The Anat Baniel Method for Children is a non-medical, learning-based approach. We have discovered that the child’s brain is almost always available for potent learning, regardless
of the diagnosis. This learning process can benefit children with such challenges as: Cerebral Palsy, stroke, other kinds of brain injury and brain damage, congenital heart problems, Brachial Plexus injury, scoliosis, genetic disorders such as Fragile X and Down's Syndrome, ADD, and autism. In addition, the Anat Baniel Method can be helpful for a host of unspecified, undiagnosed developmental issues.
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The Anat Baniel Method
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How Does the Anat Baniel Method Work For Children?
The Anat Baniel Method for Children is based on the understanding that many diseases of childhood interrupt the normal conversation that needs to take place between the child's brain and the world around it. We have found that it is often possible to get that conversation started in gentle ways that directly communicate with the nervous system of the child, primarily through movement and non-verbal kinesthetic experiences. Through this process, developmental gaps caused by various conditions and traumas get filled in.
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How Will You Work With My Child?
The brain does not learn through repetition alone, and does not respond positively to being forced. Thus the Anat Baniel Method for Children stresses the distinction between "making" and "evoking." If your child cannot roll or crawl, sit up, stand on all fours, or stand up by himself, we will not try to force him into these positions or into repetitive motions. Instead, we will engage the child in a gentle movement process that provides the brain with the conditions and information required to attain the different skills and developmental milestones. In this process the child learns the missing elements upon which the skills are built. The child then spontaneously learns to do what he or she couldn’t do before.
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I will work with your child in one-on-one private lessons. I invite you to watch and participate in the lessons, which we schedule according to your child's needs. At times I may suggest two lessons in one day, in the morning and afternoon, to maximize the benefits.
