As part of a training session, there are many options available to help your students to implement their newly acquired knowledge in practice. One of those options is to work with a Role Play actor. This gives students “in-the-moment” experience of the impact of existing and/or effective behaviour. And it allows students to experiment with new behaviour in a safe setting. The Role Play actor is used as living practice material. You might ask why should you work with a Role Play actor rather than asking our fellow students to act out a situation. The answer is simple: A Role Play actor is trained to analyse and support behaviour during the process of acquiring new behaviour. An actor is able to quickly step into the shoes of a certain type of person and to act out this type in a believable manner. Five reasons why asking a Role Play actor to act out a role is to be preferred over a fellow-student. 1. A Role Play actor acts realistically An actor is able to act