{"id":95,"date":"2012-09-02T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2016-09-04T19:35:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T23:35:47","slug":"special-needs-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/special-needs-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Needs Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-custom\">\n<h3>Special Needs<br \/>\nChildren<\/h3>\n<div class=\"introduce\">\n<p>The Anat Baniel Method<br \/>\nNeuroMovement enhances<br \/>\nthe recovery of function\u00a0for<br \/>\nSpecial Needs Kids and Infants<br \/>\nwell beyond the current norm<br \/>\nof traditional treatments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"first3\"><span class=\"italic bold\">\u201cMy son\u2019s neurologist can\u2019t believe how much progress he has made since working with Lara. He is doing so much more, including walking. His eye contact is greatly improved and he now crawls up steps by himself.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n-Elaine, mother of 4-year-old diagnosed with developmental delay<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-584\" title=\"Sylvie, Special Needs Child\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sylvie.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvie, Special Needs Child\" width=\"190\" height=\"174\" \/>Maximize Your Child&#8217;s Potential<\/h2>\n<p>If you are entrusted with the responsibility and care of kids with special needs in your life, you no doubt want to do all you can to help this child gain as much function and independence as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Most probably, you have tried conventional treatments with some success. Yet you\u2019re aware that there is more that can be done to help your child maximize his fullest potential.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"first\">Doctor Validated Programs for Disabled Children<\/h2>\n<p>Your instincts are right on. Yes, there is another MD-validated, scientifically based approach that can make all the difference in the development of special needs kids.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/laras-services\/#anat\">Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement<\/a> for Children enhances the recovery of function well beyond the current norm of traditional treatments.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"first\">Can children help with:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cerebral palsy<\/li>\n<li>Brain injury, including stroke<\/li>\n<li>Birth traumas such as brachial plexus injury and torticollis<br \/>\nScoliosis<\/li>\n<li>Hypertonia<\/li>\n<li>Hypotonia<\/li>\n<li>Congenital disorders such as arthrogryposis and spina bifida<br \/>\nGenetic disorders such as spinal muscular atrophy, Down\u2019s syndrome, and fragile X syndrome<br \/>\nADD\/ADHD<\/li>\n<li>Chronic anxiety<\/li>\n<li>Autism spectrum disorders including Asperger\u2019s syndrome and sensory integration dysfunction<\/li>\n<li>Undiagnosed developmental delays<\/li>\n<li>Balance and coordination issues<\/li>\n<li>Limited movement and stiffness<\/li>\n<li>Recovery from trauma, injury, and surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"first\">Parents have reported the following positive changes in their children:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved ability to crawl, walk, run, jump, reach<\/li>\n<li>Easier breathing<\/li>\n<li>Better posture and more ability to be erect<\/li>\n<li>More stability in sitting, standing, walking<\/li>\n<li>Improved speech<\/li>\n<li>Better sleep and greater comfort during waking hours<\/li>\n<li>Greater problem solving skills<\/li>\n<li>Increased alertness, focus and awareness of surroundings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-custom\">\n<p><span class=\"italic bold\">\u201cSince starting to work with Lara, his teachers notice a big improvement in his stance, posture and walking. He doesn\u2019t hunch over out of habit anymore. He tells me, \u201cPeople can see how tall I am now, not fake tall. I am happy that my back feels good.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n-Robyn, mother of 10-year-old with scoliosis<\/p>\n<h2>Muscular, Skeletal and Cognitive Improvement<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-686\" title=\"Jeremiah, Special Needs Child\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/jeremiah1.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremiah, Special Needs Child\" width=\"190\" height=\"285\" \/>How is this possible? First, it\u2019s important to understand that the brain controls the degree and quality of movement. As such, spasticity and limitations in the musculature and skeleton are a manifestation of the workings of the brain.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/laras-services\/#anat\">Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement<\/a>, movement and gentle, skilled touch are used to communicate with the brain in ways that allow it to decipher how to organize movement effectively. The results can seem miraculous: immediate muscular, skeletal and even mental and emotional improvement.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"italic bold\">\u201cMy son has developed a deep sense of trust with Lara and when she works with him he will explore the space around him with ease, as he learns new ways to move. I have seen improvements in visions, speech, fine and gross motor skills since Lara began working with him.<\/span>\u201d<br \/>\n-Jennifer, mother of 5-year-old with cerebral palsy and visual impairment<\/p>\n<h2>Milestones<\/h2>\n<p>All movements are accomplished within the child\u2019s ability and comfort levels, which creates a sense of trust and allows the child to feel aware and in control.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the child becomes an active, intelligent, happy learner-just like healthy children- because the <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/laras-services\/#anat\">Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement<\/a> teaches him how to do tasks on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Every new skill that the child accomplishes towards independence generates a great variety of small and large movements from which further milestones can be carved.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-579\" title=\"AD, Special Needs Child\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/alex.jpg\" alt=\"AD, Special Needs Child\" width=\"190\" height=\"285\" \/>Doing Tasks Independently<\/h2>\n<p>As the child or infant&#8217;s brain learns how to do new movements, the child continues to improve.<\/p>\n<p>Before long, he may be initiating drinking from a cup, moving from lying to sitting on his own or sitting without support and playing- initiating tasks on his own and becoming self-reliant.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"drop3\">Specific Guided Process<\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example to illustrate why the <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/laras-services\/#anat\">Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement<\/a> is so effective:<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say you\u2019re learning to stand on your head. If several people lifted you off your feet, turned you upside down and put you on your head, would you know how to do a headstand on your own? No. You wouldn\u2019t know what part of your head to put on the floor, how to shift your weight onto your head without hurting your neck, how to lift your legs or even where to put your legs in the air.<\/p>\n<p>When a child is placed in sitting (or any other position) without going through the process of figuring it out by feelings, sensations and how to move into sitting, he cannot come to sitting on his own.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/laras-services\/#anat\">Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement&#8217;s<\/a> guided process provides the opportunity to experience all of these components. His brain learns how to put the components together so he can learn to sit (or do some other activity) on his own.<\/p>\n<h2>Infants to Teenagers Benefit from the Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement for Kids with Special Needs<\/h2>\n<p>Early intervention (as young as five days old) can yield very rapid results.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally teenagers who\u2019ve had many years of conventional treatments for Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, developmental delays, Brachial Plexus injury, genetic disorders, ADD, feeding disorders, scoliosis and brain injury before discovering the Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement have also experienced results.<\/p>\n<h2>Lara Working with Children<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-582\" title=\"Special Needs Child\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/locker-knee.jpg\" alt=\"Special Needs Child\" width=\"190\" height=\"269\" \/>Your child is in excellent, caring hands with Lara Gillease. Due to pain from scoliosis since childhood, Lara has a deep empathy for anyone with limited movement.<\/p>\n<p>She has studied movement all of her life and is grateful for her own recovery from pain and limited movement due to the Anat Baniel Method.<\/p>\n<p>Lara is\u00a0a NeuroMovement<sup>sm<\/sup> Teacher with the Anat Baniel Method since 2000. She completed Anat Baniel\u2019s training from 1996-2000.<\/p>\n<p>Lara is an Trainer in the Anat Baniel Method International Professional Training Programs which trains and certifies people internationally to become Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement practitioners for both adults and special needs children.<\/p>\n<p>She is on staff as visiting faculty at the Anat Baniel Method Center located in San Rafael, California as one of the Center\u2019s team of\u00a0practitioners that works alongside Anat Baniel giving lesson to special needs children and infants.<\/p>\n<p>She also has a four-year certification in the Feldenkrais Method. She is a graduate of Brennan Healing Science and is also certified in craniosacral and Pilates. She earned her bachelor of science degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about Lara and her personal story, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/about-us\/\">About<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"italic bold\">\u201cWhen my daughter was a new baby Lara was extremely helpful in teaching me how to pick her up, hold her, roll her over, etc. in ways that wouldn&#8217;t be stressful on her spine. She worked with her whenever we could get to Asheville and kept a close eye on her progress. She assisted her beautifully in her discovery process through the journey of learning to roll over, to crawl, and later movement discoveries as well. After working with Lara, she would always come home with a new comfort in her body and new movement discoveries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"italic bold\">\u201cI remember before one visit as a toddler, my daughter was tripping over everything. After the visit she had a new stability and sense of balance in her legs. After our most recent visit for several sessions with Lara, we returned home and she and I had a wonderful spontaneous dance session in our living room. I saw a great deal more pure joy and freedom in her than I had seen her express before. Of course it doesn&#8217;t hurt that sessions with Lara are so much fun and that Lara is one of my daughter\u2019s &#8216;favorite people ever&#8217;.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n-Amy, mother of 4-year-old<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-788\" title=\"Website Mtn Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Website-Mtn-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains of Western North Carolina in Asheville\" width=\"285\" height=\"190\" \/>Available for Out-of-Town Families<\/h2>\n<p>Lara\u2019s Integrative Movement is located in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina in Asheville.<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-town families with special needs children can take advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/laras-services\/#anat\">Anat Baniel Method\u00a0 NeuroMovement<\/a> as easily as those that live nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Your child participates in the movement lesson two times a day for several days in a row. After going home, your child uses what has been learned as well as continuing their learning process and integrating it into daily activities.<\/p>\n<p>To find out if your child would benefit, set up a FREE Get Acquainted call by emailing: <a href=\"mailto:lara@integrativemovement.com\">lara@integrativemovement.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_589\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"size-full wp-image-589\" title=\"Anat Baniel, Lara, and Marcy Lindheimer\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/anat-baniel-lara-marcy.jpg\" alt=\"Anat Baniel, Lara, and Marcy Lindheimer\" width=\"190\" height=\"117\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lara with Anat Baniel on right and Trainer Marcy Lindheimer<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"first\">Visit the Anat Baniel Method YouTube channel to watch videos of how the method works<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/abmethod\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/user\/abmethod<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Needs Children The Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement enhances the recovery of function\u00a0for Special Needs Kids and Infants well beyond the current norm of traditional treatments. \u201cMy son\u2019s neurologist can\u2019t believe how much progress he has made since working with &#8230; <span class=\"more_link\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/special-needs-children\/\">  \u00bb Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":290,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2220,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/2220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativemovement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}