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Learning Disabilities and Adults |
Contents
1. Discovery Phase of
Adults with Learning Disabilities
2. Getting Help for
Adults with Learning Disabilities
3. Learning Styles of
Adults with Learning Disabilities
4. Finding Solutions
for Adults with Learning Disabilities
5. Getting in Motion
for Adults with Learning Disabilities
6. Parent and Child
with Similar Learning Disabilities
5.
Getting in Motion for Adults with Learning Disabilities |
I've written about the benefits of
kids learning ballet. And recently I came across an article about research
being done in Baltimore, Maryland that helps stroke victims relearn to walk
with an even stride.
What I found teaching ballet, rhythms and dance is that these physical
disciplines help students of all ages learn academics.
This is useful at any age. When I taught adults ballet they indeed became more
coordinated and were able to learn to use their arms in different positions and
movements from each other, as well as move their legs around in different
directions from each other.
For example, in ballet training one leg is the 'working' leg and the other the
'supporting' leg. And then the movement is done with the other leg taking the
opposite role.
For the adult with learning disabilities I have found that learning a
structured dance form or even moving in patterns with the arms and legs going
in different directions has these advantages for higher learning in the
classroom or in practical living for kids and adults.
Some examples:
1. Forward, backward and sideways movement (reading and writing patterns on the
page); 2. identifying right side and left side of body (learning to read and
write); 3. developing memory (basic to all academic skills); 4. understanding
sequencing (reading comprehension); 5. using arms in opposition to legs
(right-left brain coordination); 6. learning patience with self and cooperation
with others (communication skills); 7. finishing what is begun; the steps, the
sequence, completing the whole (completing work in a way that others can
understand); 8. finding that learning can be fun while moving enthusiastically
(enthusiasm increases energy for learning).
All in all, I have found that coordinating motion keeps our body-mind systems
fit and working for us as best they can throughout adulthood. And when we are
fit, we feel like putting forth the effort to keep trying new techniques for
learning what may have been tough to grasp in childhood.
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