Classroom Psychomotor Education Programme to Enhance Executive Functions: A Cluster Randomised Feasibility Trial

An increase in children exhibiting attention difficulties has created the need for more classroom-based intervention programmes. A promising link between physical education and improvement executive functioning been at centre of attention. POTENTIAL constitutes a novel psychomotor programme to enhance students’ listening skills by improving functions. cluster randomised feasibility study was conducted explore definitive trial assess POTENTIAL’s effectiveness regarding (i) recruitment sampling procedures; (ii) compliance fidelity; (iii) acceptability teachers children; (iv) appropriateness outcome measures. Four early years classes with an inclusion unit participated: two implemented received no intervention. Eight each class (n = 32) were sampled investigate Teachers’ diaries utilised activities fidelity implementation. The findings positive. targets met, good. Mixed results produced about Thus, protocol could be scaled up trial. This highlights programmes support children’s functioning.