This book grew out of years working directly with children and families in my practice and teaching. Rather than starting from diagnosis or deficit, it offers an abilities-oriented approach to understanding child development — looking at what a child is capable of, and building from there.

It’s written for therapists, educators, and parents alike, and I hope it offers something practical and hopeful for anyone supporting a child’s early development.

I hope you will enjoy it and derive good benefit from it, and if you know someone working in this space — a therapist, teacher, or parent — I’d be grateful if you passed this along. 

A 3-PART MASTER CLASS SERIES WITH JEREMY KRAUSS

In this 3-part Master Class, Jeremy will, among other things, work with outside people/clients with different conditions and needs who come to class and have sessions with him. These sessions will be recorded, discussed, and analyzed — used as material to practice new ideas and skills.

DATES 
Segment 1: December 10–13 / 4 days / Price €680
Segment 2: March 11–14 / 4 days / Price €680
Segment 3: June 9-13 / 5 days / Price €800

WHO THIS IS FOR
JKA and Feldenkrais practitioners who want to move beyond technique and develop the kind of refined, responsive touch and understanding that meets each client’s individual needs — not a fixed protocol applied to everyone the same way.

WHAT YOU’LL SEE ADDRESSED
Because every session works with a real outside client, the exact presentation varies person to person — but across the series, expect the work to range across:
– Spinal organization, specificity and pattern mobility
– Turning twisting and extending
– clarity of overall personal organization
– Gait and locomotion
– Chronic pain patterns
– Post-injury and post-surgical recovery
– Stress and overuse patterns
– General stiffness and a limited sense of one’s own movement and body
– Issues related to aging
– Balance and stability

Early developmental movement and therapeutic learning sessions for typical and atypical developing children

DHO – Developmental Hands-On

JKA – Solvents and Glue

Group lessons for Adults for strengthening, solidifying, and special toning

JKA basic information and ideas

• The JKA is a unique way to learn, grow and develop for children and adults.
• The primary focus is helping develop potential and abilities – physically, mentally and emotionally.
• JKA is solidly founded on the science of Neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to change and reorganize itself by forming new neural connections and developmental pathways no matter what the condition is.
• The central focus is on a therapeutic experiential learning process for helping children and adults develop and increase their abilities.
• It is a neurophysiological therapeutic method that helps with the continuing growth and development of the neuro-muscular-skeletal system.
• It supports children and adults to learn, change and overcome a spectrum of functional and developmental challenges of various kinds.
• The goal is that any child or adult can make better use of their potential – physically, mentally and emotionally.
• JKA is a non-invasive movement based Approach which respects every child and adult as an intelligent human being.
• It is 100% personalized, not trying to fit a person into a frame, but on the contrary, developing a frame that fits each person.

About the Jeremy Krauss Approach 

On our YouTube channel
This is an ​informative film giving insights into the structure of the Jeremy Krauss Approach including staff and student interviews.

The Jeremy Krauss Approach Training Program

This video is about various topics of the international JKA Abilities 2 Training.

Still possible to join JKA Module 2: Early Developmental Movement & Therapeutic Learning Sessions for Children DHO – Developmental Hands-On

Books by Jeremy Krauss

Movement, Learning & Development

Jeremy Krauss’s books offer a deeper understanding of the Jeremy Krauss Approach and its unique perspective on movement, learning, human development, and therapeutic practice.

Drawing on decades of experience working with children, adults, families, and professionals, these publications combine theory with practical insights. They are valuable resources for practitioners, educators, parents, therapists, and anyone interested in the body’s capacity for learning, adaptation, and change.

Whether you are new to the Jeremy Krauss Approach or wish to deepen your understanding, these books provide inspiration, knowledge, and practical guidance for both personal and professional development.

Fostering Potential in Children with Special Needs

An Abilities-Oriented Perspective on Early Childhood Motor Development

Description

An innovative contribution to therapeutic practice, Fostering Potential in Children with Special Needs provides a comprehensive introduction to the Jeremy Krauss Approach JKA. Building on the teachings of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais and informed by decades of clinical work, the JKA methodology integrates expressive movement therapy, emotional regulation and physical development, guiding readers toward a more inclusive and abilities-oriented form of practice when working with children experiencing difficulties in neurological, musculoskeletal, psychological, or socio-emotional domains.

Firmly grounded in practical application, the JKA methodology emphasizes close observation and understanding of developmentally relevant movement sequences and individual patterns, focusing on the dynamic aspects of transitional movements and positions. Rather than concentrating solely on limitations or deficits, the approach recognizes each child’s individual abilities, supporting their unique developmental potential. This book contributes significantly to disability studies by reframing how practitioners perceive and support children with developmental challenges.

By shifting the paradigm from disability to ability, this book fills critical gaps in the understanding of child development and therapeutic approaches. Empowering readers with observational frameworks and practical techniques, this book is an invaluable resource for physical therapists, occupational therapists, developmental specialists, special educators and parents.

Featuring forewords by Dr. Gerald Hüther, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Ale Duarte, and Prof. Bülent Elbasan, PT, this publication is an inspiring resource for anyone who works with or cares for children with special needs.

Whether you are a parent, therapist, teacher, or simply passionate about human development, this book invites you to discover a new way of seeing children—not through their challenges, but through their abilities and possibilities.

Be inspired. Rethink development. Foster potential.

🇬🇧 English
Fostering Potential in Children with Special Needs: An Abilities-Oriented Perspective on Early Childhood Motor Development
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Aailable as Paperback, Hardback, eBook

🇩🇪 German
Potenzialentfaltung bei Kindern mit besonderem Förderbedarf
Eine fähigkeitsorientierte Perspektive auf die frühkindlichen Bewegungsentwicklung
Hogrefe Verlag – Buch bestellen
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Erhältlich als Printausgabe und E-Book (PDF/EPUB)

🇰🇷 Korean
Korean Edition
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