![]() ![]() Therapy Rehab Services – Two-hour workshop for occupational and physical therapists employed by a contract agency that provides services to many local elementary schools. ![]() ![]() Main points: the use of specific Brain Gym movements to directly address challenges in focus, organization, and attention the relationship between body coordination and reading/math/handwriting ability, and how to improve both coordination and academic skills simultaneously, through the use of simple Brain Gym movements. Sierra Vista, Arizona: Village Meadows School – Two half-day workshops on the basics of Brain Gym for K-6 teachers and aides, followed by a Residency Day, a full day of demonstrating the use of Brain Gym with individual students in a school setting. program can support brain function and therefore academic excellence. activities experience how Brain Gym movements boost sports performance experience direct correlation between physical coordination and “academic agility” in learners how the P.E. Main points: how to incorporate key Brain Gym movements into P.E. ![]() teachers who work with children in grades K through 8. Main points: the basics of Brain Gym movements and how they support the developing neural system of the young child experience improved reading through using Brain Gym movementsĬreighton School District – Full day of instruction for ten P.E. Scottsdale School District “Early Childhood Institute” – Two-hour workshop for 28 preschool-through-third grade teachers. Main points: basic Brain Gym movements and how they support the developing neural system of the young child how lack of specific kinds of developmental movement affects eye teaming and success as a reader, and how Brain Gym movements can help how retained infant reflexes impair a child’s ability to learn easily and naturally, and how movement helps overcome these blocks methods of incorporating playful elements of Brain Gym movements into every class day personal experience of the fun of movement, and how we are more effective learners after experiencing the integration of movement. Six key infant reflexes, how to know if they are “retained” past infancy, what specific cognitive and behavioral challenges result (i.e., lack of coordination, learning disabilities), and how Brain Gym activities help move children of all ages smoothly through the infant reflex continuum, supporting true learning readiness.Īrizona Department of Education “Early Learning Institute” – Two half-day workshops for groups of 80 early-grade educators. Main points: Four key developmental movement stages of the infant, how their complete development leads to mature, integrated movement patterns and therefore cognitive ability, common practices that impede full development, and specific actions that can be taken to encourage full development. This blog article illustrates resolving the STNR.Ĭentral Consolidated School District, Shiprock, New Mexico – Full day workshop for teachers of the healthy pregnancy program, and infant through pre-kindergarten children. Learn about the impact in one’s life if this reflex is still active, experience pre-checks that identify the presence of this reflex in a child’s nervous system, and learn the protocols that are very beneficial in supporting it in thorough integration. Here are some examples of schools and agencies that have benefited from one of Kathy Brown’s in-service workshop on Brain Gym.īrain Gym® International Conference – “I’m Smarter Standing Up” – Release STNR and Increase Focus! Main points: one key developmental issue that keeps children from being able to sit still – Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (STNR) – and what to do about it. Brain Gym introductory workshops can be tailored to meet specific needs. ![]()
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