Special Yoga for Special Children 250225 OL
A Special Yoga foundation training will give you the tools to bring the children in your care to a space of calm, promoting learning, healing and joy.
This Special Yoga for Special Children course provides you with the knowledge and techniques to support children with a diverse range of additional needs. On completion, you’ll be confident to assist children with diagnoses of autism, cerebral palsy, PMLD and down syndrome, in addition to complex needs and anxiety disorders, and to guide groups or 1:1 in holistic practices to foster their physical, emotional and mental well-being.
A Special Yoga foundation training will give you the tools to bring the children in your care to a space of calm, promoting learning, healing and joy.
This Special Yoga for Special Children course provides you with the knowledge and techniques to support children with a diverse range of additional needs. On completion, you’ll be confident to assist children with diagnoses of autism, cerebral palsy, PMLD and down syndrome, in addition to complex needs and anxiety disorders, and to guide groups or 1:1 in holistic practices to foster their physical, emotional and mental well-being.
A Special Yoga foundation training will give you the tools to bring the children in your care to a space of calm, promoting learning, healing and joy.
This Special Yoga for Special Children course provides you with the knowledge and techniques to support children with a diverse range of additional needs. On completion, you’ll be confident to assist children with diagnoses of autism, cerebral palsy, PMLD and down syndrome, in addition to complex needs and anxiety disorders, and to guide groups or 1:1 in holistic practices to foster their physical, emotional and mental well-being.
Course Structure & Timetable
The course will be taught over four live webinars and four study support sessions plus video and written course content.
Live Teaching Webinars on this course will be: Saturday 8th February between 2pm - 4.30pm and Saturdays 22nd March, 3rd May and 7th June between 2pm - 4pm.
Live Study Groups on this course will be split into two groups. At the start of the course you’ll choose either Saturday mornings at 10am or Tuesday evenings at 6:30pm.
Groups will then run: Tuesday 11th or Saturday 15th March, Tue 25th or Sat 29th of April, Tue 6th or Sat 10th May and Sat 31st May or Tue 3rd of June.
The content of the course is designed to support parents, those working in education, healthcare and the community.
Practices included are: Special Yoga Precepts and Self Learning, Pranayama - Breathwork, Asana - Postures, Sound and Rhythm, Relaxation, Mindfulness, Massage and Energy, Working in Groups and Working with Adolescence
Sharing the Practices: when you have graduated the course you will be able to adapt the practices to any condition or diagnosis including Autism Spectrum Disorders, Aspergers, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, Hemiplegia, PMLD and Down Syndrome.
The investment of your time and money in a Special Yoga course is repaid through the benefits you’ll see with the children but is also a great addition to your CV. Some of our parent graduates who joined the course to share yoga with their children go on to become Special Yoga practitioners sharing with other groups of children or offering one to one sessions.
If you are sharing Special Yoga as a job you will need have insurance and we work with a company who recognise the value of our training. They will require a copy of your course certificate which demonstrates that you have passed your assignments and have had 40 hours of training.
How are the forty hours made up?
Webinars
You are required to attend the opening webinar so we can meet you and get a good understanding of your learning aims and objectives. You will meet your fellow students and your course teachers. After the webinar you will be allocated a study group and teacher.
We can’t imagine that you’ll want to miss any of the other webinars but just in case life gets in the way of one of them you will be required to watch the recording so we are sure you haven’t missed any of the necessary learning or required hours.
Study Support Sessions
On this course there are four study support sessions each of which has an assignment for you to work on with your smaller study group. Students often feedback that they find this one of the most useful parts of the course.
These sessions are not recorded as we find the conversation really flows when the camera is off! If you aren't able to attend one week then you'll be asked to liaise with a fellow student to discuss what happened, to reflect on the study group assignment yourself and submit a brief report to your study group leader with your reflections.
Assignments
In the course schedule you'll find a number of personal assignments for you to do. When completed they'll be submitted to your study group leader who will give you one to one feedback.
Self Practise and Embodying the Practices
Being a Special Yoga practitioner means you will work from the heart. This is not only a result of our teachings but also as a result of the work you do day to day to practise self care and compassion.
In the Resource Library you will find practices to support those you learned on your in person days. Our Heart Meditation, Grounding Yoga Practice and Coherent Breathing are key but be lead by your own instincts daily as to what will best serve you.
Time has been set aside within the forty hours for your daily practice and we trust you will honour this.
So that's the forty hours.
The Small Print
Course Refund and Transfer
Our refund and transfer policy was available to view on our website prior to a student making a booking. They are as follows:
Refunds
If you have booked onto a Special Yoga course you will not be eligible for a refund unless it has been cancelled by us.
If you have signed up to a payment plan you are reminded that when purchasing you have agreed to continue to make those payments until the full amount of the course fee is paid.
Transfers - after course start
If you have already started the course and, for whatever reason you wish to transfer to a later course you will still be responsible for full payment of the first course.
Please write to info@specialyoga.co.uk with your transfer request.
If agreed you will be eligible to join the subsequent course at half price.
You will be sent a discount code along with a booking link for the subsequent course.