Dyspraxia Foundation UK 

The Dyspraxia Foundation is delighted to be involved with Tree Fu Tom, a new CBeebies series that will benefit children with dyspraxia. Tree Fu Tom is an exciting new multi-platform fantasy action adventure series aimed at children aged 4-6 years in which the main character Tom is transformed into a magical superhero with the aid of Tree Fu magic. The audience is encouraged to help Tom and his friends in their exciting, action-packed adventures by joining in with the Tree Fu magical spells. Each spell incorporates movements typically used by occupational therapists and physiotherapists to help children with movement/co-ordination disorders and are designed to help all children – regardless of whether they have any movement challenges – to learn, practice and perfect the key skills and abilities crucial for movement development. Dyspraxia Foundation advisors played a key role in developing the Movement Curriculum on which Tree Fu spells are based. Chair of the Dyspraxia Foundation
 Sally Payne said: “Awareness of dyspraxia remains low in comparison to other common developmental disorders. Tree Fu Tom offers a unique opportunity to raise the profile of this much missed and misunderstood condition and offers children with dyspraxia the opportunity to gain extra practice at the movement skills they find challenging in a fun and exciting way. We are thrilled to have been involved from the start on what we think is an important and remarkable series.”

Read more here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/treefutom/dyspraxia-foundation.html 
 

The Dyspraxia Foundation is delighted to be involved with Tree Fu Tom, a new CBeebies series that will benefit children with dyspraxia. Tree Fu Tom is an exciting new multi-platform fantasy action adventure series aimed at children aged 4-6 years in which the main character Tom is transformed into a magical superhero with the aid of Tree Fu magic. The audience is encouraged to help Tom and his friends in their exciting, action-packed adventures by joining in with the Tree Fu magical spells. Each spell incorporates movements typically used by occupational therapists and physiotherapists to help children with movement/co-ordination disorders and are designed to help all children – regardless of whether they have any movement challenges – to learn, practice and perfect the key skills and abilities crucial for movement development. Dyspraxia Foundation advisors played a key role in developing the Movement Curriculum on which Tree Fu spells are based. Chair of the Dyspraxia Foundation
 Sally Payne said: “Awareness of dyspraxia remains low in comparison to other common developmental disorders. Tree Fu Tom offers a unique opportunity to raise the profile of this much missed and misunderstood condition and offers children with dyspraxia the opportunity to gain extra practice at the movement skills they find challenging in a fun and exciting way. We are thrilled to have been involved from the start on what we think is an important and remarkable series.”

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