Denise Gucwa's School of Dance is the first dance studio in Pennsylvania to offer Autism Movement Therapy (AMT). AMT is a combination of movement, music, and sensory integration to increase communication between both sides of the brain. Parents and siblings are encouraged to participate in the classes, which were started because of a desire for additional physical activities for kids with autism. Classes begin with swaying and bending and move on to a “loco motor segment that sends students skipping and running in varied patterns across the floor before returning to sit in a circle in the center.” The center work gives each child a chance to lead the group in a movement or sound. Joanne Lara, AMT founder, certified Gucwa and others via her intensive workshops that provide instruction in positive behavioral support, autism, and a movement/dance class with children with autism.
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Movement Therapy
Aug 10, 2009 by AnonymousAutism Movement Therapy, Inc. is a nonprofit organization focused on serving the autism community by supporting autism research Dr Martha Herbert PhD, TRANSCEND RESEARCH PROGRAM - Mass General Hospital for Children) & environmental organizations The Natural Resources Defense Council & the Environmental Defense Action Fund helping to "clean/green" our planet.
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AMT is an autism intervention incorporating movement and music in collaboration with Positive Behavior Support (PBS) strategies to assist individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in meeting and achieving their speech and language, social and academic IEP goals.
Here is an article that appeared in Autism Aspergers Digest about AMT.
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Joanne Lara, MA is the founder.