Brain Gym in Action: Canadian International Summer Institute

Course Description - Brain Gym in Action: Canadian International Summer Institute

The Facilitator Space

(Bilingual - English with French Translation)
With Carol Ann Erickson
Friday to Sunday, August 6-8

The Facilitator Space explores, develops and supports an individual in an educational leadership role. In this experiential workshop you will have the opportunity to enhance your personal skills as a group instructor; individual one-to-one sessions and implementing your personal and professional goals.

Included in the workshop:

Language skills - opens guided discovery, provide communication that is non-judgemental, sets up situations for discovery (tell the story), draws out learning, provides respectful invitations, invites curiosity, and provides options for choice making
Activities - icebreakers, team building, problem solving, related playful activities to enhance understanding of others experiences
Techniques for reflection on learning - debriefing and sharing
Opening creativity - to capture the teachable moment
Lecture vs experience
Techniques that reinforce learning and support ownership
FUNN activities (functional understanding not necessary) when and how to use them
Application for children, teens, adults

Pre-requisite: any of the following -Brain Gym 101; Brain Gym for Educators; Brain Gym for Special Needs; Brain Gym for Movement, Dance & Sports Performance

Tuition:

Before June 1: $450
After June 1: $480

Instructor

Photo: Carol Ann Erickson Carol Ann Erickson is an International Faculty member and instructor for the Educational Kinesiology Foundation. She is the co-creator of Brain Gym for Educators and the Brain Gym for Educators Instructor's Course. Over the past twenty years, Carol Ann has successfully used this specialized program with educators and athletes.

Drawing on her extensive background, Carol Ann has designed innovative programs to integrate Educational Kinesiology into schools, occupational and physical therapy programs, homes, athletic programs, and work places. These programs provide the tools for group, team and individual improvement in stress management, communication, self-esteem, cooperation, academic skills, comprehension, memory, and whole-body movement.