Movement is powerful…for fitness, fine and gross motor skill development, and academic success!

How can you promote movement and practice of motor skills in the classroom with the minimal number of easy-to-collect and easy-to-carry materials?

Amy will discuss the academic benefits and recommended frequency of movement throughout the day. You will learn how to use this information to sell the idea of movement and practice of motor skills in classrooms to your teachers, colleagues, and school administrators.

Amy will walk you through the creation of your own Must-Have Motor Kit, with 11 core materials, and additional enhancements. These materials include easy-to-collect materials and recyclables. Most of the day will then be spent moving around as Amy models and you practice 60+ ideas to utilize these materials to embed movement and motor skills into different classes, such as Circle Time, Math, Science, and English Language Arts. In addition, you will learn to connect the student’s IEP goals with movement in class using classroom books, as examples.

Bring a couple of recyclables or other everyday materials to the course and create new activities with assistance from Amy and your colleagues.

Let’s get moving with Your Must-Have Motor Kit!

opics are included

Amy M. Schlessman, PT, DPT, DHSc has ~20 years primarily in the school-based setting, promoting physical activity embedded into academics, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the use of technology in therapy, while closely working with educators, administrators, therapists, and parents. She is an assistant professor in the DPT program at Tufts University in Phoenix, AZ.

Disclosures: Amy receives speaking fees from Apply EBP, LLC. She has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

“Loved this course. Not a lot of PD offer so many treatment ideas. ” – OT with 5 years experience, on the Live 1.5-Hour version of Your Must-Have Motor Kit

“It was great and perfect speaker for first thing in the morning- lots of energy :)” – PT with 20 years experience, on the Live 1.5 Hour Version of Your Must-Have Motor Kit

To help you apply what you learned the very next day you return to work, you will leave the course with your Practical Toolkit:

• • • Chart: Your Must-Have Motor Toolkit and Activities
    • Advocacy Sheet: Promoting Physical Activity for Fitness and Academic Performance