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Dr. Benjamin Webman's Conference Presentation

August 5, 2000      American Psychological Association (APA) Conference
APA Poster Session: Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.

Title:   Body-Mind Relaxation Intervention with Preschool Children

Overview of Kids' Wellness Program Research:
    · Pilot study conducted over five(5) week period
    · Fourteen(14) inner-city children participated (Roxbury, MA)
    · Focus was on "Regulation of Muscle Tension"

Method of Evaluating Program Effectiveness:
    · The Pre-test consisted of the Information and Block Design tests of the WPPSI-R
    · The Post-test consisted of the Arithmetic and Picture Completion tests of the WPPSI-R

Results:
    · Thirteen of the fourteen children produced positive IQ changes from Pre-test to Post-test
    · Overall average change was statistically significant at the 0.05 alpha level

Conclusions:
    · Relaxation programs can be effective at early ages
    · Relaxation programs provide extensive behavioral and cognitive benefits for "At-Risk" children

Karen Voght's Conference Presentations

1997:   American Imagery Institute: BodyMind Warm-ups. Chicago, IL
1997:   Project Connect: ImaginAction. Attleboro, MA
1997:   YMCA Child Care Symposium: Becoming an Imagination Coach.
            URI/Providence, RI.
1997:   Future of Health Technology Summit: The Future of Child
            Health Care and Technology. MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
1998:   American Imagery Institute: ImaginAction.
1998:   Cross Cultural Consultants: Creativity, Spirituality, and the Arts
            6th International Conference: The World of ImaginAction:
            Creating Images and Behaviors for Healthy Development.
            Prague, Czech Republic, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Vilnius, Lithuania.
1998:   Future of Health Technology Summit: The Future of Patient-Physician
            Relations. MIT Media lab, Cambridge, MA
1999:   1st Annual YMCA Program Highlights: Alphabet Fitness, YMCA,
            Waltham, MA.
2000:   2nd Annual YMCA Program Highlights:
2000:   Wisconsin Guidance Counselor's Conference: Kids' Wellness.
            Stevens Point, WI.
2001:   Wisconsin Guidance Counselor's Conference: 21st Century
            Brains Seek Playfully Educated Body Muscles (Boston Globe
            Headline, 2/2/2008) Stevens Point, WI
2001:   Boston University's Graduate Guidance Counselor Students:
            Kids' Wellness/Alphabet Fitness. Boston, MA