Movement As Medicine for the Neurodivergent Brain

EXPERT: Julia C. Basso

Mind–body practices like dance, yoga, exercise, and music actually change the brain and provide powerful benefits for neurodivergent people.  Movement, and dance in particular, improves mood, focus, emotional regulation, social connections, and decreases social anxiety and depression.

Neuroscientist Julia C. Basso, who heads up the Embodied Brain Laboratory at Virginia Tech, will discuss the research findings in her lab that underscore how meditation practices, along with physical movement, uniquely affect health and wellness in people with ADHD and autism — and may even create a flexible nervous system that helps people to respond more calmly to difficult situations.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About the latest research on how movement benefits neurodivergent individuals and why movement is uniquely effective.
• How movement interventions can strengthen attention, emotional regulation, and social functioning
• About real-world examples of how dance and group practices foster lasting social connection.
• About simple routines you can do at home to boost focus, mood, and social skills at for both children and adults.

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