Brain Gym® for Special Needs Providers

Developmental experts have known for more than 80 years that physical movement activates the brain and enhances learning.

BG170 Brain Gym® for Special Needs  provides an in‐depth study of how to use Brain Gym® with children and adults, with specific adaptations for those with special needs.

Cecilia Koester developed Brain Gym® for Special Needs Providers (BG170). Therapists, teachers, tutors, elder caregivers and parents as well as anyone in the caring professions will benefit from learning how to assess the needs of an individual, develop a Brain Gym® program to meet those needs, evaluate the effectiveness of the program with ways to modify when necessary for best results. Brain Gym® for Special Needs Providers offers excellent applications for a variety of mental and physical challenges including: autism, cerebral palsy, attention deficit disorders (ADD and ADHD), dyslexia, Angelman’s Syndrome, Down Syndrome, speech impairments, brain injuries, blindness, deafness and impairments caused by strokes.

Therapists, teachers, tutors, and parents as well as others in the caring professions will benefit from learning how to

• Assess the needs of an individual
• Develop a Brain Gym® program to meet those needs,
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the program with ways to modify when necessary for best results.

“Brain Gym® for Special Needs Providers” provides excellent applications for a variety of mental and physical challenges including: autism, cerebral palsy, attention deficit disorders (ADD and ADHD), dyslexia, Angelman’s Syndrome, Down Syndrome, speech impairment, brain injuries, blindness, deafness and impairments caused by strokes.

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