The students in these classes have weak English skills and some students also have physical disabilities from occupational accidents. Rob works with the teachers a functional plan for each series, based on pertinent themes. One year he used Awareness Through Movement to demonstrate some aspects of learning so the students could realize their own learning styles and develop their own study strategies. The next year the teachers were preparing the students to give oral reports and the students were anxious about speaking in front of their classmates. For that class, Rob provided a series of Awareness Through Movement lessons on reducing anxiety, increasing voice production and developing effective presentation posture.
Students are delighted with the classes.
I like these exercises. They make me feel bright and relaxed. There are immediate benefits in the classroom. Students feel more alert, more ready to learn. There are also specific literacy-related results as well.