YOGA FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
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YOGA FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS with Aras Baskauskas and Britt Collins
ABOUT DVD:
Yoga instructor Aras Baskauskas teams with Occupational Therapist Britt Collins, M.S. OTR/L. Aras takes the children through a yoga routine and Britt points out different suggestions regarding your child’s specific special needs. Yoga promotes mental and physical well-being, allowing kids to strengthen their bodies while simultaneously calming themselves. Occupational Therapy benefits children by helping focus energy into appropriate movement and function, organizing sensory systems and increasing body awareness and coordination skills.
Yoga allows children to grade the force of their movements because the slow movements into poses are not pushing their muscles to full extension. They’re able to increase muscle strength physically while cognitively becoming aware of where their body is in space.
Additional benefits of yoga may include improving gross and fine motor strength, breath support, concentration and even communication skills
** this DVD is for children who have the ability to stand, bend down and touch the ground, and can imitate and follow directions.
The children on this DVD each have an autism diagnoses and have not practiced yoga before. They did an amazing job and it was a pleasure to work with them!
Running Time approximately 45 Minutes.
CHAPTERS:
- Yoga Routine
- Organization of Behavior
- Dance with Jen
- Aras Baskauskas Interview
- Story Time with Rachel Hunter
ABOUT ARAS AND BRITT:
Aras Baskauskas, Yoga Instructor - While you may know Aras as the winner of Survivor: Exile Island, you may not know he is a dedicated yogi who instructs classes at Santa Monica Power Yoga. Aras is also part of The Cheshire Project, a non-profit organization that brings together the creative arts with disabled and special needs children. Recently, Aras released his first Yoga DVD titled Yoga for Health and Wellness.
Britt Collins, M.S. OTR/L - Since graduating from Colorado State University with a Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy, Britt has practiced in a variety of settings including Sensory Integration clinics, schools, homes, rehabilitation, and skilled nursing facilities. She has mainly focused her career as an OT on Sensory Integration and how this affects children with various special needs. She is a member of The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and currently works with the Legacy Health System in Pediatric Development and Rehab in Portland, Oregon. Her DVD OT for Children with Autism, Special Needs and Typical won an “Outstanding Product in 2008” award from I Parenting Media, a division of Disney.
TRP Wellness has combined Yoga and OT in an instructional DVD hosted by Rachel Hunter, instructed by Aras Baskauskas and Britt Collins M.S. OTR/L; “Yoga fun for Special Needs and Typical Children” which will be available this November 2008.
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NOTICES and DISCLAIMERS: Click to View
Consult your child's physician and your child's occupational therapist before starting this program. The instruction and advice contained within are in no way intended to be a substitute for medical counseling. TRPyoga, TRPyoga affiliates, and distributors of this product disclaim any liability or loss in connection with the exercises and instruction provided. By practicing with this product you agree to assume all risk.
When any child who has any special needs practices yoga they should be under observation and advisement of a physician and supervised by a trained professional and/or therapist. Regardless of what your child’s specific special needs are, do not attempt to begin a program of yoga without professional medical guidance. Seek additional medical guidance if your child is prone to seizures, heart conditions, spinal concerns or has recently had any type of surgery. If your child is on any medication, you must consult with your pharmacist and pediatrician about doing any yoga program.
TRP Wellness News
Britt Collins has written an article for PediaStaff regarding her research on the Wii.
PediaStaff is giving away a free Wii package at the AOTA conference in April - be sure and visit Britt at their booth and enter to win.