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

2. What are no-tech games and activities And why are they important?
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3. 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.
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4. That movement may enlist real, physical others in coordinated,
cooperation (rhythmic synchronicity), one with another.
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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
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6. No-tech, physical body movement activities should meet
a child’s socio-emotional and neuro-behavioral needs and
provide further development in those areas.
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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
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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!
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9. Questions: Call Beth or go to her web site to e-mail her from Contact Us
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10. 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.
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11. Other Recommended Books:
Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential-and Endangered. Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Maia Szalavitz. HarperCollins
Brain Boosters Neuro-Deck: Irresistible Activities that Support Sequential Brain Development. Hull Services (Canada)
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline. Becky Bailey, Ph.D. HarperCollins
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness: Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. North Atlantic Books
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. Little, Brown and Company
Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body. David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D. North Atlantic Books
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. Penguin Group
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog. Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Maia Szalavitz. Basic Books
The Connected Child. Karyn Purvis, Ph.D., and David Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy Lyons Sunshine. McGraw Hill
The Fabric of Autism. Judith Bluestone. The Handle Institute
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Carol Kranowitz., M.A. Perigee
The Secret Life of the Unborn Child. Thomas Verny, M.D. and John Kelly. Dell Publishing
Towards Peace: Cooperative Games and Activities. Sambhava and Josette Luvmour. CEG Books
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