MOVE

At Mayfield School some of our complex needs pupils follow the MOVE Programme.

The MOVE Programme gives the individual positive opportunities to help them reach and maintain their maximum potential.

Each pupil has a personalised programme which is created around achievable personal goals set by the pupil and their family developing physical and communication skills for both learning and life.

Parents and Carers are involved in this process from the beginning.  An initial assessment is carried out and parents and carers are invited into school to meet with staff to discuss their child’s needs now and what you/they would like to achieve in the future, setting purposeful goals which are meaningful and motivates them to learn.

The MOVE programme has proved to be very successful in our school and has been of great benefit to the students past and present.

MOVE is a six step functional programme designed to meet the needs of children and adults who have not yet developed, or are working to regain, the physical skills necessary to sit, stand, walk or transfer.

The six steps of MOVE:
1.    Assessment: We use a top down approach to assess the participant’s highest level of achievement by following the 16 components.
2.    Goal Setting: Parents and/or the participant if applicable meet with the MOVE Team to set the goals which are motivational and functional.
3.    Task Analysis: The breakdown of a goal into component tasks which are required to complete an activity.
4.    Measuring Prompts: We determine how much help or support is needed to achieve their goals (a prompt refers to the amount and type of assistance given).
5.    Reducing Prompts: Reduce the prompts when applicable.
6.    Teaching the skills: There are four steps to learning—acquisition, fluency, maintenance and generalisation

MOVE is an acronym with each letter signifying the following:
Movement which is the foundation for learning. Children need to be able to move around to learn and explore their surroundings, to gain confidence and self-esteem and to develop cognitive, communication and social skills.
Opportunity we believe all children can learn, provided they are given repeated opportunities to practice new skills in daily life.
VE Via Education MOVE incorporates both teaching and therapy skills. It combines learning mobility skills with a teaching approach designed to help the participant acquire functional independence.
 
 Purpose of the Programme:
●    Enables participants and parents/carers to set goals.
●    Allows new skills to be introduced in the MOVE group, then practiced during functional daily activities. 
●    Improves physical fitness and general health of the participant.
●    Reduces time and energy for daily care.
●    Provides opportunities for integration, inclusion and independence within the community.
 
At Mayfield we are great believers in the MOVE programme.  We work hard with the children and young people and their families to offer an individualised programme based on the personal goals of the participant and their family, making it motivational, fun and functional.

We have two MOVE groups which meet once a week, where the children and young people are taught new skills on a one to one basis. We concentrate on practising these skills in a slow paced group whilst taking part in a variety of topic based activities.

MOVE at Mayfield is embedded into everyday life with the children and young people practising and using their individual targets at every opportunity, in a functional way. 

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