Mindfulness and Movement in the Early Years

Overview of Mindfulness and Movement

• Danielle’s Dissemination of her capstone project “Mindfulness and Movement in the Early Years”
• The Purpose
• Foundational skills that support academic success and emotional regularity
  • Pyramid of Learning Chart https://www.smartpediatrics.com/post/understandingsensoryprocessing
• A child’s main occupation is to play.  A student’s main occupation is to learn

How can EI Therapists support this mindset shift from the very beginning

• Teaching Parents Mindfulness techniques during Early Intervention 
  • Empowering parents to get comfortable with holding/handling their baby
  • Helping families understand the benefits of movement 
• Teaching Parents Mindfulness techniques during Early Intervention 
  • Supporting Infant Mental Health and Parental Mental Health
  • Promoting Co-regulation
  • Supports self-regulation
  • Nourishes the parent child dyad

Episode 7: All we do is play and other myths

https://the-real-ots-of-early-intervention.simplecast.com/episodes/all-we-do-is-play-and-other-ei-myths