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BRAIN GYM® Introductions (3, 6, or 12 hours)
This is
an introduction to Brain Gym work--ideal for seminars in your
school or to help with team building in office situations.
You'll understand the basics of how the brain and body work
together and experience a simple balance process. Intros can
be tailored to your individual workplace or educational needs.
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about scheduling a seminar for your business, group, or school.
BRAIN
GYM® 101
This course is for Special Educators, Therapists, Parents,
Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, and anyone else wanting
to learn with ease. The class can count toward contact hours
or CEUs for most therapists and nurses.
Brain Gym® movements stimulate brain function. The activities
are easy and enjoyable and they bring about rapid and often
dramatic improvements in concentration, organization, memory,
reading, writing, listening, physical coordination and more.
These activities promote more effective neurological functioning
through stimulus of the proprioceptive, vestibular, voluntary
nervous and other systems of the mind/body connections.
This course offers participants methods and techniques that
can immediately be used with individuals or groups. Much attention
is given to noticing/assessment skills.
BRAIN GYM® FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
This course is for Special Educators, Therapists, Parents
and General Ed. Teachers, and is taught by Cecilia (Freeman)
Koester, M.Ed--a licensed Brain Gym® Instructor/Consultant,
and author of I Am The Child: Using Brain Gym® With
Children Who Have Special Needs
This course provides an in-depth study of how to use Brain
Gym® with children and adults who have special needs.
Therapists, teachers and parents will learn how to assess
the needs of an individual who may have difficulty communicating,
develop a Brain Gym® program to meet those needs, evaluate
the effectiveness of the program and how to modify the program
when necessary, for maximum results. This course provides
excellent applications for a variety of mental and physical
challenges. The participant learns simple movement that develops
the brain's neural pathways the way nature does: through movement.
This course is distinctive because it addresses the physical
components of learning. Brain Gym® requires little additional
training for the therapist or classroom teacher, no testing,
no technology, and it enhances (rather than replaces) current
curriculum or therapy sessions. And, woven into this entry-level
Brain Gym® course is an opportunity to observe Cecilia
working directly with children. She invites you to share in
the understanding and to empower yourself to assist others
in their life's journey.
TEACHER PRACTICUM
The Teacher
Practicum provides the skills to support the emergence of
the authentic creative teacher in each participant. Completion
of this certifies the graduates to teach Brain Gym classes
as Brain Gym Instructors and to present themselves as Brain
Gym Consultants. The Teacher Practicum is a thorough training
for successful facilitation and is highly transformational
on the personal level. This class will give the participant
a deeper understanding of Educational Kinesiology and broaden
his/her base in the use of Brain Gym, both personally and
professionally. Licensure is through The Edu-K Foundation.
RHYTHMIC
MOVEMENT TRAINING
Harold Blomburg, Stockholm, Sweden
This method is developed after observing the rhythmic movements
that infants spontaneously make throughout their experiences
of the early childhood reflexes. Kerstin Linde developed this
method of whole body exercises that can be used by small children
or adults. Dr. Harold Blomburg, a psychiatrist, has used the
Rhythmic Movement with cases of ADD, ADHD, Cerebral
Palsy and other conditions with great success. Participants
of this class will learn the movements and how they relate
to the reflexes.
BALANCING
CHILDREN: REFLEXES, PLAY AND THE HEART
With
Jon Bredal from Oregon. How to use a simple, yet powerful
balance that flows easily with children and families.
How to integrate reflexes easily and incorporate play in balances.
How to simulate heart awareness and connection in balances.
How to work with difficult, hyper, or uncooperative children.
How to be more effective and achieve greater results.
Workshop Instructor
Biographies
Carolyn Nyland, BS in Edu., graduate coursework in Elementary Education. She has served as Elementary Computer
Coordinator and was an instructor for Instructional Technology
Services of Central Ohio. Having used Brain Gym® in the
classroom setting, she realized the value of movement
and learning. After thirty-three years of teaching, she has
the opportunity to continue her quest for ease of learning
through Brain Gym®. She offers Brain Gym® Workshops
for Schools, Teaches Brain Gym® 101 and works with individual
clients. carolyn@gobraingym.com
Dr.
Harald Blomberg is a psychiatrist by profession. In 1984,
Kerstin Linde developed Rhythmic Movements and Dr. Blomberg
studied the science behind her work. For the last 14 years,
he has worked in private practice, with adult patients using
Rhythmic Movements along with other movement oriented programs.
He has worked for over ten years as a psychiatric consultant
at a Rudolf Steiner approach special school for youths who
are developmentally delayed, autistic or with severe ADD.
Jon
Bredal, M. A. Is a Brain Gym Instructor with a private
practice in Oregon. He teaches Brain Gym courses throughout
the country. He consults with schools , works with private
clients and organizations. During the 15 years he has been
working wiht Brain Gym®, he has made three major discoveries
that have enhanced the Brain Gym® process. He includes
the heart connection, uses play and games and incorporates
reflex work in the Brain Gym® Balance process.
Cecilia (Freeman) Koester, M.Ed. is internationally
known for her work in using Brain Gym® with children and
adults who have special needs. She is author of the book I
Am the Child: Using Brain Gym® with Children Who Have
Special Needs and teaches workshops that provide an in-depth
study of how to use Brain Gym® with children and adults
who have special needs. Cecilia is both amazing and inspiring
in her teaching. Not only does she teach Brain Gym®, she
effectively models how to be present with another human being
regardless of their level of capabilities. She presently lives
in Hawaii and continues to enjoy doing workshops throughout
the world.