PROGRAM DETAILS
Who, What, When, Where, How
SYLVlA
⦿ Originator of the personalized NeuroHorizons® Experiential Learning Programs for Professionals and Parents (since 2012). Founder of the NeuroHorizonsEurope professional training program (2020).
⦿ Formerly a Trainer for the Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® Professional and Children's Mastery training programs in California, and a long-time Practitioner at the Anat Baniel Method Center, California (2009-2016).
⦿ Trainer for the NeuroScanBalance® Feinmotorik Institut (since 2013).
⦿ Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® (since 1994).
⦿ Certified Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® Practitioner (since 2002), with Mastery Certifications for Children with Special Needs, Aging and Vitality, and High Performers (2003).
⦿ Private Practice since 1994.
KERSTlN
⦿ Founder of the NeuroScanBalance® Feinmotorik Institut and movement training programs (since 2006).
⦿ Licensed Physical Therapist (Germany) (since 1987).
⦿ Certified Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® Practitioner (since 2012), with Mastery Certifications for Children with Special Needs (2013), Aging and Vitality (2014), and High Performers (2014).
⦿ Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Neurons, Synapses and Brains (2013).
⦿ Certifiicate in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Avicienna Institute, Hamburg (1990-92).
⦿ Private Practice since 1988.
We offer both a “Personal Service” and a “Professional” certification, under the NeuroHorizonsEurope / NeuroScanBalance brandings.
Our “Personal Service” certification is for those who are content with their personal learning, or who will work primarily with family members. Our “Professional” certification is earned after additional practicum experience (more about this below), for those wanting to offer movement education services to the public.
With regard to the “Professional” certification: Please note that neither ours nor any other training program of our genre is able to offer you governmental recognition, licensure, or the promise of any income. Your completion of these programs does not by itself assure employment or earnings. Those of us offering our services to the public as movement educators do so largely “on our own”. You will be solely responsible for your private practice, and for compliance with local laws and regulations covering such services.
Growing a Clientele
It is tempting to believe that the better the “brand recognition” of a modality, the more clients will come. The reality is that most parents “shop around” among multiple modalities until they find a practitioner who earns their (and their child's) trust, regardless of that practitioner’s “certification” or branding.
And, the more embodied and relational the practitioner, the better will be a child's outcomes, with more return visits and word-of-mouth referrals by those grateful clients. The most successful practitioners don’t do much advertising at all; the impressed parents and caregivers do it for them.
In short, it is our embodied personal presence, subtlety, vision, and creative and vital relationships with ourselves and with our clients that make all the difference, not the “certification” paper we hang on the wall.
And, these are the attitudes, tools, and skills that are best learned through the in-person, highly personalized, expertly integrated training curriculum that we offer at NeuroHorizonsEurope. We outline these principles and priorities in our big-picture handbook, The NeuroHorizons Primer.
Please Note: Each sequential program Segment builds on the previous Segment(s). So it is important for your learning, as well as for the cohesiveness of our small group, that you commit to attend all of the 10 Segments. Please check the Training dates below for any potential conflicts with your personal calendar. Your Certification may be delayed if you miss all or part of a Segment for any reason.
Now receiving applications.
Space is limited (24 max).
All dates are subject to change based on public health circumstances.
Training #2 (2022-23)
(all at Ravensburg, Germany)
10:00 to 17:00 daily,
except 10:00 to 15:00 last day.
Segment #1:
May 18-22, 2022 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Segment #2:
June 22-26, 2022 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Segment #3:
July 23-27, 2022 (Saturday-Wednesday)
Segment #4:
September 14-18, 2022 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Segment #5:
October 12-16, 2022 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Segment #6:
November 16-20, 2022 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Segment #7:
February 11-15, 2023 (Saturday-Wednesday)
Segment #8:
March 29 - April 2, 2023 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Segment #9:
May 24-28, 2023 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Segment #10:
To Be Determined
3-day Professional Supervision Intensives
(Only required for the Professional Certification, but open to all participants)
PSIs need not be taken in sequence.
PSI #1 September 18-20, 2021 (Ravensburg) COMPLETED
PSI #2 October 30 - November 1, 2021 (Ravensburg) COMPLETED
PSI #3 February 6-8, 2022 (Ravensburg) COMPLETED
PSI #4 February 10-12, 2022 (Ravensburg) COMPLETED
PSI #5 April 5-7, 2022 (Ravensburg)
PSI #6 April 8-10, 2022 (Ravensburg)
PSI #7 May 14-16, 2022 (Ravensburg)
NeuroHorizonsEurope
Tuition & Policies
updated January 1, 2022
1. Each sequential program Segment builds on the previous Segment(s). It is therefore important for your learning (and for earning your NeuroHorizons certificate), as well as for the cohesiveness of our small group, that you commit to attend all of the 10 Segments. Please check the Segment dates now to address any potential conflicts with your personal calendar. Note: These dates may be subject to change based on public health circumstances.
2. Tuition for each of the ten 5-day Segments is €1.200 (travel, food, and lodging are not included), payable before each Segment. Total program tuition for the 50 in-class days is €12.000 (paid over about 15 months) for the Personal Service certification.
3. For those choosing Professional certification, there is an additional €720 tuition for each of the five additional 3-day Professional Supervision Intensives (15 class days and €3.600 in total). A further requirement for the Professional certification is that you receive 10 movement lessons during the course of the Training from at least three different certified NeuroScanBalance Method, Feldenkrais, or Anat Baniel Method practitioners. Your cost for these lessons will vary according to the practitioners you choose to work with.
4. The Training is limited to 24 participants. To register, contact the instructors for approval. Your deposit of €800 will hold your place in the Training, and this deposit becomes non-refundable* six weeks prior to the start date. The balance of €400 must be received not later than three weeks prior to the start date to confirm your participation, and is non-refundable.* For each subsequent Segment, full payment of €1.200 is due two weeks prior to that Segment start date.
*Segment tuition payments are refunded in the unlikely event that the instructors need to cancel or re-schedule that Segment for any reason.
5. The Supervision Intensive tuition of €720 is due one month prior to each PSI. The PSIs need not be taken in sequence.
6. Should you choose to withdraw for any reason before completing the Training, any tuition already paid is not refundable.
7. Your Personal Service or Professional certification may be delayed if you miss all or part of a Segment and/or Professional Supervision Intensive for any reason. Whether and how you make up for missed Segments or PSIs is at the sole discretion of the instructors based on all the circumstances.
NOTE: If your attendance at a particular Segment or PSI proves impossible owing to a circumstance beyond your reasonable control (such as a natural disaster, public health emergency lockdown or quarantine, infrastructure breakdown, civil unrest, governmental travel restriction or action, etc.), notify the instructors immediately. We will make reasonable efforts to offer you an interim video curriculum, for which you will pay half of the Segment tuition (€600). Upon the next training cycle, you may be invited to attend the Segment you missed, whereupon you will pay the balance due of €600 for that Segment. Alternatively, the instructors may at their sole discretion offer a different make-up option tailored to all circumstances.
Regardless of the cause of your absence, to complete the Training and earn your Certification(s), you must pay in full for any missed Segments and/or PSIs.
8. Your Professional certification may be delayed if you fail to complete required inter-segment "homework", mostly involving regular home exploration of the Experiential Movement Lessons you are integrating into your daily life, as well as receiving the 10 personal movement lessons per paragraph 3 above.
9. As part of our emphasis on personalized instruction, the instructors support and monitor your learning over time. For purposes of ultimate certification as a NeuroHorizons™ Experiential Movement™ Practitioner, the instructors may require at their discretion that a participant engage in additional class days and/or activities in order to achieve the requisite skill level, prior to certification.
10. Your certification as a NeuroHorizons™ Experiential Movement™ Practitioner is conditioned on your acceptance of the contractual licensing terms provided to participants.
PLEASE NOTE: As is true for all movement education programs of our genre, this Professional Certification is not a governmental recognition, licensure, or permit. Consult the requirements and rules of your local jurisdiction(s) regarding operation of a professional practice, compliance with which is your sole responsibility. We offer more information about what it means to be certified as a movement educator on our NeuroHorizons.eu website (the tab labeled "Certification & Growing Your Clientele").
11. In the unlikely event that the instructors conclude that a participant is not a good fit for the Training, is disruptive to the group or the learning process, or has failed to pay or comply with NHE policies or requirements, the instructors reserve the right to address those issues with the participant and may, in their sole discretion, dismiss that person from the Training, at any time. Should you be dismissed, any tuition already paid is not refundable.
12. We will provide additional program and policy details after your registration, and we may update or change these policies from time to time.
For those closer to California, Sylvia's NeuroHorizons® Fundamentals of Experiential Movement® seminar series for parents and caregivers, as well as her continuing education programs for practitioners, are described here.
Sylvia's next small-group, in-person California seminar series commences August 27, 2022.
Limited to 14 participants.
Congratulations California Graduates, Class of 2021
NeuroHorizons® Fundamentals of Experiential Movement®
www.NeuroHorizons.us
A program of
NeuroHorizons®, Experiential Movement®, and A Child's Neural Map is Not the Territory® are registered USA trademarks of Sylvia Shordike.
NeuroScanBalance® is a registered trademark of Kerstin Baldischwieler.
Feldenkrais® and Feldenkrais Method® are registered USA trademarks of Feldenkrais Guild Corporation California.
Anat Baniel Method® and NeuroMovement® are registered USA trademarks of Movement Coordination Learning, Inc. DBA Anat Baniel Method Corporation.
Sylvia is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(CM). Both Sylvia and Kerstin are Certified Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® Childrens Mastery Practitioners.
Our programs are neither affiliated with, nor sponsored or endorsed by, the Feldenkrais Guild or Anat Baniel or the Anat Baniel Method.
All text and photos ©2007-2022 Sylvia Shordike