April 29, 2009
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 June through Continuing Education at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP).
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 June 22 – 25 from 9 a.m.–4
p.m. The course costs $389, including a textbook and special fees, 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, focusing 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, online classes,
conference planning, contract training and an array of personal and professional development programs
for business and industry, youth, working adults and special audiences.
