Research: Improved Balance, Decreases Childhood Anxiety

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Research: Improved Balance, Decreases Childhood Anxiety

If a child is lacking the skills for good physical balance, then it makes sense that he may also feel less stable, and more prone to emotional imbalances, such as anxiety. Research* shows that when anxious children receive movements that improve balance skills, their anxiety is lowered and their level of self-esteem increases. Read the research here.

You can learn movements for helping children and adults with balance and anxiety in the Brain and Sensory Foundations® course.

 * Research Title: "Balance treatment ameliorates anxiety and increases self-esteem in children with comorbid anxiety and balance disorder"

by Orit Bart, Yair Bar-Haim, Einat Weizman, Moran Levin, Avi Sadeh, Matti Mintz

Sonia Story

Sonia Story developed the Brain and Sensory Foundations training for helping children, teens, and adults to overcome challenges using innate neurological-movements. These innate movements are used by parents, OTs, PTs, SLPs, mental health therapists, trauma specialists, educators, and health practitioners. Sonia presented at the 2018 Autism One conference on how innate neuro-movements help with sensory issues. She trained directly with Harald Blomberg, MD and Moira Dempsey, and earned certifications to teach Rhythmic Movement Training and other completed many other movement courses. Her training courses are approved for professional continuing education for occupational therapists, physical therapists, and massage therapists. Sonia is the author of a white paper giving the relevance, rationale, and evidence basis for using these movements in OT and PT practice. Her work has been featured in the book, Almost Autism: Recovering Children from Sensory Processing Disorder, and in the books Special Ed Mom Survival Guide: How to prevail in the special education process and find life-long strategies for you and your child, and Same Journey, Different Paths, Stories of Auditory Processing Disorder.

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