South Shore Conservatory Offers Yoga for the Special Child(R) Training

South Shore Conservatory’s Creative Arts Therapies department offers Yoga for the Special Child® basic certification program, a comprehensive training course in the theory and practice of teaching yoga to babies and children with learning or developmental disabilities, from July 11 through 17 at the South Shore Conservatory’s Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street in Duxbury.

Using hands-on instruction and video, certified Yoga for the Special Child® instructor Kathy Randolph teaches participants how to adapt yoga for the successive stages in a special child’s development, from infancy through adolescence. Designed for parents and their children, yoga teachers, educators and health care professionals, this program provides the basic tools for teaching yoga to children with special needs. No previous experience in yoga is required to attend this teacher training program. Benefits to children participating in this type of therapeutic yoga are mindfulness, concentration, physical ease, emotional balance, and ultimately peace of mind and happiness.

Randolph’s week-long session addresses the following topics: choosing the most effective yoga routine, creating the optimum home and classroom environment, specialized breathing exercises and relaxation techniques to improve concentration, and adapting yoga techniques to children with different syndromes and disorders.
In keeping with SSC’s inclusive mission to provide access to quality education in the arts for all, the Creative arts Therapies Department programs ensure that the Conservatory is truly able to offer programs for all segments of the population to enjoy.

To register for the Yoga for the Special Child® basic certification program, visit http://sscmusic.org/yoga_special_child.html. The deadline for registration is June 9, 2015. For more information, visit www.specialyoga.org, or contact yoga department chair Gita Brown at g.brown@sscmusic.org or 781-934-2731, ext. 20.

About South Shore Conservatory
South Shore Conservatory, recently recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, is celebrating nearly 45 years of enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts. SSC was founded as a not-for-profit community music school in 1970 and now has two beautiful campuses in Hingham and Duxbury. Currently serving over 3500 students of all ages and abilities, SSC is the largest community school for the arts in Massachusetts. Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama. Through innovative partnerships with social service agencies, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of some of our community’s more fragile members. SSC’s Hingham campus is located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, 781-749-7565. SSC’s Duxbury campus is located at the Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury, 781-934-2731. South Shore Conservatory is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. SSC programs are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information call us, follow us on Facebook or visit www.sscmusic.org.

South Shore Conservatory admits students and families of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.