Instructional Materials: [Books] [DVDs] [Balls, Bags, & Boards]

Bal-A-Vis-X: Rhythmic Balance/Auditory/Vision eXercises for Brain and Brain-Body Integration, published March 2001
a narrative, experiential account of BAVX's evolutionary development from 1975 to spring 2000, featuring teacher-friendly presentation of brain research and theory (especially as it applies to the connection between physical movement and cognitive function) and test data /
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personal accounts by teachers and parents with first-hand experience in the use of BAVX /
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step-by-step instructions for 180 BAVX exercises /

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answers to many of the most frequenty asked questions about BAVX

COST: $25

Resonance: Elise And Other Bal-A-Vis-X Stories, published September 2007
richly expanded narrative of the Complete Story of Bal-A-Vis-X, from 1975 to spring 2007, with special focus on the past seven years, during which BAVX has moved from one Wichita classroom to trainings of more than 7,000 teachers/OT’s/PT’s/therapists/parents/medical personnel in 30 states and beyond American borders /
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multiple short stories of individual students/classrooms/clients/children told by their BAVX instructors or parents /
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multiple in-depth stories about classroom teachers, reading teachers, p.e. teachers, OT’s/PT’s, educational consultants, parents--who, after
taking our training, created their own BAVX programs /
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an inside look at the lives of Bill’s (student) Assistant Instructors, many of whom have worked/traveled with him for five years /
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the step by step development BAVX in the world of Seniors /
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the lastest research findings and hypotheses as to how the brainworks, how the brain’s cognitive processes are inextricaby bound to physical movement, about autism/dyslexia/bipolar disorder/ADD and ADHD, about the crucial role of hormones in female sensory processing and behavior, about what intelligence actually is--and about what role BAVX may play in any or all of the foregoing /
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a fair number of laughs along the way

COST: $30

DVDs

- here is the exercise
- these are the physical requirements for proper execution
- this is the requisite rhythm
- these are the physical techniques which undergird the rhythm
- here are the most common glitches people experience
- this is how to address those glitches

Whether you wish to learn the exercises yourself, OR learn to teach them, OR share with new Assistant Instructors the nitty-gritty Do’s and Don’t’s of more than 300 exercises, this DVD set will show you how
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you’ll see the entire Adaptive Bal-A-Vis-X process of “backing up in order to go forward”--the many and varied modifications of BAVX Level 1 exercises appropriate for the Very Young/Seniors/those with Severe Special Needs
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you’ll hear Jane Schlapp, of the Kansas Autism Society, speak of her son John’s five-year journey with BAVX, to the point that now he helps her teach BAVX to others (you’ll see him do a 3-Ball bounce)
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you’ll hear Becki Yoder speak of bringing BAVX to Seniors on a regular basis, such that a group in their 80’s now creates their own advanced BAVX exercises (they’ll demonstrate for you)
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you’ll see how academics and memorization can be “overlaid” onto the rhythmic framework of BAVX exercises--at any grade level
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you’ll see the BAVX Vision Tracking Scale demonstrated
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you’ll watch us assess a struggling student for a Learning Dominance
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To contact Marty Kolarik about Brain Buddy boards:
email: kolaworks@cox.net
Phone: 316-773-2420

To contact Brent Schock about Balls and Sandbags:
(supplies to start or supplement your Bal-A-Vis-X program)
To order balls, bags, and boards please visit the Schock Proof Shipping website. (www.schockproof.com)
or
email: brent@schockproof.com

SchockProof Shipping
1575 Timothy
Wichita, KS 67212
Phone:316-650-3939
Fax: 316-729-5327