Motor Development Training

Babies and children with atypical motor development are being missed, leading to delays in treatment and support with lifelong implications. Through their universal reach and acceptability and accessibility with families, health visiting teams are in a unique position to identify atypical motor development/ ‘red flags’ in babies and pre-school children.

The Motor Development Training programme is suitable for health visitors and skill mix teams, across all UK nations, to build advocacy for and understanding of motor development to prevent babies and children being missed. It addresses the fundamental requirements for all those working with parents and families to understand and recognise typical and atypical development, impact on the infant, their family and society, and to know when to refer on.