- Faculty:
- Kathee Cammisa
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 36 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Apr 24, 2020
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?
Join Kathryne Cammisa, MHE, OTR/L, for this recording as she 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 learn new, interactive yoga practices 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 fully equipped to implement simple, fun & effective techniques to improve physical, sensory, and self-regulation skills in the kids you work with in therapy or the classroom!
Note: We encourage you to practice along with the presentation! Consider dressing comfortably and having a yoga mat or towel handy.
Handouts
| Manual – Yoga to Improve Sensory, Self-Regulation and Motor Skills in Kids (1.75 MB) | 56 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Illinois Educators Self-study Instructions (28.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Illinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Overview
- Current research on yoga for children
- LAB: Alignment, warm up & basic poses
Yoga Poses and Techniques For: Autism Spectrum Disorders
- 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
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)
- 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
Behavior and Emotional Problems
- Address resistance
- Precautions for dealing with childhood trauma, abuse and neglect
Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Breathing exercises for assisting with focus
- Promote motor planning via sequenced poses
- Relaxation for relieving anxiety
- LAB: practice techniques
Special Needs: Cerebral Palsy & Increased Tone
- 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
- Mediation for assisting with focus & visual motor skill
- LAB: Practice techniques
Downs Syndrome & Low Tone
- Breathing to invigorate the nervous system
- Body awareness activities
- Poses for strengthening core muscles
- Meditation for focus & awareness
- LAB: Practice techniques
Yoga Games
- Body awareness
- Creativity
- Gratitude
- Trust and cooperation
- Quiet games
- Listening and focus
- Partner poses
- LAB: Practice techniques
Adapt Yoga for Different Age Groups:
- Infants, toddlers & preschoolers, school age
Adapt Yoga for Different Settings:
- Clinic, classroom, home
Faculty
Kathee Cammisa, MHE, OTR/L Related seminars and products: 4
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: Kathryne Cammisa maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Kathryne Cammisa has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclosure.
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