THE FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING: Weekend Workshop

Learning with ease and navigating social “waters” are the result of children having strong neurological foundations and well- practiced sensory systems as the building blocks for higher functioning capacities. Knowing how to identify and strengthen these systems greatly enhances learning and behavior in children (and adults!). In addition, knowing how to identify a child‛s unique learning profile allows for using the gateways the various ways that children learn.

Tools provided in this workshop promote creating an environment for ease and understanding in the classroom and home life and are hugely effective for tutors, speech therapists, and counselors as well as teachers and parents. Gain an extensive “toolbox” with a variety of easy to use, playful activities to enhance neural efficiency and reduce anxiety in children and promote our own integration as the adults who guide them!

Nina Gallwey is an educational support specialist with 33 years of experience in classroom teaching and special education. She developed, and oversees, a successful support program for children with diverse learning styles in addition to running a parent and teacher resource center. Nina has been teaching, lecturing, and running workshops for parents and teachers for over 20 years. The Foundations of Learning is a distillation of extensive training in primitive reflexes, sensory integration, vision therapy, integrative movement, and child development.

“This workshop completely revolutionized my work with children. I had no idea what I was seeing before. Now I know how to meet my students with compassion and tools to support them. Highly recommend this for all teachers and parents!” J.C. Portland School District