Bal-A-Vis-X Training

Bal-A-Vis-X training is suitable for teachers, parents, occupational and physical therapists,speech&language therapists,care workers,health professionals and those that work with children or adults in a learning environment.

Do you teach?
Do you find that, no matter how much time and energy you expend, how many different approaches you employ, regardless of subject or grade level or class size, one all- too familiar pattern prevails:

• many learn much, with modest effort
• many learn some, with great effort
• far too many learn little, no matter how much effort?

Bill Hubert taught primary school through to University level for almost 35 years. During 26 of them, while working with multiple ages in multiple settings toward multiple goals, at each day’s end, the same implacable pattern confronted him.

But no more…

…Not since BAL-A-VIS-X.

Bal-A-Vis-X enables both students and teachers to break that pattern, to work together in such a way that:

• many more learn, with modest effort
• very many more learn more, with new found focus of effort
• only a few, those who refuse, learn little.

Here are some quotes from previous Bal-A-Vis-X Training with Jane Oliver :

“A fantastic week-end. Everything I expected from it and more. A great camaraderie, lots of laughs but most of all positivity and belief that this can make a difference xx"

“Everyone was so involved, I have never been to a training workshop where we all helped each other, it was so friendly,and so much knowledge to share, I will definitely be coming back!”

“Jane's training ran smoothly and she is competent,confident and courageous. I had an amazing time and there was such a sense of community".

“Jane has a wonderful calm control of us and does a brilliant job, I am even more filled with enthusiasm for this wonderful Bal-A-Vis-X program".

I would recommend this training to everybody at least once, it is my 3rd training and it has completely changed my life and those around me”.

Bal-A-Vis-X Training with Jane Oliver, you will learn:

Day 1:

History of BAVX, followed by demonstration of exercise progressions. Active participation learning the fundamental BAVX principles, rhythms, patterns, and procedures. Demonstration with student how to begin.

Day 2:

Active participation reviewing the fundamentals of BAVX, with more detailed exercise instruction, and small group formations. Demonstration with students presenting with various challenges. How neuroscience relates to BAVX.

Day 3:

Final review of how to begin moving onto more advanced exercises, rhythms and patterns.How to benefit those with more severe challenges such as Autism through use of modifications.

Whole group participation and Q&A throughout the three days.

Frequently Asked questions about Bal-A-Vis-X posed to founder, Bill Hubert

1) What was your academic background?
Five years teaching university level literature and writing, 15 years teaching grade one (ages 6-7), and 15 years teaching humanities in grade 7 (ages 12-13). During much of that time, Bill also taught martial arts.

2) Where did the idea for Bal-A-Vis-X come from?
It was a process of connecting dots.
Dot One: Each year many of Bill's grade one students didn’t function well.
Dot Two: Bill's martial arts experience enabled him to watch these 6-7 year-olds through twin lenses of balance and rhythm.
Dot Three: Bill felt it important that all these students have fundamental balance and rhythm capabilities so he taught them such basic physical skills as throwing, catching, walking balance beams, skipping and so on.
Dot Four: Slowly Bill became aware that all his students, the ones most deficient in these basic skill were the same ones who struggled academically.
Dot Five: Bill noticed, as they all worked on balance, and rhythm, that now and then when a struggling student's balance and rhythm improved, his/her academic performance also improved. Connecting these dots, then, posed this question: might fine tuning a child’s balance and rhythm simultaneously address his/her academic difficulties? What followed were more than 20 years of trial and error to find out.
The result, as of 1999, was the still-evolving programme now known as Bal-A-Vis-X.

3) How does Bal-A-Vis-X differ from other programmes based on, or related to, physical movement?
Several things. First, rhythm.Natural rhythm.Not matching a tone or a metronome or a musical beat or any other outside source.
The rhythms of Bal-A-Vis-X are the natural outcome of proper physical techniques – which techniques one learns and commits to muscle memory during our trainings.
Second, visual tracking. In a typical 30-minute Bal-A-Vis-X session one tracks across three “midlines” (side-side, up-down, near-far) probably 1,000 times.
Third, entrainment. The majority of our exercises are done with a partner and/or in concert with others. Synchronicity is always the goal.
In a Bal-A-Vis-X setting, no one is allowed to be a Lone Ranger, free to follow his own plan.
Fourth, responsibility. As soon as you are competent in execution of even a few exercises, you are immediately set the task of teaching those exercises to a new or less competent student-always, of course, under the trained eye of your instructor. You, still a student, are responsible for the new student while the instructor is responsible for you both. In time, as your competence grows, and you become less a student and more an instructor yourself, your responsibilities and confidence grow exponentially. Earned self-esteem naturally follows.

4) Where is Bal-A-Vis-X used?
At home, in schools, residential facilities, hospitals and social care settings. Bal-A-Vis-X is used by occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech and language pathologists, counsellors, recreational therapists and parents in 39 American States, Canada, Mexico City, United Kingdom and much of Europe. The number of students with whom these adults have subsequently used the programme is unknown.

5) After taking BAVX training what will I be able to do?
You will immediately be able to use Bal-A-Vis-X with your own children or with your own students. You may also infuse Bal-A-Vis-X into other therapy modalities with your own clients. What you may not do is train other adults in the programme.

6) Has there been any academic research into Bal-A-Vis-X?
To date there are four research papers that have been provided to us. You can read and download those reports here.

Bal-A-Vis-X Training Registration

Please complete the form below for UK In-Person Training.

Other training - Please contact the Sponsor for your chosen date and country.

The Sponsor will provide with you with the training fee, payment details, accommodation and travel options.

For any further information please contact Jane Oliver

Please complete the following registration form in full for UK training dates. You will then receive an automatic reply with payment details. If you have any queries please get in touch with Jane Oliver

  Training Fee for October 2026 is £365 .

If YOU the attendee cancels for UK in-person training - a transfer of date is available from at the latest one months notice. Any less there will be no transfer. Monetary Refunds will not be provided unless the Venue or the Government issue a Covid ban or other cancellation. In the event that the training is cancelled by Bal-A-Vis-X International a full refund of training fee will be provided. Bal-A-Vis-X International will not be responsible for the refund of any travel or accommodation fees.

For other cancellation/refund details please contact sponsors.