June 28 - The Plastic Brain:
Improving Memory, Attention, Processing Speed and More
Registration is at www.tinyurl.com/plasticbrain
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Throughout the day, Ms. Johnson will train participants in exactly how to remediate some of the most difficult problems that are a result of incomplete brain development in infancy. However, as she likes to say, there is no silver bullet! Each child is an individual who will require a unique approach.
Ms. Johnson will describe a model where the emphasis changes from spending increasingly more time and energy on academics to incorporating brain development into early childhood, special education, and regular education classrooms, freeing up the teacher to teach more academics as a result.
She will share the results from an elementary school in Wisconsin who is implementing these methods with significant cognitive improvements in less than a year! "the improvement in the classroom has been the best news that we hear" Wisconsin Teacher Ryan McBurney
The Developing Brain and Case Histories
Body and Mind Health, and the effect on brain development
Nutrition, Stress, Exercise, Sleep
Neurodevelopmental Stages; Why Cognitive Skills never Developed
Primitive Reflexes
Symptoms and Integration exercises
Incorporating reflex exercises into the school day
Sensory Development
Auditory Processing
Symptoms of an auditory processing disorder
What to do
Visual Processing
Tracking and Convergence Screening
Simple eye exercises
Irlen Syndrome and Colored Overlays
Vision Therapy
Cognitive Skills Development
Phonemic Awareness
Attention
Memory
Logic and reasoning
Processing speed
Integrating brain development into school day without losing precious academic time
June 29 - Primitive Reflexes:
Foundation for Learning
Registration is at www.tinyurl.com/primreflex
Save by registering before May 15!!
The primitive reflexes have been around as long as people have been around. They are present primarily to force the infant to move the body in such ways that it develops and matures to survive. The additional benefit, as humans, is that along with motor movements, many other brain components are developing that help with academics: the visual system, the auditory system, the ability to concentrate, remember, and understand.
Several people have commented that they believe this is the missing link. And indeed, in my experience since 2000, I have found that the integration of the primitive reflexes to be one of the least expensive and most effective therapies today.
"I have a student that a year ago was basically a selective mute on the Autistic Spectrum. I have put a lot of work in class working in the Moro and can report that she changed like a light switch coming on. She is speaking in class, she will transition independently, is reading basic readers, and is exhibiting significantly fewer behaviors to the point that we may be removing the 1:1 behavioral specialist from her IEP." - California Teacher Mark Steiner
Introduction
Case histories
History of Reflex Integration
Research
Primitive reflexes guidelines
Beyond Primitive Reflexes
Moro Reflex:
Symptoms, Testing, Integration
Palmar Reflex:
Symptoms, Testing, Integration
Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex:
Symptoms, Testing, Integration
Spinal Galant:
Symptoms, Testing, Integration
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex:
Symptoms, Testing, Integration
Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex:
Symptoms, Testing, Integration
NOTE: Please bring a yoga mat or blanket plus a small pillow and wear comfortable clothes as we will be practicing on the floor
