(Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW Building brains and bonds the old-fashioned way: through no-tech play! (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW Infamilyservices.com 979-733-3232 Trauma Therapy, Neuro-Behavioral Play and Activities, Workshops, Publications, Consultation Conroe, Texas

What are no-tech games and activities And why are they important? Copyright ©2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW

working in cooperation (rhythmic synchronicity) The person performs pleasurable, purposeful physical tasks that utilize multiple body parts working in cooperation (rhythmic synchronicity) with each other, and maybe with other living beings. Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW

That movement may enlist real, physical others in coordinated, cooperation (rhythmic synchronicity), one with another. Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW

Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW What the body practices, the brain remembers. Body movement activities should organize the brain In a sequential fashion from the bottom to the top. And address, at least, the following neuro-behavioral areas… Vestibular Differentiation Lateralization Interhemispheric Integration Proprioception Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW

No-tech, physical body movement activities should meet a child’s socio-emotional and neuro-behavioral needs and provide further development in those areas. Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW

Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW Socio-emotional needs also to be emphasized in individual and in relationship play and activities: *Safety-Security-Protection *Courage and Resiliency *Not Only Am I Important, but so Is Everybody Else. *Hope, Faith, and Trust *The Fruit of the Spirit Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW

Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW Task: Gather: into discussion groups. Review: Targeted Socio-Emotional and Neuro-Behavioral Play Activities: A Sampling Discuss: What activities and games do you teach and practice with your kids? Or what did you play and practice as a child? Or what do you watch the children you care for play? What socio-emotional areas are being targeted? What neuro-behavioral areas are being targeted? 4. Stand up: demonstrate, and share your findings with the others! Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW

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Published in 2018 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, a leading publisher of books to help children who come from a hard place. Compatible with TBRI® and Theraplay® Not just for hurting children But for all children in this sedentary, digital age. Available at all major book outlets. Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW

Other Recommended Books: Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential-and Endangered. Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Maia Szalavitz. HarperCollins. 2010. Brain Boosters Neuro-Deck: Irresistible Activities that Support Sequential Brain Development. Hull Services (Canada). 2014. Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline. Becky Bailey, Ph.D. HarperCollins. 2000. In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness: Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. North Atlantic Books. 2010. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. Little, Brown and Company. 1996. Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body. David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D. North Atlantic Books. 2011. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. Penguin Group. 2014. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog. Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Maia Szalavitz. Basic Books. 2008. The Connected Child. Karyn Purvis, Ph.D., and David Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy Lyons Sunshine. McGraw Hill. 2007 The Fabric of Autism. Judith Bluestone. The Handle Institute. 2004 The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Carol Kranowitz., M.A. Perigee. 2003 The Secret Life of the Unborn Child. Thomas Verny, M.D. and John Kelly. Dell Publishing. 1981. Towards Peace: Cooperative Games and Activities. Sambhava and Josette Luvmour. CEG Books. 1989. Copyright 2018 (Beth) Lucy Powell, LCSW