The Centre for Neurological Development & Integration (CNDI)

 

Brain Gym® for Special Education Providers
Facilitated by Cecilia Koester, M.Ed.
International Educational Kinesiology Faculty
May 17-20, 2012

Flo Studio, 260 Waterloo Ave. , Guelph, Ontario


Length: 32 Hours
No prerequisite

This experiential course provides an in-depth study of how to use Brain Gym® with children and adults, with specific adaptations for those with special needs.

 

Therapists, teachers, tutors, and parents as well as others in the caring professions will benefit from learning how to assess the needs of an individual, develop a Brain Gym® program to meet those needs, evaluate the effectiveness of the program with ways to modify when necessary for best results.

 

Brain Gym® 170 provides excellent applications for a variety of mental and physical challenges including: autism, cerebral palsy, attention deficit disorders (ADD and ADHD), dyslexia, Angelman’s Syndrome, Down Syndrome, speech impairment, brain injuries, blindness, deafness and impairments caused by strokes.

 

In this course, students learn:

• 26 Brain Gym® movements and modifications for special cases

• 7 Building Block activities, which support integration of the nervous system

• The 5-Step balance process which targets goals for learning and performance

• Dennison Laterality Repatterning for whole brain/body integration

• The principles behind Edu-K

 

Students will leave the course with new skills that optimize learning and performance in all areas of life. And they will find that these tools are immediately applicable in home, school and therapeutic settings.

 

About the trainer:

Cecilia Koester, M.Ed, the founder of Movement Based Learning, is internationally known for her work with children and adults who have special needs. She has worked since 1979 with people of all abilities: from typically functioning to those diagnosed with severe disabilities.

 

In 1998, she published the provocative book,

I Am the Child: Using Brain Gym® with Children Who Have Special Needs, which chronicles her experiences as a teacher in a public school classroom, drawing out the gifts of eleven children with complex developmental needs.

 

Brain Gym® 170 has been developed by Cece for the Educational Kinesiology Foundation, and she is currently the only instructor registered to teach this specialized course. She has studied at length with the founders of Brain Gym®, Dr. Paul and Gail Dennison, to deepen her understanding of these simple and effective tools for optimal living.

Visit her website at:

www.movementbasedlearning.com

 

 


 

Please note that a $40.00 non-refundable administrative fee will be added to all CNDI sponsored courses.

 

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