3/23/2026 - Week 11 / Meeting 18: Teaching Practice / Natural Somatic Healing

 

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Unit: Teaching Practice

Theme: Natural Somatic Healing

 

Introduction

 Natural Somatic Healing for children with special needs and disabilities has proven to be a viable alternative for these children's locomotive movement as as body and brain connections.

 

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Learning Objectives 

 

  • Understand the dynamics of teaching children with special needs how to move
  • Explain the different parts of the training process of children with special needs
  • Gain an awareness of the importance of somatic healing in children's special education
  • Experience the Natural Somatic Healing method using Bonnie Bainbridge's Basic Neurological Patterns

 

III

Main Lesson


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Natural Somatic Healing for Children with Special Needs & Disabilities

  Question 1

About this video; what would you say is the main objective of Adapted Spiral Praxis? Explain

How does it relate to dance education?

 

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  Question 2

About this video; what are the main patterns addressed by Bonnie Bainbridge? Explain

How does it relate to dance education?


IV

Students' Work

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