Insight for Growth consultant Reni Bumpas is a certified practitioner of the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator® for Children.
MBTI® and the MMTIC®, Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children®
An ENFP, Reni is married to Wally, an ISTJ. Reni’s understanding of Type helped her not only navigating through marriage, but also through parenting four children with their own types: Will and Elizabeth – INFPs, Walker – ESFP, and Ian – ISTJ. That insight helped her relate to them through their high school and college years, and now as young adults.
While going through MBTI® certification training, Reni learned about the MMTIC®, Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children®. Wishing she’d known her own children’s type when they were younger, Reni became certified in the MMTIC® shortly after MBTI® certification.
The MMTIC® is for students, ages 7-17, and is helpful for parents and teachers, as well as students in helping students better understand themselves, their learning styles, their strengths and stretches, and what makes them like and unlike friends and family.
As Life Coach Coordinator at French Camp Academy, Reni has conducted the MMTIC® with upperclassmen as part of their overall assessment in helping them develop self-awareness and create a life purpose and plan. Reni has also used the MMTIC® with families to help them better understand one another and work together.
Reni is available to work with families and schools who would like to offer the assessment to their young people.
Like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) instrument, the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children® (MMTIC®) is a self-report assessment developed to measure children’s psychological type preferences.
The two instruments share the same theoretical approach to understanding personality types, but the MBTI® assessment is intended for a mature audience, while the shorter, easier-to-read MMTIC® instrument is designed to assess personality type in children and teenagers.
MMTIC® results give educators, consultants, counselors, parents, and young people valuable insights into differences in how they learn and engage in healthy social interactions. Type has profound implications for discovering unique learning styles, empowering early learning success, and encouraging lifelong personal growth and development.