Dec. 15, 2008
Brain Gym® 101 offers motor development
teaching skills
A beneficial program for teachers, parents, athletes, health care
and business professionals and others will be offered in January
2009 through Continuing Education at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Brain Gym� 101 teaches a program that uses simple movements to
improve the learning abilities of adults and children. The course
will be offered on the UWSP campus from 5-9 p.m. on the Friday
evenings of January 9 and 16, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the
Saturdays of January 10 and 17. The course costs $389, including a
textbook, and may be taken for UWSP undergraduate credits at an
additional cost.
Developed by Paul Dennison, an expert in child motor development,
the program is based on 80 years of research by educational
therapists, developmental optometrists and specialists. Brain Gym�
consists of simple movements that children do naturally during their
first three years of life to accomplish important developmental
steps for coordination of eyes, ears, hands and the whole body.
Brain Gym� movements have been shown clinically to prepare children
with the physical skills they need in order to learn to read, write
and otherwise function effectively in the classroom.
Pamela Luedtke, an associate lecturer in dance at UWSP and a
licensed Brain Gym� instructor, will lead the course. The classes
will focus on kinesiology balances, 26 Brain Gym� movements and
Dennison Laterality Repatterning, and comprehension of the "dynamic
brain" and its relationship to the "three dimensions" along with
goal setting.
For information or registration, contact UWSP Continuing Education
Customer Service at 715-346-3838 or 800-898-9472 or go to
www.uwsp.edu/conted/aco. Visa and MasterCard are accepted.
UWSP Continuing Education provides credit classes, degree completion
programs, conference planning, contract training and an array of
personal and professional development programs for business and
industry, youth, working adults and special audiences.
