| Description |
This course will explore the importance of coordinated movements, self-regulation and object manipulation for brain-body integration using balls and bean bags which are used in childhood games and even into adult life with professional baseball, tennis, football, etc. Games are won based on skill, precision, balance, and timing, along with behavioral factors such as focus, cooperation, planning, and responding (feed forward and feedback). The Peabody Developmental Motor Scale II Object Manipulation Sub-Test (an evaluation test used by many pediatric therapists) is dedicated to ball skills. This course is based on sensory processing principles related to the vestibular, proprioceptive, auditory and visual processing along with two programs that have had a great influence in my work with children and adults who have an array of physical and cognitive challenges in a variety of settings, Bal-A-Vis-X® (balance, auditory, visual exercises) and Brain Gym® Concepts. Participants will leave this course with a bundle of activity ideas to use the next day at school, home or in treatment session with individuals or groups, from early intervention (toddlers) to preschoolers to senior citizens
|