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A Dance Class For Me!
NOT YOUR TYPICAL DANCE CLASS Connecting the brain and body through dance and rhythm. This program is led by Elizabeth Rose Chacon, Certified Autism Movement Therapy® Provider, for students who are on the moderate to severe side of the Autism Spectrum or have special needs that prevent them from participating in "typical" dance classes. As the weeks go on, every attempt to dance or mimic movement is celebrated. In the process their brains are stimulated and challenged by the movement. Due to neuroplasticity* (or neural plasticity) new neural pathways are created, these pathways encourage communication between the left and right hemisphere of the brain. For students who have communication issues, this cognitive "re-mapping" connects the hemispheres and this connection can help improve speech and communication. In A Dance Class For Me! some behaviors are not considered maladaptive and are not corrected. Those behaviors are talking, yelling, flapping, spinning, running, jumping, anything a student does to help his or her brain calm itself. Maladaptive behaviors that are addressed and stopped are hitting other students, the instructor, the wall, or the mirror. If you have questions regarding your student's behavior, please feel free to ask Elizabeth Chacon what can be done for the benefit of your student. Elizabeth is also a Board Certified Autism Technician (BCAT), if you have ABA goals in your child/student's ABA or IEP plan, Elizabeth can help. Or if your ABA or BCBA is looking for an activity before joining a social skills class, refer him or her to Elizabeth. If you are in Orange County and have tried other activities without success because other instructors, even in special needs activities, may be too impatient to work with your child, please don't give up. Try A Dance Class For Me! or look at the descriptions for other classes offered, click here. Elizabeth has been teaching tap and ballet for decades, if you want a tap or ballet class just let me know. Some adults who are interested in tap are requesting classes. Specialty classes like Comedy Improvisation are also available on request. If you are not in Orange County, you can find an Autism Movement Therapy provider in your area, please go to the Autism Movement Therapy® Provider Page. *Neuroplasticity allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response to new situations or to changes in their environment. (http://www.medicinenet.com/medterms-medical-dictionary/article.htm) |
Upworthy VideoPlease follow the Facebook link below to find out about dance classes like mine in Orange County in an Upworthy.org Presents documentary titled Dance Therapy. Orange County Children's
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