Help your child feel better in their body!
More focus, better emotional regulation and ease of academic tasks are all possible for your child.
Our Spring cohort is full! Join the waitlist for our upcoming Summer 12-week Program. Registration opens in May. Limited space available.
Summer Program Dates: June 8, 2024 - August 12, 2024
Join the Waitlist - Summer 2024 CohortA 12-week cohort based, virtual course
Guided by Stephanie Johnson MA, LPC
Stephanie Johnson is a mother, educator and Licensed Professional Counselor who brings a unique perspective to education and child development. With over 30 years of experience working with children and families, Ms. Johnson is committed to educating the community about the body's role in learning by drawing a bridge between early movement and all future cognitive and emotional pursuits. As a dance specialist in public school she worked closely with academic teachers to infuse movement into their daily curriculum. She holds a Master’s Degree from the Naropa University Somatic Psychology and Counseling program and is in the Director of Sage Education and Therapy in Minneapolis where she serves children and families who are struggling with attention and learning challenges. In addition to her therapeutic work with families, Ms. Johnson is the author of the award winning book Baby Bare: A bottom-up approach to growing strong brains and bodies and is the creator of Healing Movements for Kids a widely loved therapeutic movement program for home use. Stephanie’s professional development offerings and speaking engagements have been enjoyed by parents and specialists internationally and she is sought out for her clarity, warmth and humor while exploring the needs of our children, movement and brain development.
Live Virtual Calls
Dedicated time with Developmental Movement Specialist and creator of the program, Stephanie Johnson
12 Guided Weeks
Tried and true Developmental Movement games and activities
Community Based
Connect with other like-minded parents
Need some support with your child but struggle to fit it in?
You are in the right place.
After 25+ years working with families I have learned that all children could use some support with finding their calm, focusing, self regulating and academic tasks. However, weekly therapy may not be needed and lets face it, it's just not an option for every family. In this course I share with you the same activities I use as "home play" with my clients. You will have access to a new video each week that clearly shows how to do each activity with your child along with simple points about the areas each activity targets. Parents love the simplicity and accessibility, you don't need any prior movement experience or special training to facilitate these effective, impactful activities in your home.
Developmental Movement is good for all of us. With the lack of movement opportunities for children these days, Healing Movements for Kids is beneficial for all children, especially those experiencing any of the following:
- Has trouble sitting still
- Messy eater
- Not reading at grade level
- Trouble with fine motor skills
- Uncoordinated
- Anxious
- Symptoms of ADD/HD
- Emotional dysregulation
- Controlling or oppositional behavior
- Difficulties with balance
- Seeking big physical input like bear hugs, may also push or play too rough with other children
- Messy writing, presses too hard or too light on paper
- Did not complete the infant sequence as a baby: (it's ok if you don't remember what your baby did, many of the nuanced movements are skipped right over in part due to our cultures enthusiasm with crawling and walking)
- Seeks risky play/ no fear with physical play
- Is timid/ avoids physical play
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Receive a new tried and true therapeutic movement game each week. Simple games that revisit early movement patterns so your child can find ease and joy in their bodies.
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Live virtual group check-ins with like minded families who are also in the course, facilitated by developmental movement specialist Stephanie Johnson.
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Deepen the connection and bond you share with your child!
This may be the best move you make for your family this year!
Join the Waitlist - Summer 2024 Cohort
What is developmental movement therapy?
Our brains and bodies are wired through early infant movement. That means our early movement is not only preparing us to walk and run but also for every other cognitive and emotional pursuit throughout life. By backtracking and revisiting these movements we reorganize the nervous system so we can feel more calm, confident and coordinated in everything we do. When we use DMT with children they too feel more organized and safe in their bodies for all they do: sports, music lessons, eating, sitting in school, solving problems, making friends, self regulating and focusing on a task. In this course, Healing Movements for Kids, you will receive 40 simple games and activities based in Developmental Movement Therapy dripped weekly to get your kids feeling oh so good in their bodies!
Join the Waitlist - Summer 2024 Cohort
What ages does this work best for?
How much time out of the day will this take?
Do I have to be active or physically fit to make this work with my chld?
Don’t wait! Help your child feel great today!
Get access to these long loved developmental movement games and watch your kids become their best selves!
Join the Waitlist - Summer 2024 Cohort
