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7 Steps to Helping Your Anxious Child Return to School

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How parents can build learning strengths

How to survive and thrive in exams

Let’s Talk About Consent

Is This OK?? is a four-week affirmative consent program delivered through The Cave on Twitch, Man Cave’s official digital aftercare platform.

It is designed to educate teenage boys on respect, healthy relationships, consent and the new affirmative consent model that is now law in Victoria. This program aims to help young people develop an early understanding of affirmative consent and how everyone can and must seek it as they become sexually active.

If you have ever been confused about what consent means… or know a young person who has, come join us on The Cave on Twitch for Is This OK?? Where we talk about consent and answer your questions.

Kicking off on Thursday 2nd November, Is This OK?? will be the place where facilitators from Man Cave, AIME, Minus18 and Elephant Ed talk all about consent, chatting with young people, rather than about them. 

The episodes of Is This OK?? will be streamed live on The Cave on Twitch at 6pm on the following dates:

• Thursday 2 November
• Thursday 9 November
• Thursday 16 November
• Thursday 23 November

Young people are more aware of, informed of and finely tuned to conversations about sex, sexuality and gender than ever before. They have more questions than ever and many are looking for answers, and they may not feel comfortable broaching this topic with parents or educators.

Led by Man Cave, it will be delivered in collaboration with fellow diverse youth organisations, including AIME (Indigenous youth mentoring), Minus18 (LGBTQIA+ youth empowerment) and Elephant Ed (consent and sex education). It is funded by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing through its Supporting Young People to Understand Affirmative Consent program.

Learn more about the new affirmative consent laws in Victoria 

How to be the one they come to when things feel big

Community Mentors for Students

We often get asked within the Wellbeing Team about community mentors for students and ‘A Path to Follow’ is a local organisation which has just that. Read more here.

Ms Dilek Yucel (Psychologist, Head of Wellbeing), Ms Rachel Felmingham (Mental Health Practitioner), Mr Elin Kim (Counsellor) and Bali (Therapy Dog)