The main organization which endorses the claim of Psychomotor Patterning is called The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential out of Philadelphia, PA.

A great article can be found on Quackwatch here: http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/patterning.html

So my question was with those who are familiar with it, would Psychomotor Patterning be considered a Pseudoscience? I’m new and still unfamiliar with certain definitions. Or is this Alternative Medicine?

I once knew a family which was doing this to their 15 year old child with severe, non-verbal autism. While this was some years ago, it really opened my eyes and was the first topic I sought clarity on skeptics websites for.

Anyway, I’d love to hear any other thoughts on this as all I saw was abuse, neglect and false hope. It was quite sad.

For the most part, alternative medicine is pseudoscience.

Dead Monky - 30 June 2011 11:42 AM

For the most part, alternative medicine is pseudoscience.

That’s good to know.

AlexM, scroll down to Steven Novella’s Bottom Line conclusion. I don’t think there is anything to add to that. As DM said, most alternative medicine is pseudoscience. In this case, I wouldn’t give it that much benefit. Psychomotor Patterning is discredited, and its practitioners are deluding people.

DarronS - 30 June 2011 03:47 PM

AlexM, scroll down to Steven Novella’s Bottom Line conclusion. I don’t think there is anything to add to that. As DM said, most alternative medicine is pseudoscience. In this case, I wouldn’t give it that much benefit. Psychomotor Patterning is discredited, and its practitioners are deluding people.

I loved The Bottom Line part, thank you!