Please check out our new Calendar of Events page for more training opportunities around the country. We know that some of our tiny tots are going to grow up with severe physical and learning difficulties. We also know that if these children do not have the opportunity to practice sitting, standing and walking when they are 7-15 months old, the time when children are normally experimenting with weight bearing and learning balance, the possibility of these tiny tots learning mobility skills is lowered.
Movement is learned by action-reaction.
Movement teaches children about themselves and their environment, about concepts like up and down and in and out. If children do not have movement skills it becomes difficult for them to learn about themselves and about their environment, creating gaps in their early learning concepts. The MOVE Program helps fill these gaps. It encourages parents, therapists and teachers to observe and find out what the child would really like to be able to do and task analyze ways to help the child and family achieve success. MOVE works by setting up simple, clear goals to help the child play, communicate, explore and learn with increasing independence.