Faculty:Kathee CammisaDuration:6 Hours 7 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Apr 27, is Archive: 2016 Description Techniques to build body and self-awareness and instantly move kids from chaos to calmPartner poses and games to teach cooperationActivities to engage and empower children with behavior and emotional disordersFun postures for stretching tight muscles and strengthening weak musclesStrategies to facilitate listening, focus and self-regulationIn this seminar you will discover 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 problems and learning disorders.You will walk away with interactive and hands on yoga practices to enhance:Motor skillsBody and self-awarenessMuscle length and strengthNervous system regulationFocus for learningCooperation with othersThrough 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!.
Archive: Faculty:Kathee CammisaDuration:6 Hours 7 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Apr 27, 2016 Description Techniques to build body and self-awareness and instantly move kids from chaos to calmPartner poses and games to teach cooperationActivities to engage and empower children with behavior and emotional disordersFun postures for stretching tight muscles and strengthening weak musclesStrategies to facilitate listening, focus and self-regulationIn this seminar you will discover 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 problems and learning disorders.You will walk away with interactive and hands on yoga practices to enhance:Motor skillsBody and self-awarenessMuscle length and strengthNervous system regulationFocus for learningCooperation with othersThrough 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!
Handouts Manual (1.84 MB) 57 Pages Available is after Purchase Outline OVERVIEWComponents of a well-rounded yoga practiceGoals that can be met using yoga techniquesCurrent researchLAB: Alignment, warm up & basic posesYOGA FOR SPECIAL NEEDS: CEREBRAL PALSY & INCREASED TONEBreathing exercises: KapalabhattiElongate flexors/adductors: Bow, butterflyStretch hamstrings: Down dog, dolphinFacilitate rotationRelaxation: Complete breath, diaphragmaticMediation: Around the clockLAB: Practice techniquesYOGA FOR DOWNS SYNDROME & LOW TONEBreathing to invigorate: Joyful breath & moreBody awareness: Body painting, brushingPromote core strength & stabilityRelaxation: Sighing breathMeditation: Eye exercisesLAB: Practice techniquesYOGA FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERBreathing exercisesCentering exercise: Shake, freeze, meltFacilitate focus, balance & core strength: Tree, crow, fireflyRelaxation: 2:1 breathing, body scan & moreMeditation: Alternate nostril breathing, color meditation & moreLAB: Practice techniquesYOGA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDERBreathing exercises: Sitali/sitkariPromote motor planning: Sun salutations & other sequences, down dog variationsRelaxation: Tense & relaxLAB: Practice techniques for body awareness and motor planningYOGA FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERBreathing exercises: Breath sounds, Abdominal breath with weightCalm & relax the nervous system: Child’s pose & other inversionsWork with others: Partner posesMeditation: ChimeLAB: Experience to practice techniquesYOGA FOR BEHAVIOR AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMSAddressing resistancePrecautions for dealing with childhood trauma, abuse and neglectYOGA GAMESBody awarenessCreativityGratitudeTrust and cooperationQuiet gamesListening and focusPartner posesLAB: practice techniquesADAPT YOGA FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPSInfantsToddlers & preschoolersSchool age 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..
Handouts Manual (1.84 MB) 57 Pages Available after Purchase Outline OVERVIEWComponents of a well-rounded yoga practiceGoals that can be met using yoga techniquesCurrent researchLAB: Alignment, warm up & basic posesYOGA FOR SPECIAL NEEDS: CEREBRAL PALSY & INCREASED TONEBreathing exercises: KapalabhattiElongate flexors/adductors: Bow, butterflyStretch hamstrings: Down dog, dolphinFacilitate rotationRelaxation: Complete breath, diaphragmaticMediation: Around the clockLAB: Practice techniquesYOGA FOR DOWNS SYNDROME & LOW TONEBreathing to invigorate: Joyful breath & moreBody awareness: Body painting, brushingPromote core strength & stabilityRelaxation: Sighing breathMeditation: Eye exercisesLAB: Practice techniquesYOGA FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERBreathing exercisesCentering exercise: Shake, freeze, meltFacilitate focus, balance & core strength: Tree, crow, fireflyRelaxation: 2:1 breathing, body scan & moreMeditation: Alternate nostril breathing, color meditation & moreLAB: Practice techniquesYOGA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDERBreathing exercises: Sitali/sitkariPromote motor planning: Sun salutations & other sequences, down dog variationsRelaxation: Tense & relaxLAB: Practice techniques for body awareness and motor planningYOGA FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERBreathing exercises: Breath sounds, Abdominal breath with weightCalm & relax the nervous system: Child’s pose & other inversionsWork with others: Partner posesMeditation: ChimeLAB: Experience to practice techniquesYOGA FOR BEHAVIOR AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMSAddressing resistancePrecautions for dealing with childhood trauma, abuse and neglectYOGA GAMESBody awarenessCreativityGratitudeTrust and cooperationQuiet gamesListening and focusPartner posesLAB: practice techniquesADAPT YOGA FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPSInfantsToddlers & preschoolersSchool age 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 is has over 25 years of experience working with children with special needs in home, school, child care and clinic settings..
Kathee has over 25 years of experience working with children with special needs in home, school, child care and clinic settings.
She is works with children and their families through her private practice and at Children’s Place, a therapeutic child care center..
She works with children and their families through her private practice and at Children’s Place, a therapeutic child care center.
Kathee is 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..
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 is 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 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 is receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Kathryne Cammisa has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclosure..
She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Kathryne Cammisa has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclosure.