Regulation & Nervous System Skills

  • Recognising signs of dysregulation

  • Using movement to calm the nervous system

  • Quick classroom regulation routines

  • Breathing and body reset techniques

  • Helping children shift from meltdown to readiness

Movement-Based Learning Strategies

How movement supports learning.

Skills educators can learn:

  • Cross-lateral movement activities

  • Brain-body integration exercises

  • Midline crossing activities

  • Movement breaks that improve attention

  • Using movement before academic tasks

Attention & Focus Building Techniques

Practical tools for classrooms.

Skills include:

  • Activities that improve sustained attention

  • Sensory strategies for focus

  • Movement routines before learning tasks

  • Activities that build listening readiness

Classroom Regulation Techniques

Special educators need tools for transitions.

Skills:

  • Managing transition moments

  • Pre-activity regulation routines

  • Helping children shift between tasks

  • Group regulation activities

Body Awareness & Motor Planning

Many children struggle with coordination.

Skills educators can learn:

  • Activities for body awareness

  • Spatial awareness exercises

  • Motor planning activities

  • Balance and coordination drills

  • Improving posture for learning

Pre-Writing Readiness Skills

Before writing comes motor development.

Skills:

  • Hand strength activities

  • Shoulder stability exercises

  • Core stability for sitting

  • Fine motor warm-ups

  • Bilateral coordination activities

Sensory Integration Strategies

Extremely valuable for special educators.

Skills:

  • Recognising sensory seeking vs sensory avoiding behaviour

  • Using movement to support sensory regulation

  • Sensory-friendly classroom routines

  • Sensory breaks that improve engagement

Emotional Regulation Support

Skills:

  • Helping children recognise body signals

  • Movement for emotional release

  • Regulation routines after meltdowns

  • Calm-down body exercises

Learning Readiness Assessment Skills

Educators learn how to identify readiness issues.

Skills:

  • Observing movement patterns

  • Identifying regulation challenges

  • Recognising coordination difficulties

  • Understanding body-based learning barriers