Bal-A-Vis-X: Rhythmic Balance/Auditory/Vision eXercises for Brain and Brain-Body Integration SECOND EDITION - Softcover

Bill Hubert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0990848809 ISBN 13: 9780990848806

Publisher: Bal-A-Vis-X, Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Bal-A-Vis-X is an acronym for Balance/Auditory/Vision eXercises, all of which are deeply rooted in rhythm. Using sand-filled bags and racquetballs, these exercises address visual tracking deficiency, auditory imprecision, impulsivity, balance and anxiety issues. Bag exercises are often combined with foot patterns; ball exercises are often done while standing on special balance boards. In partner/group settings, exercises demand cooperation, promote self-challenge, foster peer teaching. This book was originally published in 2001. Its content is all we knew, at that time, about the benefits of Bal-A-Vis-X for struggling students. If you teach students who, although struggling, are capable of mainstream instruction (they do not have severe special needs), the information in this book is as valid today as it was then. This Second Edition simply updates details and nuances. If, however, you are a therapist or if you teach those with severe special needs (autism, CP, MS, TBI, PTSD, etc.), you would be better served by RESONANCE, published in 2007. Any teacher or therapist might find value in CUES: FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING IN FLOW, published in 2014.

About this title

From the Author

Do you teach?

Do you find that, no matter how much time and energy you expend, how many different approaches you employ, regardless of subject or grade level or class size, an all-too-familiar pattern prevails: many learn much, with modest effort
many learn some, with great effort
far too many learn little, no matter the effort?

Bal-A-Vis-X enables both students and teachers to break that pattern, to work together in such a way that many more learn much, with modest effort

very many more learn more, with new found focus of effort
only a few, those who refuse, learn little.

Bal-A-Vis-X is both a Destination and a Portal-To-Beyond for any student or teacher willing to go. You are invited.

About the Author

Bill Hubert taught in public schools for 30 years: 15 years 1st grade, 15 years middle school English and history. During much of that time he also taught martial arts, which enabled him to see his struggling students through the twin lenses of balance and rhythm. Without martial arts and his extensive music background as a child, he says, Bal-A-Vis-X would never have come to be. He continues to live in Wichita, from where he travels regularly to sites around the world to train teachers and therapists in Bal-A-Vis-X.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bal-A-Vis-X, Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0990848809
• ISBN 13: 9780990848806
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 141