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Critical Acclaim for Musician’s Wellness, Inc. Three-Level Certificate Training Program in Performance Wellness
The following are the results of our follow-up research with 270 NYC Board of Education Teachers who participated in the Level I Performance Wellness Training over the period January 2003 through April 2005:
- 85% experienced significantly less performance stress symptoms after the training
- 95% experienced a significant increase in self-esteem after the training
- 93% rated their emotional health related to performance as increased after the training
- 85% rated their engagement with the “inner critic” as significantly lower after the training
- 90% experienced a significant increase in creativity after the training
- 82% experienced a significant increase in assertiveness after the training
- 86% experienced a significant increase in musicality after the training
- 75% rated their level of joy in performing as significantly increased after the training
- 79% rated their commitment to practicing the performance wellness techniques as significant after the training
- 82% responded that they have successfully integrated the performance wellness techniques into their daily lives
The following seminars can be presented as a 3hour introductory workshop, l/2 day or 1 full day seminar, or 30 hour course:
Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom (An Arts-Based Approach) is designed to offer teachers standards-based instruction in using the arts to enhance students’ emotional intelligence in the classroom. This intensive course creates an experiential learning community where teachers work together through art and music making, dance, poetry, and dramatic enactment to develop new strategies to enhance students’ emotional intelligence while at the same time increasing math and literacy skills, and competency in social studies, health and physical education, and arts education. Special focus is given to the use of the arts in helping students to recognize the relationship between behavior and healthy development and enhancing interpersonal communication skills in the classroom.
Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning offers teachers standards-based instruction on how to integrate the arts into all content areas to stimulate whole brain thinking and enhance learning. This intensive course creates an experiential learning community where teachers work together through art and music making, dance, poetry, and dramatic enactment to develop new, effective strategies for teaching math, science, history, literacy, health/physical education, and social studies. Participants will learn assessment tools to evaluate the use of the arts in working with cultural diversity in the classroom and increasing students’ motivation to learn and communicate effectively.
Performance Wellness Seminar - Performance-related stress and communication difficulties can undermine academic success in students of all ages. As a preventive measure, “The Performance Wellness Seminar” is designed to offer teachers a deeper understanding of the implications of stress in academic performance, as well as practical tools for allowing the body-mind to become a more resilient “instrument” in the face of stressful situations. Training in body-mind awareness techniques, cognitive restructuring, and anger management will be provided, along with a number of clinically-proven creative arts therapy techniques for facilitating performance mastery and enhancing communication skills and emotional intelligence for both teachers and students. Special attention will be given to utilizing the above techniques in working with special needs children.
