The Ignite! program has exploded.
Conceived six years ago, our method for combining CrossFit exercise with cognitive training has been filtered, refined, tested, and applied over the last year. The results?
- Two studies on outcomes sponsored by a local school Board.
- Ignite! Enrichment programming in ten local schools.
- Four separate insurance companies funding Ignite! as part of a patient's recovery process after serious head injury.
- An online delivery system that includes video conference, interactive whiteboarding, testing and demonstration.
- A full textbook to meet the requests for NeuroMotive Coach Certification, and NeuroMotive Therapist Certification textbook on the way.
- A licensure agreement for Ignite! Academy Affiliates.
- Visiting schools to the Ignite! Academy, with interschool competition coming in September.
- Our first Continuing Education Course, to be delivered remotely through our online system, already in the works (Brain Nutrition.) Our second is in the contract stage....
- Ignite! Academy Enrichment programs - including classes for kids centring on Speaking, Money, Drama, Logic, and extra reading and math coming in September.
It's been a miraculous year. While the mass media seems to produce more information every day on the benefits of exercise for the brain, our Educational model struggles to include an hour of gym time every week. Parents seeking extracurricular enrichment (or help) for their kids show up every week, asking for more programs. As several parents will tell you, Ignite! has literally meant the difference between keeping their kids in school and the not-appealing alternative.
There have been a lot of sleepless nights between last September and now, but we're fighting the good fight, and that's a powerful stimulator. We attract coaches and therapists who 'want to do the right thing' for their clients. Ignite! is more fun; works much more efficiently; and gives its students more powerful brains FOREVER.
The NeuroMotive Coach (NMC) Certification is appropriate for teachers, personal trainers, CrossFit coaches, and other Coaches. The emphasis of the NMC Certification is application of the Ignite! methods in the classroom, gym, or other non-therapy setting. This is the "in-the-trenches" certification for delivery of the Ignite! program in a small- or large-group scenario, or one-on-one. A prerequisite for the NeuroMotive Therapist Certificate.
By request, we're currently offering two Weekend Certification Courses for the Ignite! NeuroMotive Coach Certification:
June 11/12 - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - Register Online Here.
July 9/10 - Shrewsbury, MA - Register Online Here.
For information on the rights and privileges afforded by becoming a NeuroMotive Coach, visit the IgniteGym site, and click on the 'Certification and Affiliation' link to the right. Questions? Call 705-256-1344, or email tyler@ignitegym.com .
Awesome stuff Chris! I've been following the blog for a while now, and it is truly a great resource to the CF community. Keep up the good work!
Posted by: Nick | 05/16/2011 at 12:04 PM