Professional Development – expand your offerings

GMA offers professional development and training to introduce and upskill dance, fitness, health and care practitioners in the field of dance for older people for health and wellbeing.

GMA’s vision is to provide a range of opportunities including in-person, online, blended learning, etc. accessible wherever you might be.

Click on the buttons below for Training Course Details and Costs of our current programs of ONLINE and IN-PERSON professional development and training.

Foundational Training Program

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Introduction to Falls Prevention for Adults & Older Adults

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Knowledge & skills you will develop from our offerings include:

  • The nature of the field of dance for older people

  • The effects of the ageing process and which aspects are modifiable through dance

  • Implications of specific health conditions & issues for dance
  • Understanding the needs, priorities and goals of this population

  • How to determine the most appropriate dance content for older participants

Julie Chenery welcoming CPD workshop participants – Image: Gail Hewton

GMA CPD workshop participants – Image: Gail Hewton

  • Dance strategies and techniques that can be applied in any type of dance context or setting

  • Concepts that are critical to dance program design

  • How to design a safe and effective dance program for different participant needs

  • How to devise, adapt or modify dance content for a wide variety of older participants

  • Balance-specific dance strategies to improve balance and reduce fall risk

  • Business skills for initiating and running dance activities for older participants eg risk assessment, marketing & PR, insurance, enrolment, etc

GMA Professional Development Testimonials

MODULES 1 & 2

Learning about the range of principles that Gold Moves Australia promotes allows me to adapt them to my work without directing me to teach ‘only’ certain movements and or combinations. The principles for me provide scaffolding through which I can design the classes with an appropriate challenge for the particular group I am working with at the time. The flexibility that this offers, is really helpful and will make the process of creating class material easier in the knowledge that I am covering all the bases. The breadth of knowledge required to teach older people, whilst not onerous, is significant and important. Seeing the examples of the work that Gail has undertaken through RIPE Dance has been a great help to make me aware of the different situations and circumstances I might come into contact with when teaching older people. Jaime Redfern, (former Professional Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Educator) 2022.

My understanding of the many illnesses and conditions that can impact on us as we age has grown. It has given me the vision to be flexible and the motivation to be inclusive of everyone, as well as tolerant of where they are at – physically and mentally. The links to resources were wonderful and enabled me to delve even further into areas I knew very little or nothing about.    Annie MacAskill (Music & Dance Educator) 2022.

WORKSHOPS

I can’t thank you enough for the amazing workshop last Tuesday. It was truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge, experience & personal stories with us. Without sounding corny, I feel like I’ve found my calling!! This just feels like the right direction for me to take & the right timing as well. I’m really excited (& a tad overwhelmed) of the potential prospects that lie ahead for me & others to work in the area of Dance of Older Generations. It’s like all of my prior learning & experience is coming together for an exciting new pathway into the future. I feel very fortunate to have you with us. When I’ve absorbed everything from last Tuesday & the attached notes, I’d love to come up to the coast one day in the near future to participate/assist with some of your classes if that’s ok with you. I’d love to catch up & chat about what I’ve been doing thus far & plans for the future.

I enjoyed every bit of the workshop & connecting with like-minded people. I loved how knowledge was not held precious; thoughts, ideas, information was shared. It really felt like a genuine experience & everyone was there to help and share especially Gail & Julie. Thank you! (smiley face)