Full Course Description

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Yoga to Improve Sensory, Self-Regulation and Motor Skills in Kids: Autism, ADHD, Developmental Disorders, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy

Program Information

Objectives

1. Communicate therapy goals reflecting each of the five components of well-balanced yoga practice.
2. Implement yoga poses/techniques to improve strength & balance and range of motion.
3. Select yoga poses/techniques to improve self-regulation and social & emotional skills.
4. Design simple, well-balanced, yoga routines for children with special needs.
5. Adapt yoga poses & techniques for a variety of settings, abilities & age levels.
6. List the 5 components of a well-balanced yoga practice.

Outline

Overview

• Current research
• LAB: Alignment, warm up & basic poses

Yoga Poses and Techniques For:
Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Breathing exercises for awareness & regulation
• Poses to calm & relax the nervous system
• Partner poses for facilitating dyadic cooperation
• Meditation for strengthening attention
• LAB: Practice techniques

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)

• Breathing exercises for calming the nervous system
• Centering exercises for reigning in attention & bringing energy levels down
• Facilitating focus via balance & core strengthening poses
• Relaxation for calming the body & mind
• Meditation to improve attention span
• LAB: Practice techniques

Behavior and Emotional Problems

• Addressing resistance
• Precautions for dealing with childhood trauma, abuse and neglect

Developmental Coordination Disorder

• Breathing exercises for assisting with focus
• Promote motor planning via sequenced poses
• Relaxation for relieving anxiety
• LAB: Practice techniques

Special Needs: Cerebral Palsy & Increased Tone

• Breathing exercises for awareness & strengthening the diaphragm
• Elongate flexors/adductors for improved range of motion & movement
• Stretch hamstrings for improved posture
• Relaxation for increasing body awareness
• Meditation for assisting with focus & visual motor skill
• LAB: Practice techniques

Downs Syndrome & Low Tone

• Breathing to invigorate the nervous system
• Body awareness activities
• Poses for strengthening core muscles
• Meditation for focus & awareness
• LAB: Practice techniques

Yoga Games

• Body awareness
• Creativity
• Gratitude
• Trust and cooperation
• Quiet games
• Listening and focus
• Partner poses
• LAB: Practice techniques

Adapt Yoga for Different Age Groups

• Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers, School age

Adapt Yoga for Different Settings:

• Clinic, classroom, home

Copyright : 29/11/2018

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Attachment & Emotional Self-Regulation Skills for Children: Empowering Positive Behavior From the Inside Out

Program Information

Objectives

1. Determine characteristics of sensory modulation disorder, ADHD and autism and how they overlap.
2. Design specific treatments for SPD that can be duplicated at school or home.
3. Compose a sensory lifestyle as a part of a lifetime of habit building.
4. Provide examples of elements of successful personal narratives and transitional activities.
5. Implement mindfulness and cognitive strategies and exercises for managing ADHD.
6. Recommend specific ADHD interventions to be used with or without medications.

Outline

How Self Regulation Affects a Child’s Physical, Mental and Emotional Wellbeing

• Overlay of systems
• Overlap with sensory processing disorder, ADHD, autism, giftedness, anxiety and related conditions

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

• Vestibular, proprioceptive, and sensory modulation characteristics
• Strategies for home and school
• Making it right: case studies and videos
• New research from brain imaging

ADHD

• Cognitive strategies, attention strategies and mindfulness meditation
• The power of exercise
• The overlay of executive function and ADHD

Self-Management

• As a powerful behavior program for social-cognitive disabilities
• Case study on routines, rituals and habit formation
• Teaching functional skills
• Catching child “being good”

Working with Emotions

• Art and music
• Developing an emotional vocabulary
• Emotions in the body

Autism

• Strategies that prompt social engagement
• Dealing with picky eating and poor sleep habits
• Strategies for eliminating difficult behavior

Creating a Personal Narrative

• What, why and how
• The power of emotional disclosure

Making Transitions Uneventful

• Strategies for smooth transitions

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