Dont miss Every Kids Yoga: Teaching Yoga to Children with Special Needs with Craig Hanauer Discover the many ways that yoga can promote the healthy development of children, ages 4-12. Find out how the practice of yoga parallels and supports other therapeutic modalities in addressing difficulties with attention, self-regulation, speech and language, learning, and high and love muscle tone. This experiential workshop will provide a strong foundation to teaching yoga to children with the following special needs: -Those who are easily over-stimulated -Those who are potentially impulsive and/or distractible -Those who exhibit poor social skills and boundries -Those who are learning disabled/with an emphasis on speech and language based learning disabilities -Those who are potentially oppositional and/or disruptive -Those who present with high or low muscle tone Diagnoses to include: -High Functioning Autism/ Aspergers Syndrome -Sensory Processing Dysfunction (SPD) -Learning Disabled (LD) -Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -Mild Cerebral Palsy The primary focus of this training will be upon working with groups of higher functioning children with special needs, who are essentially physically able. This training will not address working with severely physically, developmentally, cognitively, or emotionally challenged children. Basic information will be provided through the training to assist participants in understanding the needs and challenges of the population outlined above. Professional therapists may benefit from this training by learning creative, developmentally appropriate, fun ways of engaging and supporting children with special needs in the practice of yoga. This program is appropriate for yoga teachers and parents, teachers and therapists with a personal yoga practice who are interested in incoporating yoga into their work with children. As a result of taking this program, participants will be able to: -Structure a class for potentially impulsive children using behavior management and limit-setting techniques -Modify posture for this population -Teach breathing exercises, meditation and relaxation to children -Integrate props, chanting, Thai Yoga Massage and partner yoga -Employ visuals for children with language-based learning disabilities -Use yoga to support speech and language, sensory processing, memory, and reading comprehension -Approach organizations and schools to create a yoga program for children with special needs Date: Friday, November 21st, 4:00pm - 9:00pm; Saturday, November 22nd, 1:30pm - 7:30pm and Sunday, November 23rd, 9:00am - 6:00pm. Fee: $450, which includes EKY Manual and DVD Call (646)638-1444 to reserve your space for this wonderful workshop. Craig Hanauer is a New York State Certified Creative Arts Therapist, a Kripalu Certified Yoga Teacher, and a Yoga Alliance 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher. Committed to the health and empowerment of children, Craig has developed Every Kids Yoga, a unique and successful program for children with special needs that integrates the creative arts, yoga, and play. He specializes in training yoga teachers, special educators, occupational therapists and parents in this theraputic and fun-filled approach to working with kids. Craig maintains faculty positions at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and The Parkside School, a non-public special education elementary school located on New Yorks Upper West Side, and is developing yoga-related products and materials for special educators and parents.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:51:49 +0000
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