RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS

Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships

The Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships learning materials have been designed for teachers in primary and secondary schools to develop students’ social, emotional and positive relationship skills. Efforts to promote social and emotional skills and positive gender norms in children and young people have been shown to improve health-related outcomes and subjective wellbeing. It also reduces antisocial behaviours including engagement in gender-related violence.

Topic content and activities differ to ensure age-appropriate material.

Term Two: Students have been focusing on friendships, problem-solving, goal-setting and identifying their strengths.

Term Three:

Topic Seven: Gender and Identity: to promote respect and an appreciation for diversity and difference. Assisting students to challenge stereotypes and critique the influence of gender norms on attitudes and behaviour. Students learn about key issues relating to human rights, gender identity, and focus on the importance of respect within relationships.

Topic Eight – Positive Gender Relations: to focus on the development of self-care, peer support and help-seeking skills that can be applied in response to situations involving gender-based violence within family, peer, community or on-line relationships.

- Vanessa Hamilton

Topics covered include:

Consent
Respect
Safety Networks
The Human Body
Body Boundaries
Diversity

For More Information on ‘Talking the Talk’ please visit https://www.talkingthetalksexed.com.au/ or talk to classroom teachers.