The Moving Child
For Institutional Use
The Moving Child Films teach about the interrelationship of children’s physical, emotional, social and mental development. Our stories explore the importance of dynamic movement in a child’s wellbeing and offer best practices for parents, caregivers and teachers of children. Most folks do not currently have much knowledge of movement’s importance in child development. That is why the message of these films needs to be shared!
We invite your greater awareness of practices negatively impacting children’s sensorimotor development. Kids these days are getting stuck! Let’s help them to move back into flow and have the opportunity to develop their moving body’s full potential.
Integrating approaches from diverse movement therapies, The Moving Child Films share best practices to support children’s naturally unfolding movement ability from in the womb through elementary school.
The Moving Child Films are an amazing tool for anyone who cares about child wellbeing. Together we can create change, please share about these films with caregivers and teachers in your communities.
Stream/Rent or Buy all three of The Moving Child Films.
You can also buy each film separately (see below).EBooks, Music and other merchandise is also available to support healthy child and family development.
The Moving Child I: Supporting Early Development through Movement
Meet ten diverse Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapists who demonstrate the art and science of Dance/Movement Therapy with children with diverse needs in a variety of settings. Learn how to support self-expression, confidence, trauma healing, self-regulation, social skills and expansion of movement repertoire to affect a child’s wellbeing.
(59 minutes)
The Moving Child II: Dance Therapy in Action
Meet ten diverse Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapists who demonstrate the art and science of Dance/Movement Therapy with children with diverse needs in a variety of settings. Learn how to support self-expression, confidence, trauma healing, self-regulation, social skills and expansion of movement repertoire to affect a child’s wellbeing.
(1hr 20min)
The Moving Child III: Developmental Movement in the First Year
Featuring Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, Susan Aposhyan, Martha Eddy, Mariko Tanabe, Maryska Bigos, Annie Brook and others. This innovative film outlines the physical, emotional and cognitive importance of the developmental movement patterns to human development, and includes three case studies of how to help babies with challenges.
(1hr)
