Somatic work with children and adolescents in practice

- Somatic work with children and adolescents in practice

DE+EN | 5-day workshop in somatic childhood pedagogy

Games, exercises, practical applications are the focus of this workshop. The topic-oriented classes show the application of somatic work in practice. Relaxed support and touch where it is needed is possible when one's own physical knowledge and analysis of movement observations sensitive to the social and emotional context. 

  • Learning 3
  • Games
  • Movement Applications
  • Support / touch
  • Sexuality
  • Movement observation / motion analysis
  • case studies
  • Teaching presentation
  • Graduation

This workshop is also a module of the professional training in somatic childhood pedagogy C.A.R.E

Ausführliche Seminarinformationen

To be able to support babies, children and adolescents well in their developmental process, according to their needs, is the goal of C.A.R.E - training in somatic childhood education.

C.A.R.E stands for the following contents: Creativity- Attachment- Resilience- Education. Caring and Care work brings with it the responsibility to support each individual's potential to unfold.
The first language we speak is non-verbal, the language of movement. In movement we learn and develop. Already in utero and especially in the first two years of life, the physiological-psychological foundations are laid for how we stand in the world, act in it, and also how we can experience and perceive the world.

The training modules provide a bodily understanding of these basic developmental processes from the perspective of various somatic methods. Somatic movement practice is combined with pedagogical approaches based on the latest findings in brain research.

200 UE / 6 modules / 4 somatic methods / 3 instructors

This innovative training combines several somatic methods (IBMT; BMC®, INPP, Feldenkrais, Cranio-Sacral Osteopathy, Experiential Anatomy, Authentic Movement) with the latest theory and research on child development. A somatic approach can provide effective and simple support for babies, children and adolescents who are facing challenges in learning, development or emotional regulation, whether big or small. This programme will support you to integrate somatic approaches into your practice, providing  a combination of body awareness and embodiment training with practical somatic exercises and approaches appropriate to specific client groups. 

C.A.R.E is a 200 hour training programm organised into 6 modules.

Who is this training suitable for?

The training offers a comprehensive professional development programme suitable for those working with babies, children and young people in a range of education and health care contexts. It is relevant to educators, social workers, midwives, doulas, physiotherapists , paediatric nurses, doctors , teachers, psychologists and no medical practitioners in the field of dance, music and theatre provision for children.

Training Goals

  • Familiarity with the fundamentals of child development
  • The ability to  recognise the profound interconnections between the nonverbal and verbal dimensions of consciousness
  • A somatic and theoretical understanding of the ongoing development and learning processes
  • An understanding of  the interpersonal emotional exchange of the development process and how to support it in relationship
  • Knowledge of the psycho-physical processes of learning
  • An understanding of Brain development
  • The ability to recognise different developmental aspects of the different client groups
  • The  ability to integrate somatic approaches and methods into working with children
  • An understanding of the Importance and fundamentals of communication with parents and carers
  • Skills to recognise  developmental and learning challenges within their client group.

Once qualified you will

  • Be able to develop playful-somatic movement programs for different age groups, which support their development.
  • Be familiar with"preverbal language” and able to playfully integrate childhood movement development and reflexes in a variety of contexts
  • Be able to recognise and understand the presence of persistent primitive reflexes and be able to implement strategies to address this. 
  • Be able to recognise compensatory behaviours in your client group 
  • Be able to identify and develop support possibilities for development and learning difficulties / blockages
  • Create an appreciative, appreciative and attentive atmosphere as a place of learning and playing

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Curriculum

Module 1

tba | Embryological basis of our life

  • Developments of organs and musculoskeletal system
  • Developments of nervous system and senses
  • Developments of relations to the gravity
  • Development of attachement and bonding

Module 2

Jan 31 - Feb 05, 2025 | Development of child´s movement

  • Physical experience of individual movement sequences
  • Primitive reflexes, hold and posiiton reflexes
  • Developments of movement in the first year
  • Developments of brain, eyes, organ of balance

Module 3

Apr 12-16, 2025 | Moving, playing, interacting with kids (0-3 years | 3-7 years)

  • Contact Improvisation for tall and small, creativity and dancing
  • Body awareness and feelings, mindfulness
  • Bonding and attachment theory
  • Developments of child´s movement and reflex integration

Module 4

Oct 27-31, 2025 | Movement and learning

  • Understanding of the inseparable connection between movement and learning
  • Physical experiencing of the nervous system together with a theoretical understanding
  • Developments of the brain, nervous system, learning and movement development, movement observation/movement analysis, context/practical application/practical fields, case studies, recognizing compensations

Module 5

Jan 31 - Feb 04, 2026 | Moving, playing, interacting with kids (8-12 years | 13-16 years)     

  • Practical experiences for games, support and frustration
  • Contact improvisation, dancing, playing and creativity
  • Body awareness, perception, mindfulness
  • Touch and sexuality                

Module 6

Mar 30 - Apr 03, 2026 | Somatic working experience with kids and teenagers

  • Movement application, games
  • Support were needed
  • Touch and sexuality
  • Case studies
  • Graduation and teaching presentation

Seminarleiter*innen

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Heike Kuhlmann


www.heikekuhlmann.net

MSME, BMC®-Practitioner, dancer, -educator, choreographer, MA Performance Studies/Choreography 

Heike is interested in the unfolding process of human beings. It is more than the individual unfolding, but in how people can meet each other at eye level through personal development and inclusion of structural conditions in her somatic facilitations. Being a condition to become Critical Somatics. She accompanies somatic processes in individual sessions, courses, workshops and trainings. Activism and somatics are interwoven in her artistic work. More information on: www.somatik-tanz-choreographie.dewww.heikekuhlmann.net

 

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Adalisa Menghini

Teacher, choreographer, performer

Adalisa studied at the S.N.D.O in Amsterdam, after which she completed her M.A. in Neurophysiological Psychology. She is a teacher of the Feldenkrais Method. She works with professional and non-professional dancers, children and seniors. She was nominated twice as best choreographer of the "Giocabriga". In collaboration with K. Wickenhäuser, she has brought performances with school children to museums. Twice they have won the "Kinder zum Olymp!" award. She teaches at the Tanzfabrik, the Somatic Academy Berlin and at the Berlin University of the Arts.

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Ka Rustler

Ka Rustler has been performing, researching and analyzing somatic practices and their embodiment in movement, choreography and therapy for over 30 years. BMC® Teacher

Kosten

Costs

Single module as workshop

690€

Complete professional training C.A.R.E

3680€ + Certification 200€

paying via installments is possible.

 

Dates

Mar 30 - Apr 03, 2026 | Monday-Friday 10:00am - 05:30pm

Curriculum

Module 1

Jul 01-05, 2024 | Embryological basis of our life

  • Developments of organs and musculoskeletal system
  • Developments of nervous system and senses
  • Developments of relations to the gravity
  • Development of attachement and bonding

Module 2

Jan 31 - Feb 05, 2025 | Development of child´s movement

  • Physical experience of individual movement sequences
  • Primitive reflexes, hold and posiiton reflexes
  • Developments of movement in the first year
  • Developments of brain, eyes, organ of balance

Module 3

Apr 12-16, 2025 | Moving, playing, interacting with kids (0-3 years | 3-7 years)

  • Contact Improvisation for tall and small, creativity and dancing
  • Body awareness and feelings, mindfulness
  • Bonding and attachment theory
  • Developments of child´s movement and reflex integration

Module 4

Oct 27-31, 2025 | Movement and learning

  • Understanding of the inseparable connection between movement and learning
  • Physical experiencing of the nervous system together with a theoretical understanding
  • Developments of the brain, nervous system, learning and movement development, movement observation/movement analysis, context/practical application/practical fields, case studies, recognizing compensations

Module 5

Jan 31 - Feb 04, 2026 | Moving, playing, interacting with kids (8-12 years | 13-16 years)     

  • Practical experiences for games, support and frustration
  • Contact improvisation, dancing, playing and creativity
  • Body awareness, perception, mindfulness
  • Touch and sexuality                

Module 6

Mar 30 - Apr 03, 2026 | Somatic working experience with kids and teenagers

  • Movement application, games
  • Support were needed
  • Touch and sexuality
  • Case studies
  • Graduation and teaching presentation
 

Anmeldeinformationen

Zeiten
10:00am - 5:30pm
Veranstaltungsort
Berlin
Somatische Akademie Berlin
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 30
10999 Berlin | side building
1st backyard
4th floor
Preise
  • Full Price: 690.00 EUR
Zahlung Banküberweisung, PayPal
Hinweise This workshop is also a module of the professional training in somatic childhood pedagogy C.A.R.E

Lehrer

Heike Kuhlmann
Adalisa Menghini
Ka Rustler

Daten & Kosten

KursspracheEN + DE
Kurskosten
  • Full Price 690.00 EUR
ZahlungBanküberweisung, PayPal
VeranstaltungsortBerlin
Somatische Akademie Berlin
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 30
10999 Berlin | side building
1st backyard
4th floor