No Prerequisites

LENGTH: 32 Hours

Elective Credit from Brain Gym® International: 32 credit hours

Relevant to OTs, PTs, teachers, parents, therapists, counselors, dancers, athletes, and anyone interested in learning to move, live and learn with ease and enjoyment!

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Developmental Movement Patterns and the Primary Reflexes as a Foundation for Learning and Self-Management

Develop more Connectivity and Coordination in your body

Explore and deepen your noticing skills for observation of self and students

Experience a dynamic tool that facilitates self-management

Replace coping strategies with integrated movement

This work has had a profound effect on both my dancing career and life, and I have made extensive use of it teaching children and helping seniors to move with better awareness, balance and coordination.

Course Content Includes …

• Introduction to development from a movement-based perspective
• Experiential learning of 7 developmental movement patterns and underlying reflexes that lay the foundation for our movement vocabulary from pre-birth to the present
• Quick, safe movement activities and techniques to use immediately with individuals or groups, in private practice, clinics, schools, etc., with no fancy equipment or set-up
• Physical side of the learning process, including the impact of developmental movement and reflexes on our life experiences
• Noticing skills and muscle response techniques
• Core activation refinement to improve stability and coordination
• Five-step balance process to build resources for personal and academic goals
• Simple, elegant hands-on techniques to support learners in integration and organization