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This seminar will be of interest to all those interested in achieving academic and functional improvements in children/adults of all ages, especially those with special needs including Cerebral Palsy, Autism/PDD, Brain-injury, ADD/ADHD, Tourette's and other learning disorders (e.g. Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Balance & Co-ordination Problems, Language Delay, etc.)
The workshop presenter will be Cathy Stingley, Clinical Director of HANDLE, an American charity based in Seattle and Homer U.S.A. She will be speaking about HANDLE's greatly successful new approach to the diagnosis and treatment of learning disorders, using drug-free means to strengthen weaknesses within the brain of effected individuals.
This is HANDLE's fifth trip to England. During the earlier visits, almost 70 people (presenting with a wide variety of disorders) have been assessed and treated. Many parents are reporting improvements in the behaviours and skills, of their children, across a whole range of disabilities.
During See Yourself and Others Through New Eyes ? Cathy Stingley will guide you:
- Through a highly successful tool for screening at-risk children, applicable to individuals of all ages
- In HANDLE's treatment approach, focusing on gentle enhancement of critical developmental functions
Participants will learn:
- Effective and inexpensive methods to strengthen functions that support learning and social interaction
- How to apply this knowledge in everyday situations that will enhance the development of crucial neurological functions, as part of a programme which is customized to the individual situation.
From the perspective of natural neurodevelopmental processes, HANDLE provides a unique focus on special needs as they affect social and academic behaviours in the classroom, at home and in the workplace. This FUNctional approach yields significant results in much less time than other therapies currently available!
Friday, 6.30 - 9.30pm.
Open to seminar participants and other interested people
- Introduction to the seminar format, and each other.
- Public presentation of the HANDLE approach - What it is Why it is effective & How it works.
Saturday, 9.30 - 5.30pm
Seminar participants only
- Begin to learn the pioneering HANDLE model for observational assessment of interactive functions in everyday life.
- Be guided through analysis of tasks and behaviours according to the functions they require or by-pass or strengthen
- Practice a few HANDLE intervention activities employing Gentle Enhancement
Sunday, 9.30 - 5.30pm
Seminar participants only
- Dress Comfortably for exercise, even rolling on the floor
- Profile individual strengths and weaknesses
- Chart functional as well as dysfunctional flow of processing from sensory input to motor output
- Move through more HANDLE intervention activities to sense their effect.
- Understand the importance of proper programme design and implementation for specific therapeutic benefits Handle UK/Europe has organized this seminar and Handle's presence in the United Kingdom.
We are applying for charitable status and intend to be registered as soon as possible later this year.
What others say
"This is crucial information for anyone working with young children. I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't benefit!" - Steve Goldenberg, Elementary School Teacher, Bellevue, WA
"It was delightful to have complex neurophysiolagical concepts explained in earthy robust terms that all could understand. Your concepts tie together so much knowledge that has been just "hanging" out there for years .It is amazing how much your thinking has advanced our field, and what you have given us all to build on." - Mary Ahearn, Certified Mental Health Counselor, Bellevue, WA
About HANDLE's founder, Judith Bluestone
Judith Bluestone is a Ph.D. candidate in Neurodevelopment Perspectives on Learning with 30 years experience as a teacher, diagnostician, neurodevelopmental/educational therapist, lecturer, programme developer, and provider of in-service education programmes in learning disabilities, neurodevelopment, and brain injury. She has developed assessment techniques that are implemented in clinics, classrooms, and homes. In 1989 her intervention programme won the National Education Award for Early Childhood Education in Israel. Judith is sought after as a consultant and trainer with clients from virtually every continent. She has worked with numerous schools, hospital and clinics.
Cathy Stingley, Director of HANDLE of Homer, Alaska, is giving this presentation. Cathy has a broad range of experience working with children and adult in special education, mental health, and as a member of an emergency medical team. Cathy has committed herself to helping people with brain injury and other neurological disorders become more functional with out the use of medication. She is an inspiring speaker, trainer and colleague for anyone working to help people with disabilities.
Registration form
For the West London UK Presentation Oct. 1999 of See Yourself and Others Through New Eyes Seminar. An Introduction to the HANDLE Approach of Observational Assessment and Drug-free Treatment
Weekend Programme: Fri.1st Oct. 6:30 - 9:30pm; Sat.2nd /Sun.3rd Oct. 9:30am - 5:30pm; 1999.
Venue: Rivercourt Methodist Church, King Street, Hammersmith, West London, W.6. 9JT Entrance/lift in Rivercourt Road.
- Pre-registration until 17th September 1999: £85.00
- Full Registration after 17th September 1999: £95.00
- Group Registration (3 or more from one family/agency) £75.00 each
Fees listed include all materials
- Team Registration (parent/carer/family/teacher/therapist) £75.00each
- Deposit required £25.00 per person until 30th September 1999, then the full fee is required.
- Food = £15.00 per person. £15.00 each
We will providing morning and afternoon coffee/tea and nutritious hot lunch (suitable for vegetarians) for those participants who want it, the cost will be £7.50 per person per day.
TOTAL : £ ___________
The Hall is fully accessible for people with disabilities
I understand that there is a £12.50 cancellation fee for all cancellations prior to 30th Sept. 1999. No refund after the seminar has commenced.
Please send your registration form and payment to:
HANDLE UKPC
277 Coldharbour Lane
London SW9 8RP
Tel. & Fax 0171 978 8902
Tel. & Fax 0181 748 0788
Please make cheques payable to:
HANDLE UKPC
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In deference to individual hyper sensitivities, we request from all participants:
- Not to wear perfume, hair spray
- To cancel chimes on all watches, pagers etc
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