How Motional Works

Motional measures different emotional systems in the brain linked to Social Engagement (Care, Seeking and Play) and Social Defence (Rage, Fear and Panic/Grief) and add this to Executive and Social Functions (Emotional Regulation, Thinking and Concentration, Sense of Self, Relationship with Others, and Emotional Literacy) - to give a whole brain picture of a child's emotional and mental wellbeing.

1. The core functions in Motional provide tools to measure and analyse, then to intervene through advice and activities to effect positive change. You can then track and monitor progress of the mental health and wellbeing of your children and young people.
   
   The tools are designed to work in a cyclical fashion providing the opportunity to check and recheck progress.
   
   
2. The reporting function can provide data at any point in the core process. Change and progression data can be accessed for:
   
   
   • Individuals
   • Groups
   • Classes
   • Cohorts (such as FSM, Pupil Premium or Pupil Deprivation)
   • Year groups
   • Key Stages
   • Gender
   • Whole school

or a combination of these to provide granular analysis.

Motional's Snapshot Tool uses a series of questions to help adults better understand how well a child or young person is functioning in terms of their mental health and wellbeing. All Snapshots over time are recorded in the child’s profile.

To improve efficiency, multiple Snapshots can be taken at the same time in a tool known as the Groupshot, saving the information both to the group (such as a class) and the individual’s profile.

Both the Individual Snapshot and the Groupshot can be undertaken at: Universal level - an efficient, optimised version of the Snapshot undertaken either individually or as a group.

Comprehensive level - an extension of the Universal Snapshot for individual children or young people who have been identified as needing a little more support and / or 1:1 intervention.

Most settings choose to use Universal for every class in the school ensuring the collection of whole school data and then use this data to identify those who require some additional support and an individual Comprehensive Snapshot.

Both levels of Snapshot allow you to gain access to a program of strategies known to support emotional development and link with a wealth of practical activities to heal troubled children's minds, brains, and ability to learn. The research base shows that these interventions can support children and teenagers who have mental health difficulties to go on to lead fulfilling lives.

Our programs tie in with the well-developed models of practice such as PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy), but are not limited to any specific approach. Each program includes guidance in protecting and relating to children. This guidance is tailored to the child you work with based on the scores in the Snapshot.

Each activity has a thorough description and step-by-step guide, together with key relationship-building approaches to help support and focus the impact this has on the child / young person or group.

Programs can be created for both individuals and groups.

Motional's live reporting function offers various ways to measure progress. This can be used to track change across ‘Domain’ level -Social Engagement, Social Defence, Executive & Social Functioning and Sub-domain level - CARE, SEEKING, PLAY, RAGE, FEAR PANIC/GRIEF, Emotional Regulation, Thinking and Concentration, Sense of Self, Relationship with Others, and Emotional Literacy.

You can see progress in an individual or a group, and view results for particular cohorts of children in your setting. This might be those with Pupil Premium funding, Autistic Spectrum Condition, or indeed Most Able.

Motional provides a live data screen that highlights concerns – both those changing most dramatically with a simple RAG system, and across ‘Domain’ level -Social Engagement, Social Defence, Executive & Social Functioning and Sub-domain level -CARE, SEEKING, PLAY, RAGE, FEAR PANIC/GRIEF, Emotional Regulation, Thinking and Concentration, Sense of Self, Relationship with Others and Emotional Literacy shows the highest level of need.

This screen can be filtered to show Gender, Cohort, Year-group, Key stage or whole school and additional reporting tools enable comparison and analysis of change and progress across various dimensions of the setting.