NeuroHorizons: A Child's Neural Map is Not the Territory
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  7 Ways NeuroHorizons®
ls Like No Other Program






Prioritizing Your
Embodied, Skillful, Creative Confidence

NeuroHorizons gives you the keys to growing a skillful and creative confidence working with the Special Needs Child. You empower yourself to empower these great kids, and sooner than you might imagine.


“I've taken a lot of courses, and this is the one in which I learned the most — not through 'studying' but by becoming more present — and how things can then 'miraculously' fall into place for both me and my child. I am so grateful.”

Roland Mueller
NeuroHorizons Graduate &
Father of Special Needs Child



“It's amazing to observe the speedy learning by my NeuroHorizons classmates who are new to this work — their already deep understandings and gentle, attentive, relational touch after just a few segments. Truly impressive.”

Verena Kurz
NeuroHorizons Graduate &
NeuroMovement Graduate








Skillful
Creative
Confidence




As does every other “brand” of movement education of our genre, l draw inspiration from the genius of the late Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais.

Decades ago he was the first to describe the subtle process of re-wiring our nervous system through unhurried self-awareness, variation, and differentiation — all via intentional yet gentle movement.

And, he was the first to show practitioners how to work in this manner with Special Needs Children, through gentle "movement lessons".

Yet today, no other program delivers my immediate focus on the children. Nor my emphasis on your embodied, relational presence as the key to envisioning, translating, and transmitting learning opportunities to the kids.

l do not rely on disembodied Zoom calls, old class videos, or rote "techniques" or "recipes".

l instead personally guide and support you in each unfolding moment through your unique native learning process. This approach differs from other programs in 7 key ways:

Elicit the
Native
Learning
Process.

➀   All About Empowering You to Empower the Kids.
        The only focused yet complete program of its kind    ➤
NeuroHorizons is all about supporting you to support the kids.

This is the first and only comprehensive program to integrate the cognitive, experiential, hands-on, and practicum instruction you need to address the diverse circumstances faced by Children With Special Needs.

In our work, it is the quality of your embodied learning, not the length of the training program or rote "techniques" or "protocols", that makes all the difference for the kids.
My unique, experiential synthesis and personalized, small-group format maximize and expedite this embodied learning.

Thus no additional lengthy and costly trainings (whether "basic" or “specialty”) are required in order to begin supporting the children.

You start working skillfully and confidently with the kids sooner than you might imagine.
➁  lntegrated Curriculum Not Found Anywhere Else.
      Experiential. Embodied. Practical. Transformational    ➤;
NeuroHorizons delivers key concepts and tools distilled from my nearly 30 years as a movement practitioner, teacher, and trainer serving countless families and professionals across the Americas and Europe.

My passion is to effectively share with you the attitudes and approaches that consistently lead to optimal outcomes for children (as well as for adults).

For example, NeuroHorizons is the fully experiential program that emphasizes your development of an embodied, relational presence as the key to eliciting remarkable outcomes with the kids.
My sharp focus and tailored, expert curriculum (delivered over about 15 months) mean you quickly begin learning how to optimize the developmental trajectory of these great kids.

Even after their very first program segment, my seminar participants report striking results using what they have learned ― empowering themselves to empower the child.

You will find more curriculum information toward the bottom of this page (and testimonials throughout this website).
➂  Small Group + Personal Touch = Rapid Learning.
       Train directly with a Master    ➤
l offer the only small-group (14 maximum) and entirely in-person training of its kind. You are taught exclusively by me Sylvia (not by “assistants” or “apprentices”). This assures you of individualized and empowering support throughout the program.

Why do l prioritize this "personal touch" in my teaching? You may find the experiential learning process at the heart of this work to be unfamiliar and challenging at first.

As you navigate the new territory, the value of sustained personal guidance from a passionate and supportive master trainer cannot be overstated.
Your rapid learning is made possible by a unique, expert integration of cognitive, experiential, hands-on, and practicum instruction.

My “big picture” handbook, The NeuroHorizons Primer, overviews my principles and priorities, which are brought to life in the Training.

The embodied, relational skill of NeuroHorizons graduates and their outcomes with the kids speak for themselves. You can see for yourself some of these graduates working with kids and relating their experiences (watch the videos on the home page).
➃  Fully ln-Person, Experiential, Relational.
      NO reliance on remote, disembodied "video training"    ➤
The flip side of my personalized instruction is that l do not rely on “distance” or “video learning”. Ours is a deeply sensory and relational craft that cannot, in my experience, be learned remotely by students new to this work.

Simply put, novices need sustained in-person guidance to activate their own neural plasticity and embodied, relational presence with self and child.
Such individualized support is also how we discover and move through our “blind spots”, which mask engrained habits and patterns that no longer serve.

We can then effectively translate and transmit all this newly embodied awareness, attitude, and skill — through our hands and body — into a creative and meaningful "dance" with the child.
➄  Fluid Format Responsive to Your Needs.
       A creative, native learning process, not rote pedagogy    ➤
While I have created a focused and powerful curriculum, my highly responsive format fluidly adapts to meet the unique experiences and shifting needs of students in “real time”.

Thanks to our small group size and teaching philosophy, we are not bound by a rigid class format, rote pedagogy, or "teaching videos" transplanted from other programs, times, and places.
lnstead, you are personally supported through your creative learning process, in each unfolding moment.

This is how my students accomplish far more for their lives in a much shorter time frame than is possible with other programs.
➅  Manageable & Enlivening Schedule.
      A program to enhance your life, not compete with it    ➤
This program is designed to fit gracefully into your life, rather than compete with it.  Our 10 rich, energizing 5-day Segments (always including a weekend) are spread over about 15 months, plus optional Advanced Practicums.
This scheduling maximizes your ability to manage, absorb, and integrate the learning during and between Segments. And you do so without overwhelm, burnout, or extended absences from family and work.
➆  Unmatched Value.
      Compare our curriculum and delivery    ➤
l am confident that the NeuroHorizons program offers the highest value for the least investment of your time and money.

l invite you to compare:

Our sharply focused, integrated curriculum and learning trajectory (all about the kids); our in-person, individualized, empowering small-group learning with ongoing support from a master trainer; and our sustained emphasis on your embodied, relational presence as the key to your success.


l welcome your questions and look forward to speaking with you!

A SINGULAR CURRICULUM TO
EMBODY  ➤;  ENVISION  ➤; ELICIT  ➤; EMPOWER®

One of our greatest gifts to the Child with Special Needs is the ability — through our embodied, relational presence — to creatively and fluidly “dance” with them through an expanding neural territory toward each new horizon.

One premise of our NeuroHorizons work is that a child’s habituated neural map is necessarily our starting point, but never the ending point.

My finely crafted curriculum takes you on a developmental adventure of your own. This learning process loosely mirrors the child’s journey — complete with impasses and breakthroughs — on the path to new neural networks and possibilities.

You are experiencing first-hand the brilliant reality of everyday neural plasticity and change.

Once we have embodied this journey for ourselves, we are in a far better position to envision and elicit each child’s native learning process and optimal developmental trajectory.

We embody, envision, elicit, and empower.

Focused.
Integrated.
Immediately
Practical.


Please Note:   As with all other movement education programs of our genre, these seminars do not offer or grant you any academic recognition, credit or credential, or opportunity for professional / governmental licensure. Nor will your completion of these experiential seminars by itself lead to employment or income in any job or occupation.

All text and photos ©2007-2024 Sylvia Shordike