# Running AbilityScore 600–700 — Next Steps

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A Running AbilityScore in the 600–700 band is a starting point, not a verdict. The next steps are to confirm the picture with a clinician, follow a tailored play-based motor plan that builds balance, strength and coordination, practise little and often at home, and re-measure over time. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

*A Running AbilityScore in the 600–700 band tells you your child is building real momentum — now is the moment to turn a number into a clear, encouraging plan.*

## In short
A Running AbilityScore in the **600–700 band** is a snapshot of where your child's gross-motor running skill sits today — it is a starting point for support, not a verdict. The next steps are simple and reassuring: confirm the picture with a clinician, follow a tailored motor plan that builds running through play, and re-measure over time to see progress. With consistent, joyful practice, children in this band typically make steady, visible gains.

## What the band means and what to do next
Think of the score as a marker on a path, not a label. Running draws on many building blocks — balance, leg strength, coordination, posture, planning and confidence — and a band in this range usually points to one or two of these needing focused, playful support.

Your next steps:
- **Confirm the picture with a clinician.** A score from a screen is a prompt to look closer, not a conclusion. A physiotherapist or occupational therapist can see *why* running is developing the way it is — strength, balance, coordination or simply less practice.
- **Follow a tailored motor plan.** Support is built around your child's specific building blocks, delivered through games your child enjoys — chasing, jumping, obstacle play, balance challenges — so practice never feels like work.
- **Practise little and often at home.** Short, daily, playful bursts beat occasional long sessions. Movement repeated in fun ways is how the brain and body wire running together.
- **Re-measure over time.** The real value of the band is watching it shift. Periodic re-assessment shows what is working and keeps the plan precise.

## When to seek a closer look sooner
Seek a clinician's review sooner if your child frequently trips or falls, tires very quickly with movement, avoids running and active play, runs with a noticeably stiff, uneven or asymmetric pattern, or if you have noticed any loss of a motor skill they once had. These are simply signals to look earlier — not causes for alarm.

## The Pinnacle way
AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional — never from an app or online number alone. From there your child receives a precise motor profile and a plan shaped by therapists who understand the skills behind [running and gross-motor development](/). Learn [how the AbilityScore is understood by a clinician](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated), and explore how our [occupational and motor therapy](/occupational-therapy) builds strength, balance and coordination through play.

## Trusted sources
World Health Organization developmental milestones and Nurturing Care guidance; American Academy of Pediatrics (HealthyChildren.org) gross-motor development guidance; CDC developmental milestone resources.

**Next step —** Ready to turn the band into a plan? [Book a motor assessment with a Pinnacle clinician](/occupational-therapy).

This is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

## Sources
- AAP HealthyChildren.org — gross-motor development: https://www.healthychildren.org
- WHO — child development and milestones: https://www.who.int
- CDC — developmental milestones: https://www.cdc.gov

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