Power Kids with Brian Jones
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The purpose of Power Kids program is to provide a controlled class environment that will utilize sensory integration to promote motor planning, attention to task and body awareness, while developing social skills.
Through structured physical activity and exercise, students are encouraged to use verbal skills necessary for social interact action with other classmates.
Students will work toward program goals and task solving with the collaborative efforts of the instructor and parent. Parents with students 3-5 years will actively participate in class.
Ultimately, students may become involved in an inclusion program which integrates them to typical programs.
Areas of development
Physical:
- Strength and endurance
- Flexibility and range of motion
- Balance and agility
- Eye hand and eye foot coordination
Cognitive:
- Attention to task
- Sequencing
- Instructional processing
- Completion of task
Social:
- Eye contact
- Speech clarity
- Physical and social interaction
- Problem solving
Director: Brian Jones
317-849-7744
Brian Jones was presented with an award for his Power Kids Program by the Indiana Chapter of the Autism Society of American on November 8, 2008 at the Indianapolis Art Center in Broad Ripple. The Power Kids Program won the award for its excellence in providing alternative autism therapy.
Power Kids is a “recreational therapy” program that meets once a week like that of a typical program. It incorporates areas of development, including but not limited to, strength training as well as vestibular (balance) and proprioceptive (body awareness) conditioning.
Students also the opportunity to socialize with fellow peers, as an area of development. The ultimate goal being integrating them into typical classes.
We are very proud of Brian and his program. We invite you to witness his success for yourself!!
