Module 10
Inclusion, Adaptation & Red Flags
Every child belongs in the movement room. Inclusion is a design choice, not a personality trait. This week you practice Universal Design, concrete adaptations, red flags by age, and the humble art of referral.
You will be able to
- Apply UDL: multiple ways to engage, understand, and participate.
- Adapt one activity for three different need profiles.
- Recognize red flags versus typical range.
- Draft a referral note in objective language.
Universal design
Design the session so more children can enter it without a special exception. Multiple ways to join, to understand (show, say, picture), and to show you they learned. Seated, standing, and moving options. Visual schedules. Choice of equipment.
Fair is not everyone getting the same thing. Fair is everyone getting what they need.
Adaptations in the wild
Autism: visuals, sameness, special interests, warnings. ADHD: movement as a feature, short instructions, jobs. DCD: smaller steps, larger equipment, success on completion not speed. Sensory: quiet options, heavy work, headphones. Physical disability: the same story, a different route. Visual / hearing: tactile marks, sound cues, sight lines, sign or gesture.
Red flags — a conversation, not a verdict
18 months: not walking, very stiff or floppy, frequent unexplained falls. 3 years: cannot jump with two feet, no interest in movement. 5–7: cannot hop, skip late and isolating, handwriting extremely effortful, avoids PE. 8–10: pain, regression, marked asymmetry, unusual fatigue. Open the Red-flag checker. Use it as a prompt to talk with family, not as a diagnosis generator.
Say this
Sharing a concern
“I am not diagnosing. I am seeing this pattern over three weeks. A pediatrician can help us know if an OT or PT look is useful. Here is what I wrote down.”
Reading notes
First notes of 24+ characters: +10 each.
The Out-of-Sync Child
Parts III–IV
- Adaptation removes barriers; it does not lower dignity.
- Collaborate with the people who hold licenses you do not.
“Fair is everyone getting what they need.”
Lab & assignment
Adaptation matrix
- Pick obstacle course, ball play, or freeze dance.
- Fill three need columns in the Adaptation matrix tool.
- Draft a six-sentence referral note for a hypothetical child.
Assignment: Referral letter
Objective observations, the concern in plain language, a request for evaluation, an offer to share session notes. No diagnosis.
Draft 40+ characters to bank +25.
Your notes
What could you change in the first 90 seconds of class so fewer children need a 'special' plan?
Which red flag would you have missed last year?
How will you talk to a parent without frightening them?
Tomorrow
What is one UDL change you will make before anyone needs to ask for it?
One honest sentence · +15
Play this week
Small games and puzzles that only use what this module taught. First complete +50; perfect +25.
Floor call
A random objection this week actually raises. Multiple choice. First correct answer banks +20. Shuffle for a new voice.
Week 10 objection
Drawing a live one…
Knowledge check
0/4 correct · 0 answered · +25 each