Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine the movement requirements of children.
- Consider and confirm needs, expectations and preferences of participants, parents and/or carers using suitable questioning techniques.
- Implement appropriate pre-exercise screening or assessment procedures for children prior to participation in movement program.
- Clarify any risk factors or precautions identified in pre-exercise screening or assessment in consultation with parents and/or carers.
- Refer children to medical or allied health professionals as required.
- Select and use appropriate baseline functional activity assessments, as required.
- Plan movement session.
- Determine type of training, training methods and equipment required to achieve movement program goals.
- Identify and discuss the need for parent/carer assistance and/or attendance during the session.
- Select suitable functional movement activities and games for active play to meet participant needs.
- Determine instructional techniques appropriate to participants.
- Develop and document movement session plans that incorporate consideration of precautions and instructional information.
- Instruct movement session.
- Allocate sufficient space, assemble resources and check equipment for safety and maintenance requirements.
- Provide clear exercise instructions and communicate benefits of movement and active play for participants and parents and/or carers.
- Demonstrate movement techniques, activities or games including equipment where appropriate.
- Monitor participation and provide children with assistance to perform movements, activities or games as required.
- Select and use communication techniques that encourage a fun, interactive and inclusive environment for participation.
- Monitor participation to ensure safety and optimise effectiveness and enjoyment and modify as required.
- Identify signs of intolerance during movement activity and modify or cease as appropriate.
- Respond to children and parents and/or carers questions as required.
- Complete movement session documentation.
- Evaluate movement session.
- Monitor and evaluate movement session at appropriate intervals.
- Evaluate exercise session according to participant, parent or carer feedback, professional judgement and outcomes of sessions.
- Review own performance and identify areas needing improvement.
- Identify aspects needing further emphasis or attention in future sessions.
- Evaluate program or activities and discuss modifications to future sessions with parent and/or carer.
- Document and update records of evaluation and modification.
- Determine the movement requirements of children.
- Consider and confirm needs, expectations and preferences of participants, parents and/or carers using suitable questioning techniques.
- Implement appropriate pre-exercise screening or assessment procedures for children prior to participation in movement program.
- Clarify any risk factors or precautions identified in pre-exercise screening or assessment in consultation with parents and/or carers.
- Refer children to medical or allied health professionals as required.
- Select and use appropriate baseline functional activity assessments, as required.
- Plan movement session.
- Determine type of training, training methods and equipment required to achieve movement program goals.
- Identify and discuss the need for parent/carer assistance and/or attendance during the session.
- Select suitable functional movement activities and games for active play to meet participant needs.
- Determine instructional techniques appropriate to participants.
- Develop and document movement session plans that incorporate consideration of precautions and instructional information.
- Instruct movement session.
- Allocate sufficient space, assemble resources and check equipment for safety and maintenance requirements.
- Provide clear exercise instructions and communicate benefits of movement and active play for participants and parents and/or carers.
- Demonstrate movement techniques, activities or games including equipment where appropriate.
- Monitor participation and provide children with assistance to perform movements, activities or games as required.
- Select and use communication techniques that encourage a fun, interactive and inclusive environment for participation.
- Monitor participation to ensure safety and optimise effectiveness and enjoyment and modify as required.
- Identify signs of intolerance during movement activity and modify or cease as appropriate.
- Respond to children and parents and/or carers questions as required.
- Complete movement session documentation.
- Evaluate movement session.
- Monitor and evaluate movement session at appropriate intervals.
- Evaluate exercise session according to participant, parent or carer feedback, professional judgement and outcomes of sessions.
- Review own performance and identify areas needing improvement.
- Identify aspects needing further emphasis or attention in future sessions.
- Evaluate program or activities and discuss modifications to future sessions with parent and/or carer.
- Document and update records of evaluation and modification.