Evidence & Academic Research

Funding has been received so that quantitative and qualitative research around the impact of the MOVE Programme can be carried out, focussing on the following areas:

• The impact of the MOVE Programme on the family unit
• The impact of the MOVE Programme on the care team (teachers, therapists, carers, parents) once they have been trained
• The difference made in a child’s ability to sit, stand, walk and transfer once accessing the MOVE Programme.

We expect the first results back in 2012, but in the meantime our interim results are available.

Although the research is not yet complete, further studies and pilots carried out over the last three years involving the MOVE Programme have highlighted various trends in both health and social categories. These show that the MOVE Programme has many benefits not only for children and adults with complex disabilities but also their carers.

Our Sponsor a Child study, which allowed us to measure the annual progress made by individual children, showed that after a year on the MOVE Programme all of the children assessed had progressed in at least one skill and 94% of the children had managed either to maintain or to improve their mobility skills.  To find out more, please see our summary of our results.

Other studies have also provided evidence that, whilst using the MOVE Programme, 86% of adults progressed in both health and social categories. 81% of parents of children using the programme also felt that it provided a framework that both encouraged and helped professionals and parents to work more efficiently as a team.

Please click here for a summary of results from our transition study. In addition to this there is also much academic research which supports the principles of MOVE. For further information please see our extended list of references.

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