Educational resources

This About Date Rape website is part of the Negotiating Consent resource package that includes the:

About Date Rape Website and information card
Lesson Plan and facilitator notes
Date Rape interactive cubes
Relationships booklet

Request your copy of the package from the Violence Against Women Specialist Unit by phone: 02 9716 2061or email: vaw-unit@community.nsw.gov.au. Also visit the VAW pages at Lawlink for more information.
Please note that the package is for distribution in NSW only.

For Educators

Education programs for children & young people on healthy relationships, domestic violence & sexual assault

Promoting healthy relationships needs to occur throughout a young person’s life, and challenging abusive and violent attitudes or behaviours requires a systemic and long term approach.

The following pages include a list of 19 programs developed in NSW, that could be used together to build up a more holistic educational program for 5-18 year olds, about healthy relationships, including sexual assault, domestic violence, harassment and bullying.

The programs aim to equip young people with skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to unsafe or abusive relationships.

Children Under 12 yrs

Bee Respectful

3 double or 6 single lessons
For Kindy – year 6 (infant-primary schools)
Delivered by teachers
Linked to PDHPE, developed with DET
Evaluated
NB: The program developers are looking at taking the themes into years 7-8
See the program at: www.stepstorespect.org.au – education

Friendly Schools and Families

Students aged 4 to 13 (primary schools)
Topic: bullying prevention program
School packs – includes policy development, ethos, student management and support, classroom practice, family links, physical environment CD Rom - with program components
Family booklet
Classroom pack – includes teaching strategies, student activity books, posters
See the program brochure at: http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/ACERPress_FriendlySchoolsAndFamiliesBrochure.pdf

Young People 12-14 yrs

Solving the Jigsaw

20-40 week classroom programs
For primary and secondary schools
Delivered by a trained facilitator
Also 20-40 week targeted therapeutic groups for at risk students
Topics include bullying and violence, loss and grief, anger, resilience, families,
Linked parenting programs
Seeks to change the ‘culture of violence’ and build a ‘culture of well being’
See the program at: http://www.solvingthejigsaw.org.au/ under school based programs

Young People 15+

Kinks and Bends: What’s the go with relationships?

2 – 5 ½ hrs (up to 9 lessons)
For years 9 & 10 (high school)
Delivered by outside facilitators or co-facilitate with a teacher
Topics: sexual assault – date rape / healthy relationships
Play ‘The Party’ with follow up group questions for years 10-12
Cross over: training for facilitators same as Negotiating Consent
Training for facilitators

Download order form for Kinks and Bends

or contact:
Central Coast Regional Violence Prevention Specialist
ph: 02 4336 2421
email: Chris.Smith@community.nsw.gov.au

Negotiating consent

4 hrs (7 lessons)
For year 10 + (high school)
Delivered by: ideally outside facilitators or co-facilitate with a teacher
Topics: sexual assault – date rape / healthy relationships
Cross over : training for facilitators same as Kinks and Bends
Training for facilitators
To order the kit, email: vaw-unit@ agd.nsw.gov.au

Whole Community / Whole school

Tackling sexual harassment in your school

8 stages - lesson plans
Years 7-11
Topics: sexual harassment activities for young people, thinking about your school – policies etc
See the program at: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/youthchallenge/unit4/index.html

Friendly Schools and Families

See above in the Children under 12 section

Useful websites

Australian Sites:

When love hurts - http://www.dvirc.org.au/whenlove/index.htm - is a site set up by the Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre (DVIRC) in Victoria. It contains lots of information for young women about abuse in relationships. The site features true stories, facts about the law and your rights, advice for family and friends, information on topics like sex and self-esteem, what services you can go to for help and heaps more.
Solving the jigsaw - http://www.solvingthejigsaw.org.au/ – aimed at students, teachers, parents and the whole school community to change the culture of violence and build a culture of well being.
Reachout - http://www.reachout.com.au/home.asp - pages on safety and violence, friends and relationships, family issues, sex an pregnancy, sexuality and coming out, positive stuff and communication skills, depression and mental health issues, and many others.
Somazone - http://www.somazone.com.au – this is a website that was developed by young people for young people. Somazone provides fast, free, anonymous access to quality assured information. A program of the Australian Drug Foundation, Somazone is a valuable resource for young people.
Bursting the Bubble - http://www.burstingthebubble.com/ - this website helps you to work out what's okay in a family and what's not. It tells you what you can do if someone in your family is hurting or abusing you or another member of your family.
NSW Department of Education –
- Bullying and schools policy: https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/student_serv/discipline/anti_bully/PD20040050.shtml
- www.det.nsw.edu.au/antibullying The NSW Department of Education and Training provides information and examples of what schools are already doing to address bullying behaviour on its website. The content is located under Public Schools NSW – Supporting Students – Student Wellbeing – Anti-bullying
Bullying No Way - www.bullyingnoway.com.au The Bullying No Way! website has been developed in collaboration with other government and non-government authorities from the Commonwealth, States and Territories. It showcases strategies that have proven to be successful in increasing safety and reducing bullying and harassment in schools throughout Australia. NSW schools are featured on this site.
No to violence - www.ntv.net.au - No To Violence (NTV), the Male Family Violence Prevention Association Inc., is a peak organisation of individuals and agencies working for the prevention of male family violence. The specific focus is work with men to assist them to change and end their violent behaviour.
SHine SA - www.shinesa.org.au. SHine SA is the lead sexual health agency in South Australia. The site has been developed to provide you with information that can help you enjoy your relationships and sexual health with safety, pleasure and respect. The SHARE project is a comprehensive relationships and sexual health program, 45 lessons to be taught, 15 per year level, at years 8, 9 and 10. The share curriculum (PDF) document is available online from the SHINE website

International Sites:

Love is not Abuse - http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/ - is an American-based site. It doesn't have as much detail as When Love Hurts but is still worth checking out.
Teen Safe Initiative - http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/teensafe.html - (USA site) is to help teen girls, their parents, teachers, and health care providers improve their understanding of normal health and development, as well as of specific diseases and conditions. The goal is to promote health and safety in relationships, on the streets, and on the Internet.
Kid Power - http://www.kidpower.org/School-age.html for Children 6-14: Skills to help children stay safe and act wisely with strangers, bullies, and people they kno