Hello again everyone!
I am excited to share more free Neurologic resources because they have been immensely helpful for managing my own school age kids at home for the Covid-19 Shutdown. I find myself repeatedly sharing this info with clients so I decided to post this one and possibly collect some useful resources for caregivers struggling with their kids who are struggling. If you have any winners, please share it in the comments.
This time I am sharing a homeschool webinar: HOMEBOUND: Josh MacNeill (Brain Breaks)
I attended after being notified by one of my agencies that Josh MeNeill was joining Susan Wise Bauer, my homeschool hero to help us all settle into a “school at home” routine with kids who may be grieving the loss of school, defiant, anxious, confused, uncooperative and/or bored.
My worlds have finally collided! I believe families NEED this kind of information to understand WHY their kids are “acting up” instead of just feeling frustrated, annoyed or in dispair.
Josh from Lakeside details helpful concepts for caregivers to help their students’ get through behaviors that interfere with learning. To be honest, as a therapist helping other caregivers, I benefit tremendously from internalizing materials like these to support my own family of 6 + 2 kids; seven of whom are back home for the duration.
Brain breaks which he gives examples for are the best. We like many use different gadgets to break up the “Groundhog Day” monotony of lockdown school during quarantine. This has been vastly different than homeschooling for sure.
My favorite brain break activities include paper behind the back, thumb roll, mindfulness mint (I use starburst), nature sounds (I use safari videos), the alphabet/number trace, and some of the tossing brain benders.
Lakeside Neurologic is known internationally to support the therapeutic education of vulnerable youth. Full disclosure: I am not sure how long this free zoom link for the Homebound video will be active.
Due to Covid19 their book shipments are delayed. If anyone wants the “101 Brain Breaks” little square book Josh described that I enjoy using here’s an Amazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/s?me=AU4E06N5BT5JX&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Enjoy guys,
Heloise (Lois) Ridley, MBA,MA
