Yoga to Improve Sensory, Self-Regulation and Motor Skills in Kids: Autism, ADHD, Developmental Disorders, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy
- Average Rating:
- 5
- Speaker:
- Kathee Cammisa, MHE, OTR/L
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 27 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
29 Nov, 2018
- Product Code:
- POS063435
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
- Access:
- Never expires.
Description
Are you struggling to gain the interest and cooperation of kids who have difficulty with motor skills, sensory processing, or behavior/emotional problems during your therapy sessions or in your classroom? Would you like to have some fun and effective new techniques to add to your bag of tricks
In this recording, Kathryne Cammisa, MHE, OTR/L, shows you the powerful and positive impact yoga can have on the kids you work with who face challenges with sensory processing, motor incoordination, neurological disorders, ASD, ADHD, emotional/behavioral issues and learning disorders. You will learn to integrate poses and techniques into your classroom or clinic regardless of your level of yoga experience.
You will walk away with interactive and hands on yoga practice to enhance:
- Motor skills
- Muscle length and strength
- Focus for learning
- Body and self-awareness
- Nervous system regulation
- Cooperation with others
Through hands on exercises, case studies and videos – you will leave equipped to improve physical, sensory and self-regulation skills with the kids you work with in therapy and the classroom!
This is an interactive recording. Please dress comfortably and feel free to have a yoga mat or towel.
CPD
This online program is worth 6.5 hours CPD.
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Yoga to Improve Sensory, Self-Regulation and Motor Skills in Kids (2.34 MB) | 56 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Kathee Cammisa, MHE, OTR/L Related seminars and products
Kathryne (Kathee) Cammisa, MHE, OTR/L, is an SI/NDT certified occupational therapist, American Council on Exercise certified personal trainer, Pranakriya certified yoga therapist, Radiant Child/Family 200 hour certified yoga teacher and Mindful Schools certified mindfulness teacher. Kathee has over 25 years of experience working with children with special needs in home, school, child care and clinic settings. She works with children and their families through her private practice and at Children’s Place, a therapeutic child care center. Kathee has extensive teaching experience throughout the country, with Georgia State’s Project SCEIS, and the Medical College of Georgia where she served as assistant professor of occupational therapy. She has been published by the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy in Mental and has taken yoga and occupational therapy to children in China, Vietnam, Costa Rica and Ghana.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kathee Cammisa has employment relationships with Children’s Place Therapeutic Child Care Center, Ot4kidz, Fitness That Fits, and Radiant Child Yoga. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kathee Cammisa has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Objectives
- Communicate therapy goals reflecting each of the five components of well-balanced yoga practice.
- Implement yoga poses/techniques to improve strength & balance and range of motion.
- Select yoga poses/techniques to improve self-regulation and social & emotional skills.
- Design simple, well-balanced, yoga routines for children with special needs.
- Adapt yoga poses & techniques for a variety of settings, abilities & age levels.
- List the 5 components of a well-balanced yoga practice.
Outline
Overview- Current research
- LAB: Alignment, warm up & basic poses
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
- 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
- Addressing resistance
- Precautions for dealing with childhood trauma, abuse and neglect
- Breathing exercises for assisting with focus
- Promote motor planning via sequenced poses
- Relaxation for relieving anxiety
- LAB: Practice techniques
- 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
- Breathing to invigorate the nervous system
- Body awareness activities
- Poses for strengthening core muscles
- Meditation for focus & awareness
- LAB: Practice techniques
- Body awareness
- Creativity
- Gratitude
- Trust and cooperation
- Quiet games
- Listening and focus
- Partner poses
- LAB: Practice techniques
- Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers, School age
- Clinic, classroom, home
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Therapists
- Educators
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapist Assistants
- Nurses
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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