News and Special Events! Developmental FUNdamentals Delight in each new stage as you help your baby: Early subtle signs that will influence your child socially, academically, and physically can be easily overlooked. Case studies show that the earlier an infant receives care, the more easily change will be accomplished. Scholarships are available for expectant and new parents! $10 - $25 donation
Study Group for Movers and Shakers of all ages,
especially, infants & toddlers (2 weeks – 18 months)
Developmental principles from Body-Mind Centering® will be explored
in our own bodies while playing with the little ones.
Mondays, 10 – 11:15 am
Tuesdays, 4:45 – 6:15 pm
Fee: $15 - $40 (sliding scale) Scholarships available as needed.
The greatest gifts we can give a child are physical comfort, emotional well-being, curiosity, confidence, the joy of bonding, and relating to others. Learn how these gifts are influenced by the handling practices of caregivers and the infant’s earliest learning experiences of movement and touch. Join Janice Geller and Maryska Bigos, both IDME faculty members and mothers with thirty (30) years of experience working with children professionally, for this exploration of BMC® developmental principles and handling skills.
* In nursing, digestion and sleep * Establish their 1st year developmental milestones
* Achieve rolling and crawling through play * Enjoy tummy time
To register or join our email list: maryska@nc.rr.com 919/ 286-7688 x 7
Location: Health Associates, 906 Broad Street,Durham, NC 27705
Contact us to present a Handling Skills class for expectant or new parents!
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Caregivers, expectant parents, grandparents, therapists, coaches, and educators: Learn to recognize and support children's efforts for optimal brain and body development!
Saturday,
Central Park School For Children
Gymnasium, 724 Foster St, Durham, NC 27701
Maryska will share how perceptual and movement activities in infancy or at
any age create a sense of self and pathways for learning. Participants will explore early developmental movement and its influence on educational success.
Participants will learn how to create an environment at home or in school which provides children with neuro-developmental growth and kinesthetic pathways for physical health and cognitive, emotional, and artistic expression.
Maryska Bigos has studied and taught Developmental Movement for thrity years and maintains a private practice at Health Associates in Durham for infants to elders. She has taught locally, nationally and internationally and co-founded the Kinesthetic Learning Center which offers Body-Mind Centering® adult education certificate programs in Somatic and Infant Developmental Movement Education. Maryska also offers Developmental FUNdamentals for expectant and new parents which blend a deep understanding of the stages and transitions of infant developmental movement with skillful handling practices.
For more information contact Maryska@nc.rr.com or 919.286-7688 x7.
In the News & Observer View Points:
http://www.thedurhamnews.com/viewpoints/story/197254.html
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Learning baby body language
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"The greatest gifts we can give a child are physical comfort, emotional well-being, curiosity, confidence, and the joy of bonding and relating to others," says Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, the creator of Body-Mind Centering.
With infants, we impart these gifts through movement and touch. These are the newborn's very earliest learning experiences. This kinesthetic learning (learning by doing) organizes the child's visual and auditory learning and optimizes the physical, perceptual, emotional and intellectual capacities of the adult the child will become. Learning to recognize how babies communicate their needs and respond when touched or moved can lower the stress of early parenting and strengthen the bond between child and caregiver.
That's where the Kinesthetic Learning Center of Durham, founded by Maryska Bigos and Bob Lehnberg, comes in. Having benefited from more than 25 years of study with Cohen, Bigos and Lehnberg created the center to teach Body-Mind Centering courses and certificate programs.
Body-Mind Centering can be used by caregivers, therapists, coaches and educators to understand and assist perceptual and motor development in infants, children, athletes and elders. Our classes in Infant Developmental Movement Education teach observation and facilitation of infants during the first year of development. Our classes in Somatic Movement Education examine the first year milestones and offer training in the fields of touch, movement or education.
In addition, specialized sessions help expectant and new parents understand "baby body language" and child-centered rather than task-oriented handling practices. For example, if your child isn't rolling, or rolls in one direction, a trained caregiver knows how to elicit the appropriate skill during daily routines such as changing diapers or nursing. Many parents have questions that can be answered in these Baby & Parent Guidance Sessions.
Registration has begun for Somatic Movement Education and Infant Developmental Movement Education. Courses will be held at Duke's Freeman Center (June 11 to July 10). To learn more, visit www.BMC-NC.com or call 286-7688 ext. 7. To register for Baby & Parent Guidance Sessions, visit www.Bodymapskills.com or 612-6686.
Maryska Bigos is the cofounder of the
Joanna Haymore is a pediatric occupational therapist.
KINESTHETIC
Learning Center
and how an infant's first year
creates their future
Caregivers, early childhood educators, coaches, day-care and social workers, therapists (occupational, physical, massage, speech, movement, bodywork, auditory), parents, grandparents, health care professionals and those who practice or teach disciplines for artistic or personal growth.
About our Special Event and Guest Speaker, Dr. Martha Eddy
Dr. Martha Eddy, CMA, Ed.D., is the founder and director of the NYC Center for Kinesthetic Education (CKE), a therapeutic resource center for children and adults to address their physical, cognitive, social and emotional needs through body awareness and conscious movement. Dr. Eddy maintains a private practice in NY as a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist at CKE, and has served on the faculty at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute and School for Body-Mind Centering for over 20 years. She is a founding co-director and Director of Somatic Studies at Moving On Center - The School of Participatory Arts and Research, located in Oakland, CA. Learn more about Dr. Eddy and her Center for Kinesthetic Education visit: www.wellnesscke.net
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Kinesthetic Learning and the First Year Milestones |
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The greatest gifts we can give a child are physical comfort, emotional well-being, curiosity, confidence, the joy of bonding and relating to others. Infant Developmental Movement Education (IDME) teaches how these gifts are influenced by the handling practices of caregivers and the earliest learning experiences of the infant through movement and touch. This early learning is kinesthetic learning (or learning by doing) which organizes the child's visual and auditory learning and the physical, perceptual, emotional and intellectual adult the child will become. Caregivers, therapists, coaches, and educators with an (IDME) understanding of perceptual and motor development will gain insight to assist infants, children, athletes, and elders since the integration of the first year's milestones can be seen at any age.
Created by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, OTR, this program blends a deep understanding of development, its stages and transitions of movement with skillful handling practices. It is child-centered rather than task-oriented and suited to those who already have experience with infants or anyone who wants to learn. |
Embryological Foundations of Movement:
An Embodied Approach
with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
October 3 & 4, 2009
