Course
description
Brain
Gym For Special Education Providers
with Cecilia Koester, M.Ed
The course provides excellent applications for a variety of mental and physical challenges, including: autism, cerebral palsy, attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADD or ADHD), Angelman’s Syndrome, speech impairment, brain injuries, blindness, deafness and impairments caused by strokes.
Students will learn the 26 Brain Gym movements and modifications for use in special cases. Dennison Laterality Repatterning and the 5-step Edu-K balancing process will also be taught.
These easy to do, patterned activities target certain brain functions to promote optimal learning, communication, movement and creativity.
The typical introductory Brain Gym class is three days long. In this course, a fourth day has been added to ensure that participants have the knowledge needed to modify the Brain Gym program for optimal effectiveness with the special needs population.
Woven into this entry-level Brain Gym course is an opportunity to observe Cecilia K. Freeman working directly with special needs children. This course has been developed by Cecilia for the Educational Kinesiology Foundation and she is the only instructor registered to teach this specialized course.
Cecilia is currently working with the Educational Kinesiology Foundation to develop a curriculum designed to teach other instructors how to teach Brain Gym for the special needs population.
She has studied at length with the founders of Brain Gym, Dr. Paul and Gail Dennison, to deepen her understanding of this simple and effective tool for brain integration. She invites you to share in the understanding and to empower yourself to assist others in their life’s journey.
Find out more information on Cecilia Koester by visiting her website.