Shawnee Thornton Thornton Hardy

Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs

A Somatosensory Approach to Mental, Emotional and Physical Wellbeing

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive and inclusive guide that explores how yoga therapy can be practiced with children and teens with complex needs and conditions including autism and other neuro differences, trauma, depression, anxiety, and Down syndrome. It includes comprehensive theory on child development as well as practical tools and resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 174mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 724g
• ISBN-13: 9781787752252
• ISBN-10: 1787752259
• Artikelnr.: 67412468

Autorenporträt

Shawnee Thornton Hardy has worked with children and teens with complex needs for nearly 3 decades. She holds a Master's in Special Education, is a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and a Somatic Experiencing(c) Practitioner through the Trauma Institute. Shawnee is the founder of Asanas for Autism and Special Needs and the Founder/Director of Yoga Therapy for Youth. She is passionate about making mind-body practices inclusive and accessible to all brains, bodies and abilities. She leads trainings' internationally and throughout the US and offers 1:1 sessions in mind-body practices to support children and teens with complex needs, to include; autism, ADHD, neurodiversity, developmental disability, sensory processing challenges, communication difficulties, anxiety/depression and trauma. She is also the Author of Asanas for Autism and Special Needs - Yoga to help Children with their Emotions, Self-Regulation and Body Awareness. She combines her unique experience as an educational/behavioral specialist and her knowledge and passion for yoga and somatic practices in her work and teachings. Her heart's longing is in facilitating healing in the world.