- PMD: 4
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- understand the intrinsic association between motor and self-regulation skills;
- learn about movement-based activities that target self-regulation skills; and
- incorporate movement-based self-regulation activities throughout the school day.
Description
This presentation reviews movement-based interventions to promote response inhibition, voluntary attention, and working memory. These interventions include movement games, active recess, exercise breaks, beat synchronization, and mindful movement.
Presenter(s)
Tess Pieragostini, James Madison University
Elena Savina, James Madison University