Pilates for Children and AdolescentsWritten by experts in the topic areas covered, under the auspices of the Pilates Method Alliance, this book will be of use to Pilates teachers and those delivering training courses on this topic, as well as to others who work with children and adolescents in the fields of physical education, personal training, sports training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and the like.

Includes:• AmanualofguidelinesforteachingPilatestoyoungpeople• AformalcurriculumforteachingPilatesinschools• WhyPilatesisbeneficialforchildrenage6–11andadolescentsage12–19• Crucialanatomical,psychologicalandbehavioraldevelopmentalissues• OtherrelevanttopicsnecessarytoequipthePilatesteacherwiththeconfidencetoexpand his/her business into different age ranges, such as: • safetyconsiderations,exercisecontraindications,scopeofpractice,ethics • considerationsforworkinginthepublicandprivatesectors • howtoworkwithrespectiveagegroupsincludingpre-Pilatesexercisesandwarm-ups • appendiceswhichcovermarketingpracticesandlessonplans

Celeste Corey-Zopich, PMA®-CPT, Brett Howard, PMA®-CPT, MA, Dawn-Marie Ickes, Master of Physical Therapy, PMA®-CPT and Tracy Coe, PMA®-CPT; Editor: Tracey Mellor

ISBN978-1-909141-12-4•Paperback•192pages•highlyillustratedwithphotos•duefall2013•$59.95

Register your interest at www.pilatesmethodalliance.org/pilatesforyouth (or at www.handspringpublishing.com, outside the USA)

“First educate the child” - Joseph Pilates

Coming fall 2013, the first comprehensive manual of guidelines and formal curriculum for teaching Pilates to young people . . .

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Authors and Contributors Celeste Corey-Zopich, PMA®-CPT,NASM®YouthExerciseSpecialist,isChairofthePMA’sPilatesYouthProgram,ownerandDirectorofPilatesStatenIsland,NewYork,andowneroftheCenterforTransformationalWellness.ThroughPilatesStatenIslandsheteachesPilatestoclientsandoffersPilatesteachertrainingandcontinuingeduca-tionworkshops.Sheisthecreatorofateacher-trainingprogramforPilatesteacherswishingtoworkwithyoungpeople,andhasmanyyearsofexperienceteachingPilatesinschoolsandtoyouthinthematandapparatusenvironments.

Brett Howard, PMA®-CPT,MAinDanceEducationfromNYUSteinhardtSchoolofEducation,CultureandHumanDevelopment,isamemberofthePMA’sPilatesYouthProgramCommittee,andDirectorofEducationfortheUnitedStatesPilatesAssociation.Heisthecreatorofateacher-trainingprogramforPilatesteacherswishingtoworkwithforyoungpeople,andhasdesignedaspecialistPilateschildren’sexerciseprogramcalledKinderHaus.

Dawn-Marie Ickes,MPT,CNT,PMA®-CPT,NASM® Youth Exercise Specialist, is owner of Evolve Integrative Wellness,RanchoSantaMargarita,California.DawnMariespecializesinwomen’shealth,Pilatesandrehabilitation, danceandsportsmedicine,visceralmanipulationandpediatrics.DuringheryearsonthePMABoardofDirectors,shecontributedtothesuccessfuldevelopmentofmanyPMAprograms,includingthePilatesintheSchoolsProgramanditspilotstudies,whichweretheprecursorsofthePilatesYouthProgram.ShewasinstrumentalincreatingPilatesDay as a fundraiser to increase awareness and funding of the Pilates in the Schools.

Tracy Coe, PMA®-CPT,OwnerofBody&MindCoe-Dynamics,Inc.,ManhattanBeach,California.Tracyimplemented anumberofPMAPilatesintheSchoolspilotprogramsinavarietyofschooldistrictsintheLosAngelesareaoveraperiod of five years.

Editor Tracey Mellor,hasbeenteachingPilatesformorethan10yearsintheUKpublicandprivatesectors,andisa studioownerintheSouthEastofEngland.TraceyoriginallytrainedwithPolestarPilatesUKandThePilates Institute,andspentmanyyearsworkingalongsideHelgeFisher.Sheisalsoayogateacher(RYT500)graduating fromtheArtofContemporaryYogaSchool(AOCY)wheresheisnowHeadofMentorFaculty.TraceystudiedmyofascialanatomywithRobertSchleipandTomMyers,isafoundingmemberoftheFasciaResearchSociety,andaFascialFitnesstrainer.Withhercolleague,JoanneAvison,shedesignedtheFascialFitnesstrainingprogramfortheUKandproducedDVD’sandmanualstosupportthelearning.Traceyspent10yearsasaschoolgovernor,andteachesPilatesasanenrichmentactivityinthelocalsecondaryschool.

Pilates for Children and Adolescents

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