Children with Additional Needs
Children with additional needs often experience heightened levels of stress and anxiety in their daily lives. Understanding their unique challenges and requirements, teachers can tailor activities and incorporate sensory integration techniques such as yoga, mindfulness, meditation, and breathing exercises into their class.
We look at what these labels mean, where they come from and how to help lessen the symptoms using yoga, mindfulness and meditation activities:
- EBD
- ADHD
- ADD
- PDA
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Downs Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Autism Spectrum
- Asperger Syndrome
- Sensory Processing Disorders
As well as exploring sleep deficit and uncovering the lesser well know extra 3 senses Vestibular, Proprioception and Interoception systems and how these play a huge part in building awareness of self and other.
- Yoga, Mindfulness and Additional Needs
- What is Neurotypical & Neurodivergent
- Navigating PDA
- Framing Demands as Problems to Solve
- What to do when a Child has Been Triggered
- Yoga & ADHD
- Vestibular Activities
- Learning Styles
- VAKOG
- Emotional Tone & Processing
- Masking
- Stimming
- Proprioceptive Awareness + Activities
- Interoceptive Awareness + Activities
- Adapting Your Yoga and Mindfulness Class
- Create an Engaging Class
- Common Medications
- The Education, Health, and Care (EHC) plan
- Research on the Effectiveness of Mindfulness
- Research and Links
This course provides a solid understanding of children with additional needs enabling teachers to create inclusive and supportive environments where all children can thrive.