{"id":90,"date":"2021-09-17T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2021-10-25T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T18:23:11","slug":"movement-breaks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/sensory-strategies\/movement-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Movement Breaks are one of the best ways to support a child&#8217;s sensory processing needs and help them to engage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>just 2-3 minutes of movement can increase concentration for 15 -20 minutes and improves productivity<\/li>\n<li>physical exercise releases endorphins and reduces stress hormones<\/li>\n<li>regular short physical breaks have been found to improve behaviour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>See below for some examples<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/09\/17124824\/Movement-breaks-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/09\/17124824\/Movement-breaks-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/09\/17124824\/Movement-breaks-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/09\/17124824\/Movement-breaks-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/09\/17124824\/Movement-breaks.png 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/10\/25192116\/Movement-Breaks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-185\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/10\/25192237\/movement-breaks2-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/10\/25192237\/movement-breaks2-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/uploads\/sites\/18479\/2021\/10\/25192237\/movement-breaks2.png 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movement Breaks are one of the best ways to support a child&#8217;s sensory processing needs and help them to engage: just 2-3 minutes of movement can increase concentration for 15 -20 minutes and improves productivity physical exercise releases endorphins and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/sensory-strategies\/movement-breaks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31214,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/186"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/understandingsensoryprocessing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}