GMS Education & Minds In Motion Academy Open House April 29

GMS Education and the Minds In Motion Academy (MIMA) invite you to join us for an Open House.  During these events, Arousha Shahin, Director and co-founder of the Minds In Motion Academy, will be providing families with an overview of the Minds In Motion Academy (primary education for grades K-6) as well as an overview of Sensory Motor Integration, the unique methodology that supports students’ physical, academic and social needs.

For dates below (if applicable) that indicate “Open House/Open Gym,” your child is invited to explore one of the Minds In Motion gyms, with supervision provided by MIMA’s professional staff.  Please note: if you are planning on attending on one of these special dates with a child, an RSPV is required so we can ensure appropriate levels of supervision.  Please RSVP to aroushas@aol.com.

Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Arousha Shahin to Speak at Accessibility Summit on April 21

Arousha Shahin, Director of GMS Education and the Minds In Motion Academy, will be speaking at the this year’s Accessibility Summit in McLean, Virginia on April 21.  Her talk is entitled “Rewiring the Sensory System” and will cover some of that latest research in sensory motor integration.  We hope you will join us for this [...]

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Before You Give Up on Therapy, Go Back to the Core

Read the latest newsletter titled, “Before You Give Up on Therapy, Go Back to the Core.” Click here for the full article.

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2012 SMILE Summer Camp Registration

Registration is now available for SMILE summer camp. Click to download an application. 

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2011 SMILE Enrollment Application Now Available

The 2011 SMILE Enrollment Application is now available. Click here to download the application and click to view the Tuition Agreement.

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WELCOME

Sensory Motor Integration can be best described as a multi-sensory approach to addressing the needs of children who suffer from various developmental delays, low muscle tone, dyspraxia and attention deficits. By incorporating methodologies of sensory integration and perceptual motor development, the SMI approach enables children to sequentially and successfully acquire motor capabilities and motor planning skills. Our program builds upon two very key elements:

1. Sensory integration as a means to regulate and network the nervous system.
2. Motor development as the vehicle to achieve physical, cognitive, neuromuscular, and body awareness capabilities.

CHILDREN WHO EXHIBIT THE FOLLOWING
BENEFIT FROM OUR PROGRAMS:

  • Low muscle tone, poor fitness, poor posture
  • Auditory processing delays
  • Language Delays
  • Perceptual Motor difficulties
  • Vestibular and proprioceptive abnormalities (motion sickness, poor balance, fear of heights, poor organizational skills)
  • Poor directional awareness
  • Delayed motor planning
  • Visual processing delays

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