Course Topic: Yoga Therapy for Students With Special Needs
Course Description:
Yoga Therapy is a feasible approach to teach children with special needs a variety of skills to promote physical and psychological well-being. This course focuses on awareness surrounding the history of yoga, it’s relation to yoga therapy, supporting knowledge regarding specific special needs, current research encompassing the effectiveness of yoga therapy, as well as best practices catering to each need. More so, this course is designed to give students insight in order to successfully implement productive yoga therapy practices utilizing a variety of postures, breathing exercises, chants, songs, games, routines and assessment tools.