Exploring Autism - From the Inside Out- Through Movement and Music Expressive Arts Presentation
Joanne Lara
National University
Joanne Lara, MA, CCTC M/S Education Specialist ~ founder of Autism Movement Therapy, author of Autism Movement Therapy Method: Waking up the Brain! was the autism expert for the Fox show Touch, and is core adjunct faculty at National University in Los Angeles. Lara produced the documentary Generation A: Portraits of Autism & the Arts and is the Executive Director of Autism Works Now! www.autismworksnow.org For AMT Certification, licensing and on-line courses, visit www.autismmovementtherapy.org
Abstract
Abstract Expressive Arts Presentation Designed for Service Providers, Special Education Teachers, Students, Educators, Parents, Administrators, Paraprofessionals, Art & Music Teachers, Dancers, Psychologists and EVERYONE... [ view full abstract ]
Abstract
Expressive Arts Presentation
Designed for Service Providers, Special Education Teachers, Students, Educators, Parents, Administrators, Paraprofessionals, Art & Music Teachers, Dancers, Psychologists and EVERYONE interested in exploring movement and music as a vehicle for growth & healthy expression for individuals on the autism spectrum. This presentation provides strategies for easy to do, low cost music and movement skills that can be used in the home, school and office setting.
This Expressive Arts session includes exploring music and movement as the brain processes audio, visual, and gross motor planning in the 4 lobes in order to encourage a "whole brain" thinking approach. We will show a short power point about music and the valuable effects it has on the brain and how individuals with autism process the variables in their environment.
We will guide the participants through a group sensory exercise where participants will experience sensory overload much as our kiddos do on the autism spectrum daily.
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"Programs like [this] offer opportunities for our kids to develop the necessary and fundamental skills that benefit all our kids. Art saved my life!" - Temple Grandin, PhD
Authors
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Joanne Lara
(National University)
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Stephen Shore
(Adelphi University)
Topic Area
Topics: Practice
Session
S17 » Symposia: Housing and environments; sensory issues (16:20 - Saturday, 17th September, Fintry Auditorium)
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