce Perry and the Child Trauma Academy. It provides trauma education and neurological feedback to increase the effectiveness of mental health services.
NMT complements any treatment modality and can be applied to:
Foster care
Case management
Psychotherapy
The NMP Assessment Process
An NMT certified clinician will:
Collect the person’s complete developmental history
Assess the person’s current functioning
Complete and provide a NMT Metric Report (including a "Functional Brain Map")
What makes NMT different?
Identifies underdeveloped or maladaptive areas in need of attention
Provides recommendations that help treatment team members to offer more effective interventions
Supports those whose existing treatment has not been effective
Who can benefit?
Youth who might benefit from NMT show signs including but not limited to:
Self-harm or
hurting others
Running
away
Impulsive behavior
School disruption or fights
Uncontrolled anger
Alcohol or drug use
Withdraw from others
Cruelty to animals
The Child Trauma Academy acknowledges that National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) has completed NMT Training Certification through the Phase II level.
* NMT Certification does not comprise clinical "endorsement" – it merely implies that the clinician or organization has completed the necessary training elements to use the NMT Assessment Process with acceptable fidelity. Any results or recommendations made by an NMT Certified clinicians or organizations are solely the responsibility of the clinician or organization making them.
