Padovan Greece

🌱 The Padovan Method®️ – Neurofunctional Reorganization

The Padovan Method®️ is a holistic therapeutic approach developed over 40 years ago by Brazilian speech therapist Beatriz Padovan (São Paulo). This method is based on the understanding that certain movement patterns play a crucial role in the physiological and neurological development of humans.

🎯 Goals of Padovan Therapy:

The goal of the Padovan Therapy is to reorganize the nervous system by mimicking natural developmental processes, creating a foundation for the acquisition and restoration of skills and abilities. It is successfully used to treat:

• Developmental disorders

• Neurological conditions

• Rehabilitation processes

🔄 Key Movement Sequences:

In each therapy session, specific neuro-evolutionary movement sequences are practiced, modeled after the natural developmental stages of humans:

• 🚶‍♂️ The stages of locomotion and upright posture

• ✋ The development of hand grasping

• 👀 The physiological development of eye movements

• 🫁 The reflexive-vegetative oral functions such as breathing, sucking, chewing, and swallowing

This method can be applied from infancy and is effective well into old age. It is also suitable for severely impaired patients who can only participate to a limited extent and is even used in intensive care settings.

📅 Time Periods:

• Padovan Module 1: June 9, 2025 – June 12, 2025

• Padovan Module 2: June 14, 2025 – June 17, 2025

📍 Venue: Gladstonos 9, Thessaloniki

👩‍🏫 Speakers & Organizers: Dr. Sônia Padovan Catenne, Physician

💬 Whatsapp: +49 176 84890220

📚 Module 1: Theoretical Foundations and Body Exercises

This unit provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of the Padovan® Method. It is aimed at those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of human developmental processes and work with this unique method.

🔑 Valuable Theoretical Foundations:

• 📊 The key milestones of sensomotor, cognitive, and language development

• 🌱 Basic principles of ontogeny (individual development) and phylogeny (evolutionary development)

• 🧠 The close connection between walking, speaking, and thinking

• 🔄 The principles of organization and reorganization of the nervous system

💪 Practical Training:

• Learning and practicing all body, hand, and eye exercises

• Direct application through testing and practicing by participants

🗣️ Module 2: Orofacial Functions

For the area of speech, language, and swallowing disorders, the Padovan Method®️ Neurofunctional Reorganization is a promising, body-oriented treatment approach that combines sensomotor and myofunctional exercises with breathing exercises, rhythmic activities, and auditory stimulation. It aims to lead existing perception and movement competencies of patients to a physiological development and maturation or to restore basic competencies (breathing, sucking, chewing, and swallowing) as prerequisites for speech function and for dental and jaw development in cases of acquired disorders.

🔗 Further Info Here: padovan.pdf