MOVE-S™
School mobility analysis
- MMovement demands
- OOpportunities with peers
- VVariability of terrain, crowds, timing
- EEndurance across the day
- SSafety
What it solves
MOVE-S is the school mobility analysis framework. It treats mobility as a participation metric, how a student actually navigates the school, rather than a treadmill number.
When to use it
Use MOVE-S when evaluating how a student gets through classrooms, hallways, the playground, and transitions, in real conditions rather than a quiet eval room.
In practice
Map the movement demands of the day, find where peer inclusion is at stake, account for variability of surfaces and timing, screen endurance across the whole day rather than a single eval, and check safety in real contexts like hallways at passing period, the playground, and stairs.
MOVE-S™ is one of 14 frameworks in the Playbook
Read the full treatment in Chapter 10 of the Pediatric PT Playbook (Classroom, Playground, and Campus Mobility), with the cases, scripts, and documentation to match.
Get the PlaybookNew here? Start with the free Field Guide.