Read Online & Downloads
You can read selected Dance Sport Trust resources online, download complete guides and resource packs, or access individual worksheets and tools.
For browsing and searching all Dance Sport Trust resources, visit the Resource Library.
These materials are intended to support reflection, conversation and shared understanding across the DanceSport community. They may be useful for dancers, families, teachers, coaches, organisers and others thinking about participation, wellbeing, safeguarding, development and culture within dance.
These resources offer general guidance, education and signposting. They do not replace professional, medical, therapeutic, safeguarding or emergency support.
Supporting Your Dancing Child Guide & Worksheets
Why This Guide Matters...
DanceSport sits at the intersection of physical training and artistic performance and families often find themselves drawing information from several different places, including sport science, child development, psychology, safeguarding practice and performing arts education.
Each of these areas offers valuable insight, but it can be difficult to see how they connect within the specific environment of competitive dance.
Supporting Your Dancing Child was created to help bring those strands together. It offers calm, accessible information to help families better understand the physical, emotional and developmental experiences children may encounter as they grow within Dance Sport.
The guide does not replace teachers, coaches or professional support services. It aims to provide clarity and reassurance so that parents can feel more confident navigating their child’s journey.
Single Worksheets to Download
Digital Footprint Review:
A reflective worksheet designed to help young dancers think about their online presence, social media habits, and how digital content makes them feel.
Weekly Wellbeing Check-In:
A reflective worksheet designed to help young dancers think about their online presence, social media habits, and how digital content makes them feel.
Communication Prompt Sheet:
A reflective worksheet designed to help young dancers think about their online presence, social media habits, and how digital content makes them feel.
Competition Day Planner:
A reflective worksheet designed to help young dancers think about their online presence, social media habits, and how digital content makes them feel.
Rest & Balance Tracker:
A reflective worksheet designed to help young dancers think about their online presence, social media habits, and how digital content makes them feel.
Juggling the Many Hats of a Dance Teacher Resource Guide
Why This Guide Matters...
Dance teachers often wear many hats. They are mentors, administrators, organisers, accountants, marketing managers, communicators - whilst having the very important role and responsibility of a trusted significant other.
While this variety is part of what makes teaching rewarding, it can also create significant cognitive, emotional, and physical demands.
Sustaining a healthy teaching career requires more than technical knowledge of dance. It also involves systems, boundaries, support networks, and attention to personal wellbeing. When teachers are supported and resourced, the studio environment becomes healthier for everyone.
Every studio and every teacher is different, but here are some approaches that may be helpful when juggling the various roles that come with the job.