Teaching · Related Services

Swing, spin or bounce: check the precautions before the first push.

Record the student’s precautions and each movement activity you plan. The summary says what waits for the doctor, which activities need changing and what to watch for afterwards.

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The safety plan

One record per student, dated each time it is revised. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A movement activity plan for one student: what waits for medical clearance, activities to change and why, set-up gaps and the meaning of the last response.
Who it is for
School occupational and physical therapists, adapted physical education teachers and special education teachers who run movement activities.
Format
Browser organizer. One saved record per student and revision; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
stop signthe student sets the speed, and stops it
Drawn for this page. Movement the student starts and stops is easier to read and safer than movement done to them.

How to use it

  1. Check the health record and ask the nurse and family about precautions.
  2. Where a medical precaution applies, get the doctor’s answer in writing before starting.
  3. List each activity: the movement, who sets the speed, how long and how close the adult is.
  4. Check the room and equipment before each session.
  5. Record how the student was afterwards, including later that day, and adjust.

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What the plan covers

Why the precautions come first

Some conditions change what movement is safe. Students with neck instability, which is more common in some groups such as students with Down syndrome, are usually kept from tumbling, bouncing and positions that load the neck until a doctor advises. A shunt, a recent head injury or a seizure history also call for the doctor’s view first.

Signs to stop

Movement can affect the autonomic nervous system. Pallor, sweating, nausea, yawning, flushing or a change in breathing mean stop, and responses can come hours later. Movement the student starts and stops, rather than spinning imposed by an adult, lets them regulate the amount.

What it is not

It is not a medical clearance or a treatment protocol. The therapist’s judgment and the student’s doctor decide what is safe; this keeps the plan, the checks and the responses in one place.

Sources

  1. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Genetics (2022). Health Supervision for Children and Adolescents With Down Syndrome: atlantoaxial instability and activity precautions.
  2. Bundy, A. C., and Lane, S. J. (2020). Sensory Integration: Theory and Practice (3rd ed.). F. A. Davis: vestibular-based intervention, safety and autonomic responses.
  3. American Occupational Therapy Association (2015). Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics: non-maleficence and safety in intervention.
  4. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Public Playground Safety Handbook: protective surfacing under swinging and suspended equipment.

The example student and plan are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.