Education Through the Senses

Catalog description

This course is designed for teachers and school counselors to expand their abilities to use their own senses, and to support the healthy sensory development of students. This leads to more effective educational relationships and more effective learning. The course will educate your five senses and several others you may not have known about. Goals include developing a broader frame of reference about learning and child development, supporting learning for freedom, and responsibility, and recognizing the physical/bodily expressions of who the child is. Topics will include Rudolf Steiner’s twelve sense, Sensory Integration, creating safety and acceptance - essentials for learning; a less pathologizing approach to children’s DSM-IV diagnoses, spectrum disorders, attachment issues and important under-noticed effects of trauma as learning difficulty. Further information found at www.edgutfreund.com Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Health and Human Sciences School of Education