Move With Balance® with Music training on Kauai’i

Nov 28, 2015

Training for Caregivers and Group Leaders on Kauai’i, Hawai’iIMG_3322

On November 19 and 20, Karen Peterson, founder of Move With Balance®, and Bill Fuller, musician and songwriter, led a training for Professional and Family Caregivers and Group Leaders on Kauai’i. Karen and Bill recently completed very successful Move With Balance® with Music for Alzheimer’s/Dementia program on Maui. They have integrated original music into the entire Move With Balance® program.

WOW!

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On November 27, one week after the training on kauai, physical therapist, Noreen S. wrote to us about her experience of using Move With Balance® Clock Face with two of her clients.

“Aloha Karen,
I wanted to thank you for coming over to Kauai and sharing your excellent program with us. I have used the clock face with a number of clients I have been seeing and wanted to report back.

1. A  76 y/o woman, with cognitive deficits, not using her R arm from humeral fx (back in May 2015) happily used the clock and started patting the top and back of her head with no complaints of pain.

2. A 57 y/o with brainstem infarcts- I started his session with the clock to get his attention switch activated. His attention had been about 30 seconds for activity. Following the clock exercise his impulsivity decreased and was able to attend for a few minutes for motor activities. Big change.

Thanks so much for all your efforts in developing “Move with Balance”.

Noreen”

More from Arkansas and Move With Balance®

Nov 1, 2015

Arkansas has been doing some amazing work with our program. IMG_1935

“We will be conducting a training in March that will provide Move with Balance group leaders in ten additional counties in southeast Arkansas.  This is the delta region where there is a very high poverty rate and very poor health rates.  We are really excited to offer Move with Balance® to this area.  This will put us in 57 or our 75 counties. We will keep you informed of our progress.”—Beverly

“The program is going  well in Todd’s area.  We are training another area later this month.  Judd’s area will train soon and ours will be training in March and April.  We are so excited about the program and Todd’s folks are absolutely loving it!” –Angie

Move With Balance® in Arkansas

Nov 1, 2015

20150924_101749_resizedJust finished teaching a 1 hour class on MWB at our annual Senior Alliance Conference in Fo20150924_101213_resizedrt Smith, Arkansas. Probably 50 or 60 people there. Many came up to me afterward and wanted more info. Some are ordering the book.

Also want me to teach a longer class so maybe we can talk about that. I’m excited about what’s happening with Move With Balance. I absolutely love the idea of adding music so can’t wait to see/hear that new addition.

Yahoo, MWB moving in Arkansas!
Thanks for a great program that our seniors love.

Carol Rowell

Laura Vandegrift from Sedona, AZ teaches Move With Balance to 2 different groups

Nov 1, 2015

0407151416Hi Karen:  Following are some comments from the classes I held here in Sedona this year.  Sorry to take so long to get this to you.  I have also
enclosed some pictures.  I just finished the summer program at Olli Osher Life Long Learning Institute from Yavapai College and am scheduled again for the Fall semester starting in October.  The class was extremely well received.  The Olli program has more active seniors than the class I hold at my clubhouse where I live. It was interesting to see the different reactions from the younger-aged seniors. It has given me a lot of information about how to proceed as I get ready to take this to the general public and retirement communities.  Having done this now almost every week since April, I feel very confident in the process and how to work with different age groups.  (more…)