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Yoga for Autism Teacher Trainings; Kids Yoga
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Meeting children where they are |
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Children's Yoga Photography
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Yoga Therapy for Children wtih Autism and Special Needs (Goldberg, 2013) with permission from WW Norton. Photos by
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| On-Going Classes |
Gentle Yoga
Mondays, 11:30-1:00
Hatha Yoga
Thursdays, 9:30-11:00am
Children's Yoga
Tuesdays, 4:30-5:15
October 8 - May 27
Free Yoga for Children
with Special Needs
through May 4:45 - 5:15
2nd Thursday month
Yoga Center of
Deerfield Beach
827 SW 10th Street
Deerfield Beach, FL
yogacenterdb.com
Yoga for Children DVD featuring kids with ASD
See DVD clip
S.T.O.P. and Relax ©
Yoga-based visual curriculum
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What's New?
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Creative Relaxation® Teacher Training Certification
YOGA THERAPY for Children with
Autism and Special Needs
FL Early Bird Rates End April 30!
2015: Deerfield Beach, FL
Level 1: May 30-31
Level 2: June 6-7
Details
2015: Dover, NH
Level 1: July 27-28
Level 2: July 29-30
Details
12 or 24 CEU's for RYT, FL OT, OTA
FREE S.T.O.P. and Relax PARENT TRAINING
Relaxation for the Caregivers of Children with Special Needs
Sat., April 18th, 9:00 - 11:30 am
Nova Southeastern University Baudhuin Preschool
Call to register: 954-262-7100
Baudhuin information
KIDS YOGA CLASSES
Tuesdays October 7- May 19 4:30-5:15
Yoga Center, Deerfield Beach, FL
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Creative Relaxation: YOGA for Children with AUTISM and SPECIAL NEEDS
Wednesdays, Feb 25- Apr 15, 4:30-5:15
Yoga Source, Coral Springs, FL
View PDF
APRIL is Autism Awareness Month
Find special savings on
S.T.O.P. and Relax ©2006
Your Special Needs Yoga Toolbox
Updated Digital Format now available!
Learn more here
CAMP DMC --Yoga with Louise
Summer camp for kids with special needs
6/8/15 through 7/31/15
Camp information
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| Workshops and Advanced Trainings |
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Certication inYogaTherapy for Children with Autism
and Special Needs
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Two 12 hour trainings for yoga teachers, educators, therapists and parents.
Communication skills, creating a sacred space, controlling meltdowns,
sensory integration, yoga for schools.
CEU provider for RYT, FL OT, OTA, Council of Diabetics and NutrtionCEU's, PDP's and Yoga Alliance credit hours. Please contact your credentialing organization to verify acceptance.
Course curriculum: Louise's book and DVD
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Yoga Center, Deerfield Beach, FL
Register by April 30 and save!
ChildLIght Yoga,
Dover, NH (near Boston)
- Creative Relaxation® 1&2, any location, included in ChildLight Yoga's 95 hour Registered Children's Yoga Teacher certification!
- Grads may repeat courses for half price (space permitting)
- Level 2 Grads receive Free Listing on Louise's Website
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| Baudhuin PreSchool Awarded Autism Speaks Grant to Implement S.T.O.P. and Relax© Your Special Needs Yoga Toolbox |
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S.T.O.P. and Relax
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The Mailman Segal Center’s Baudhuin Preschool, located on the main campus of Nova Southeastern University, is an internationally recognized, model program for children with autism spectrum disorders.
NSU Baudhuin Preschool is applying a community services grant from Autism Speaks to add S.T.O.P. and Relax to their curriculum. The program will be used to enhance students' self-calming skills and provide related resources for caregivers. The S.T.O.P. and Relax team is conducting training modules for the faculty, as well as on-site coaching, to help implement the yoga-based curriculum.
Saturday, April 18, Baudhuin hosts "S.T.O.P. and Relax Parent Training" from 9:00-11:30am for caregivers of children with special needs. The first 25 people to register will receive a S.T.O.P & Relax single lesson
DVD. Guests will be treated to a yoga-based relaxation experience. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat or towel.
A continental breakfast will be served. To register, please call: 954-262-7100
S.T.O.P. and Relax is a complete curriculum for yoga-based exercise and relaxation
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| Visual Cue Card |
training for visual learners, featuring the innovative 'S.T.O.P.' self-calming procedure. Developed by a yoga therapist, psychologist, and autism educators, S.T.O.P. and Relax contains 55 Instructor's Cards, 55 Visual Cue Cards, lesson plans, music and guided relaxation, social stories, progress monitoring tools, posters, and props. Used by teachers and therapists across the country and overseas!
Created by Louise Goldberg, Debra Collins,
Sally Miller, and Daniela Morales
For information about the S.T.O.P. and Relax curriculum and school trainings, please click here
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| Yoga Therapy for Children for Autism and Special Needs |
From Norton Professional Books: See More
A how-to manual for kids in
classrooms and therapeutic settings
Available in Hardback or Kindle at AMAZON
From the book:
"Although there is no certain way to avert the path of a nervous system careening into fight-or-flight mode, yoga therapy provides tools for change. Teaching children to slow themselves down through movement and breathing
has helped derail or abbreviate countless meltdowns.."
(Excerpt: Goldberg 2013, p. 46)
See more
Yoga Helps Special Needs Children Find Comfort in their own Skins
by Nancy B. Loughlin
"According to Louise Goldberg, author of
Yoga Therapy for Children with Autism and Special Needs (2013), helping such children begins with the principles of creative relaxation. 'It’s about meeting kids where they are,” she said. The experience begins with establishing a sacred space...[and] becoming an astute observer of the kids you’re working with.'"
Read more
Featured in
Yoga International Magazine:
Yoga Generates Huge Benefits for Children with Autism
By Hannah Brandstaetter
"One thing that I want to impart here is that yoga, as it’s practiced in public schools, is not a religious practice. The postures and breathing exercises, the relaxation techniques and self-regulation tools, can be culled from yoga’s vast well of resources to be implemented in a public school curriculum."Louise Goldberg.
Read full article
Read more BOOK REVIEWS
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| Retreats and Yoga Vacations |
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Yoga and Meditation Retreat March 3-6, 2016
With JoAnn Evans and Louise Goldberg
DaySpring Retreat Center on the west coast of Florida
Registration opens in August
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| DaySpring Retreat |
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| Kephalonia, Greece |
Road To JOY:
Yoga Vacations in Tuscany and Greece
With Kathy Hurley and Louise Goldberg
Stay tuned for details for September, 2016
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| About Us |
Louise Goldberg, ERYT 500, is owner of Relaxation Now LLC and founder of Creative Relaxation®. Her new book,
Yoga Therapy for Children with Autism and Special Needs, was published by Norton Professional Books in August, 2013. A consultant with the Broward Schools for over 25 years, she teaches yoga at the Miami Children's Hospital-Dan Marino Center day camp. She is the anatomy instructor for the Teacher Training at the Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach, FL. and is on the faculty of the Children's Yoga Teacher Training at ChildLight Yoga in Dover, NH.
Louise is a co-author of
S.T.O.P. and Relax, Your Special Needs Yoga Toolbox ©2006, updated 2014. Her DVD
Yoga for Children ©2004 features children on the autism spectrum. She has been a presenter for the Autism Society of America in Florida and Arizona, Weekend with the Expert in Broward, the Learning and the Brain Conference in San Francisco, and SYTAR Boston for the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Louise holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and an M.A. from the University of Connecticut. She has been an English teacher at the middle, high school and college levels, and a remedial reading specialist. She is a licensed massage therapist who specializes in cranial sacral therapy. She became a certified yoga teacher through the Sivananda organization in 1981.
Visit Louise at www.yogaforspecialneeds.com.
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