Kestenberg Movement Profiling

Die Wurzeln der Tanztherapie lassen sich weit zurückverfolgen: Mit der Entwicklung des Modernen Tanzes präsentierte sich in Amerika um die Jahrhundertwende eine neue Richtung im Tanz, die sich aus dem Ballett heraus entwickelt hatte. Während dem Ballet ein klares Bewegungsvokabular zu Grunde lag, dass zwar in seinen Variationen flexibel war, aber grundsätzlich nicht erweitert werden konnte, war mit dem Modernen Tanz etwas grundsätzlich Neues entstanden. Diese Entwicklung brach mit der vorgegebenen formalen Strukturierung des Körpers im Ballett und stellte fortan die Projektion der inneren Emotionen in den Vordergrund. Der Moderne Tanz wurde zu einem Medium des Selbstausdrucks, der Exploration und

The focus of this quasi-experimental pilot study is how to support the emergence of the full potential development of nonverbal social skills in children with Down syndrome (DS). It is an exploratory case study using an embedded-multiple case design. This study views working with the social skills of a 6-year-old girl with DS through the lens of the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP). Through this lens, the social intelligence, relational shaping, developmental movement, and nonverbal communica- tion of a child with DS were explored. In order to more accurately identify the child’s strengths and challenges a triangulation approach is used. Data were collected for the child with DS and her typically developing, fraternal, twin sister using the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II as a quantitative assessment tool, the KMP as a qualitative assessment tool, and from a naturalistic observation in their home environment in order to assess and compare their nonverbal social skills.

Stressful experiences clearly make their way into the complex communicative systems shared by parent and young child. Transmission of stress is often discussed but infrequently explicated as a process. Recent research on the intricacies of explicit and implicit ...

The focus of this quasi-experimental pilot study is how to support the emergence of the full potential development of nonverbal social skills in children with Down syndrome (DS). It is an exploratory case study using an embedded-multiple case design. This study views working with the social skills of a 6-year-old girl with DS through the lens of the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP). Through this lens, the social intelligence, relational shaping, developmental movement, and nonverbal communica- tion of a child with DS were explored. In order to more accurately identify the child’s strengths and challenges a triangulation approach is used. Data were collected for the child with DS and her typically developing, fraternal, twin sister using the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II as a quantitative assessment tool, the KMP as a qualitative assessment tool, and from a naturalistic observation in their home environment in order to assess and compare their nonverbal social skills.