{"id":9000,"date":"2025-10-29T10:47:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:47:58","slug":"success-in-motion-sze-researcher-wins-award-for-innovative-playful-development-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/success-in-motion-sze-researcher-wins-award-for-innovative-playful-development-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Success in Motion: SZE Researcher Wins Award for Innovative Playful Development Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Created: 2025.10.29. 11:39<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With her sensory-motor training programme designed for young children, a researcher from Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University has won the Gold Award in the lower primary school category of the OTP F\u00e1y Educational Innovation Prize. Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Stephens-Sarl\u00f3s\u2019s playful and widely accessible development sessions aim to support children\u2019s neurological maturation through movement, thereby promoting the development of fundamental abilities essential for learning, attention, and behaviour regulation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OTP F\u00e1y Educational Innovation Prize recognises outstanding practices, innovative solutions, and initiatives in educational tools and methodologies each year\u2014those that positively impact teaching quality and enhance learning outcomes. This year, the Gold Award in the lower primary school category was granted to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drsarlos.com\/en\">Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Stephens-Sarl\u00f3s<\/a>, a researcher at the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences of Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, for her playful development programme for young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, entitled&nbsp;<em>\u201cSuccess in Motion\u201d<\/em>, was inspired by the specialist\u2019s decades-long teaching career. Based on findings in developmental neurology, the programme supports children\u2019s neurological maturation and the inhibition of infant reflexes, thereby helping to develop basic skills essential for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/admissions.sze.hu\/images\/News\/2025_10\/mozgasban_a_siker\/K%C3%A9p.webp\" alt=\"Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Stephens-Sarl\u00f3s (right), researcher at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, received the Gold Award in the lower primary school category (Photo: OTP F\u00e1y Educational Innovation Prize)\" title=\"Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Stephens-Sarl\u00f3s (right), researcher at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, received the Gold Award in the lower primary school category (Photo: OTP F\u00e1y Educational Innovation Prize)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Dr Erzs\u00e9bet Stephens-Sarl\u00f3s (right), researcher at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, received the Gold Award in the lower primary school category (Photo: OTP F\u00e1y Educational Innovation Prize)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Stephens-Sarl\u00f3s explained that a master\u2019s student from the University\u2019s health psychology programme drew her attention to the F\u00e1y Foundation\u2019s call for applications. She found the opportunity particularly relevant, as the institution is currently conducting research involving nursery and lower primary school children on the same topic.&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe more so-called primitive reflexes remain active in a child, the harder it becomes for them to achieve the level of cognitive performance they would be capable of with a mature nervous system. Furthermore, the likelihood of developing behavioural and attention-related problems also increases. Since movement, neurological functioning, and the manifestation of cognitive functions are closely interconnected, I have developed a programme comprising approximately 120 sessions. Each consists of playful exercises lasting fifteen to twenty minutes, designed to help inhibit infant reflexes,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;she elaborated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researcher added that the programme, which is freely available to all, is currently used by around 500 nursery and school groups across Hungary.&nbsp;<em>\u201cA major issue in our country is that far fewer children receive individual developmental support than would actually need it. With this group-based training, every child is given the opportunity to unlock their potential. It is important that these exercises do not require any special equipment, and sessions can be conducted by nursery teachers and primary school teachers, without the need for special qualifications,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;she pointed out. She also emphasised that children do not perceive these movement-based sessions as formal development, since they are delivered in a playful manner, enriched with rhymes and fairy-tale elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dr Stephens-Sarl\u00f3s is proud of the recognition, which further motivates her scientific work in the field. \u201cSz\u00e9chenyi University provides full support for my research on primitive reflexes, cognitive abilities, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.sze.hu\/unique-technology-new-dimensions-open-in-neuropsychological-research-at-sze?ckw=TklSU3BvcnQy\">neurological activities<\/a>, and I receive positive feedback from parents and teachers on a daily basis regarding the results,\u201d she said. \u201cIn the next stage of my career, I wish to focus on this area and on sharing knowledge, as I am convinced that such developmental programmes should be made accessible to as wide an audience as possible, helping children to lead happier and more fulfilling lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Created: 2025.10.29. 11:39 With her sensory-motor training programme designed for young children, a researcher from Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University has won the Gold Award in the lower primary school category of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - 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