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Supporting physical development in early childhood
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All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) (2019) A Report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood: Mental Health Through Movement. Available at: https://royalpa.co.uk/ wp-content/ uploads/ 2019/ 10/ mentalhealththroughmovement_301019.pdf [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]  (Accessed: 14 December 2023).

Department of Health and Social Care (2022) Physical activity guidelines: disables children and disabled young people. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ physical-activity-guidelines-disabled-children-and-disabled-young-people (Accessed 12 December 2023).

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Public Health England (2019) National Child Measurement Programme: A Conversation Framework for Talking to Parents. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/ y82h66bu (Accessed: 14 December 2023).

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Webster, A. (2016) ‘Autism, sport & physical activity: Practical strategies to implement in your delivey of sport and physical activity when working with autistic people’, National Autistic Society. Available at: https://s2.chorus-mk.thirdlight.com/ file/ 1573224908/ 64485696828/ width=-1/ height=-1/ format=-1/ fit=scale/ t=446198/ e=never/ k=0d813460/ Autism-sport-physical-activity.pdf (Accessed: 12 December 2023).

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