Health Sciences

Community Liaison and Eductaion Unit (CLEU)

Resources for Teachers

Talking Sexual Health

The National Talking Sexual Health materials are available for downloading.

The materials provide a comprehensive classroom resource for Years 9 & 10 within an integrated social framework. They are suitable for teachers who wish to extend their skills in areas such as:

• Social aspects of STI prevention
• Sex and drugs: do they mix?
• Gender, power and sexuality
• Understanding and appreciating sexual diversity

The national policy document on which these materials are based can be downloaded as a pdf

• TSH Framework (pdf)
• Talking Sexual Health: A Teaching and Learning Resource for Secondary Schools (full teacher resource pdf)
• Talking Sexual Health: A Parents' Guide (pdf)

Secondary Students and Sexual Health:

Click to see the results of the 3rd National Survey of Australian Secondary Students, HIV/ AIDS and Sexual Health, 2002

Data for the next study is currently being collected.

About the study
The National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health has been conducted every five years throughout Australia since 1992. This, the third survey involved 2388 young people (55% young women) from Years 10 and 12 in all States and Territories. For the first time students from both the Catholic and Independent school systems have been included in the survey. The surveys are designed to inform educational policy and practice within the domain of sexual health.

• A summary of the findings (pdf)
• A power point show of the findings (PowerPoint)
• Slides suitable for overhead transparencies (PowerPoint)

Other Resources

Chlamydia: The secret is out (DVD)

This Commonwealth funded project carried out by Jenny Walsh and Mandy Hudson with the 7 Dimensions production team has resulted in a new DVD and teaching materials for secondary schools. The resource has been distributed free of charge to all schools in Australia and can be purchased from 7 Dimensions http://www.7dimensions.com.au/.

"How to support sexual diversity in schools - a checklist" (PDF)

This updated schools' audit outline show how schools can comply with the DEECD’s Supporting Sexual Diversity in Schools (July 2008). Schools are required to identify goals and strategies and report on what they are doing to improve student wellbeing. This audit, written by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, makes it easier to identify what schools can do to promote the wellbeing of same sex attracted students.

The above PowerPoint presentation is from the Sense and Sexuality Conference held in July 2006 in Melbourne.

The Hormone Factory Website for teaching children about sex, sexuality and reproduction.

Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria (GLHV) website with useful resources aimed at teachers.

Growing and Developing Healthy Relationships resources for educators from www.population.health.wa.gov.au/

Classroom activiites from www.shinesa.org.au - Sexual Health Information Networking and Education, South Australia

Student Diversity resources from www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/blueprint

Same-Sex Attracted Friendly Environments (SSAFE) in Schools from www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/knowledgebank

Keep it Simple Safe Sex (KISSS) a guide developed for yoiung people 16 and over with information about safe sex for guys and girls.

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