Facilitated by: Lisa First M.AmSAT, MA; and Tommy Swanson M.AmSAT, LPMT, MT-BC
We often teach the Alexander Technique with expectations as to the functioning and behavior of our students. In this workshop, we cover a broad spectrum of life-experience, and our joint experiences teaching people with psycho-physical disabilities. These may include developmental disabilities, motor disabilities, visual impairments, & levels of hearing.
We receive from our students with disabilities in the present, and we meet them where they are. This requires intelligent thinking, while remaining true to the Alexander Technique principles. How can we receive and be open to our inner resources to support our disabled students' learning? In this workshop, we will discuss how to inspire our students to embrace and enjoy connection within a group setting.
We welcome you to our community to have a new experience working with people with and without disabilities. Please join us as we support learning to feel more comfortable and increasing confidence in supporting people with disabilities. Learn how to create a space that is accessible for all, and some ways to approach a variety of disabilities.
Through the use of small groups and workshop specific shared activities, we will offer exciting new ways of working. Let us guide you through a new ways of thinking and being.
We will also explore working with clients in wheel-chairs, how to work in and out of chairs online and in person. Additionally, we will share the use of hands and language, including sign language and visual language, when supporting people with developmental disabilities. We will examine working with students that are blind and deaf, and how their perceptions of self can be greatly supported by how we as teachers use ourselves.
Lisa and Tommy look forward to sharing the work we are doing as skilled Alexander Technique Teachers who support people with disabilities!
