April 5th-7th 2014
Queensmead Sports Centre
Victorai Road
Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 0JE
To register, click here.
What is Bal-A-Vis-X (BAVX) ?
BAVX is a series of simple to complex exercises deeply rooted in
rhythm which improves full body coordination and focuses attention.
The program promotes cooperation, self-challenge, and fosters peer
teaching. Originally developed to address the needs of students
with reading difficulties, BAVX benefits all students. BAVX
utilizes sand-filled bags, racquetballs, balance boards,
and eye-fitness exercises. The First BAVX workshop will be given by
Bill Hubert who developed the BAVX programme.
Bal-A-Vis-X benefits students.
Confidence and self-discipline grow - Impulsiveness decreases.
Attention span increases. Physical coordination and body rhythm
are enhanced. Stress is more easily self-managed. Cognitive skills
improve - Information integration increases. Academic success
improves yet requires less effort. Auditory skills are
enhanced - Rhythmic patterns stimulate a new awareness of the
nuances of sound. Listening and communication skills improve.
Visual fitness improves - Eye tracking, visual form perception,
and focused attention improve, which accelerate classroom
study, homework, and test-taking performance.
What will I learn in a Bal-A-Vis-X workshop?
- How BAVX applies brain research.
- How to perform a dominance profile and eye tracking assessment.
- How to use BAVX with young children and special needs students.
- How to integrate BAVX into small group and whole class settings.
- Over 100 individual, partner, and group exercises.
Bal-A-Vis-X Tools
Dominance Profile:
Identifies a person's natural preference as to eye, ear, hand, foot,
and brain hemispheric dominance - a useful tool in understanding
stress-related choices and behavior patterns, and identifying
optimum learning modalities.
Eye Fitness:
Addresses visual deficiencies - eyes that squint, blink excessively, dart, stick,
skip, wander, or fail to notice differences or similarities. Visual exercises
enhance eye tracking (following a moving object or flowing across a written passage),
eye teaming (both eyes working together), and visual form perception
(detail discrimination).
Crossing Body - Midline assessments
Identifies and helps ameliorate deficiencies in fundamental movement patterns that aid in brain organization.
Rhythm
BAVX exercises are deeply rooted in rhythm. Rhythmic exercises heighten full-body coordination and promote self-control
Balance
Together these tools address teaching with students' learning strengths in mind.
Training Information
Download the workshop information leaflet here
BAVX is an engaging program of purposeful physical movement that
addresses the building blocks of learning. It's challenging. It's
school friendly. It's brain-based. And it's just plain fun!