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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Phys Ther. 2022 Apr 1;34(2):246–251. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000872

Table 1:

Conditions and Skills Promoted In Each Session

General Movement Group - Exemplar Session
Condition Training Activities Props & Materials Targeted Skills
1 Hello Game Introductions and social bids:
  • Dice Game (say hello, roll the dice, perform movement shown, ask next player a question)

Movement dice with each face suggesting different actions and related questions to elicit conversations
  • Greetings

  • Socially-directed attention and communication/turn taking

2 Warmup Dynamic Stretches:
  • Twist and reach

  • Standing side kicks

  • Lateral lunges

None
  • Flexibility

  • Gross motor coordination and imitation

  • Socially-directed attention and communication/turn taking

3 Grow Strong Strength Exercises:
  • Weighted arm circles

  • Superman reach (prone spinal extension)

  • Superman kicks (prone hip extension)

Water bottles as weights, yoga mat, pool noodle
  • Upper and lower body strength

  • Complex movement sequences

  • Bilateral and unilateral coordination

  • Socially-directed attention and communication/turn taking

4 Speed Up Endurance & Ball Games:
  • Wheelbarrow Cleanup (sorting balls and beanbags into buckets while sustaining various body positions such as cat position, kneeling, plank, etc.)

  • Kick and Toss Combo (relay race combining various locomotor skills ending with a kick or throw of a ball at a target)

Balls, beanbags, boxes, yoga spots
  • Executive Functioning Skills (task shifting, working memory, response inhibition)

  • Locomotor Skills

  • Object control skills

  • Visuomotor Skills (catching, throwing, targeting)

  • Strength

  • Socially-directed attention and communication/turn taking.

5 Cool down Static Stretches:
  • Lateral Neck Stretches

  • Standing Toe Touch

  • Supine Spinal Twist

none
  • Flexibility

  • Gross motor coordination

  • Socially-directed attention and communication/turn taking.

6 Breathing Deep Breathing Practice:
  • Arm breath (arms lift while inhaling and lowering while exhaling)

none
  • Mindfulness

  • Sensory modulation

  • Socially-directed attention and communication/turn taking.

7 Goodbye Cleanup & Farewell:
  • Reflection questions about favorite exercises/games

  • Cleanup of supplies

none
  • Prosocial Behaviors/Helping

  • Socially-directed attention and communication/turn taking.