This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to promote the physical and emotional wellbeing of children in performing arts programs. It covers planning age appropriate activities and programs, interacting and working professionally with children, encouraging healthy lifestyles and monitoring the physical and emotional wellbeing of children within a program.

This unit applies to people instructing children in performing arts environments including dance, theatre, circus, film and television. It also applies to people responsible for teaching movement skills for recreational or remedial purposes.

At this level, instructors may be working independently with children or in a group situation with other teachers or instructors. They are required to use some discretion and judgement and take responsibility for promoting the physical and emotional wellbeing of children within their program/s.

Typical age groups for children are 0 to 4 years, 5 to 10 years, 11 to 14 years and 15 to 18 years.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.