D. Balance, Balls and Bags
Presented by Nikki Rosen, MA, OTR/L
Thursday, February 25, 2016
6 contact hours
Beginning - Intermediate Level
Audience: Occupational and Physical Therapists, interested others
Thursday, February 25, 2016
6 contact hours
Beginning - Intermediate Level
Audience: Occupational and Physical Therapists, interested others
This course will explore the importance of coordinated movements, self-regulation and object manipulation for brain-body integration using balls and beanbags. These are used in childhood games and even into adult life with professional baseball, tennis, football, etc. Games are won based on skill, precision, balance, and timing, along with behavioral factors such as focus, cooperation, planning, and responding (feed forward and feedback). The Peabody Developmental Motor Scale II Object Manipulation Sub-Test (an evaluation test used by many pediatric therapists) is dedicated to ball skills. Sensory processing principles related to vestibular, proprioceptive, auditory and visual processing will be integrated with two programs - Bal-A-Vis-X® (balance, auditory, visual eXercises) and Brain Gym® Concepts. These programs have had a great influence in my work with children and adults who have an array of physical and cognitive challenges in a variety of settings. Participants will leave this course with a bundle of activity ideas to use the next day at school, home or in treatment session with individuals or groups, from preschoolers to senior citizens.
A lab fee of $20 will be required, supplying participants with items to practice and implement the training programs.
Course Objectives: Participants will be able to
· Describe how balls and bean bags can be used as therapeutic tools
· Demonstrate basic skills to start using with balls and beanbags yourself as therapeutic tool.
· Have an how using bean bag and ball skills impacts motor development and learning
· Identify how using bean bag and ball skills impacts self-regulation and social skills
Course Agenda
8:30-10:00 An introduction to Bal-A-Vis-X® and Brain Gym® through videos and movement
Practice using beanbags and balls
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Peabody Developmental Motor Scale II Object Manipulation Sub-Test
Continued practice using Beanbags and balls
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 The Dominance Factor as a way to understanding how individuals process information
Testing and working with Vision
2:30-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 Working with a student from evaluation to treatment
Continued Practice using beanbags and balls, adaptively or with advance skills
*Topic times may vary; contact hours do not.
A lab fee of $20 will be required, supplying participants with items to practice and implement the training programs.
Course Objectives: Participants will be able to
· Describe how balls and bean bags can be used as therapeutic tools
· Demonstrate basic skills to start using with balls and beanbags yourself as therapeutic tool.
· Have an how using bean bag and ball skills impacts motor development and learning
· Identify how using bean bag and ball skills impacts self-regulation and social skills
Course Agenda
8:30-10:00 An introduction to Bal-A-Vis-X® and Brain Gym® through videos and movement
Practice using beanbags and balls
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Peabody Developmental Motor Scale II Object Manipulation Sub-Test
Continued practice using Beanbags and balls
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 The Dominance Factor as a way to understanding how individuals process information
Testing and working with Vision
2:30-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 Working with a student from evaluation to treatment
Continued Practice using beanbags and balls, adaptively or with advance skills
*Topic times may vary; contact hours do not.
Nikki Rosen, MA, OTR/L has been a Pediatric Occupational Therapist for over 30 years with a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. She has worked in schools, home health care, and private practice, integrating movement and sensory integration principles within a variety of settings. She is past clinical director and co-founder of the Abilities Center in West Bloomfield, Michigan (A Therapeutic Center for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities). Nikki is certified in the Feldenkrais Method, Infant Massage, Sensory Integration and Praxis Testing, Pediatric Neuro Developmental Treatment; and is currently working towards certification in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Bowe work. She has studied in depth Bal-A-Vis-X, Sensory Integration, Reflex Integration, Yoga, and Brain Gym. Nikki’s mentoring and personal commitment to her peers earned her the 1996 Distinguished Service Award from the Detroit Occupational Therapy Association.
