Relationships and Sexuality Education for Students with Cognitive Disability – Professional Development

Description

Course Overview 

Written by SHV expert educators, this course will provide resources and guidance to be able to deliver best practice relationships and Sexuality Education to young people with cognitive disability.

Course Content

Sexual Health Victoria’s (SHV) resource provides educators working with students with an intellectual disability with a comprehensive, age- and developmentally-appropriate set of relationships and sexuality education classroom materials.

The resource contains practical and authentic learning activities that scaffold learning from Towards Foundation Level (Level A-D) through to Levels 3-10 of the Australian and Victorian Curriculum. Activities utilise Boardmaker® images to support student understanding.

9 modules are included:

• Body Awareness
• Public and Private
• Feelings
• Identity
• Protective Behaviours
• Puberty
• Conception to Birth
• Relationships
• Sexual Decision Making

These can be downloaded from the eLearning platform after enrolment.

Learning Intentions

• develop an understanding of the pedagogy surrounding Relationships and Sexuality Education for Students with Cognitive Disability
• learn strategies to explain sensitive topics and answer difficult questions
• establish methods of dispelling anxiety and maintaining effective communication with parents/carers
• acquire specialist activities/resources to support teaching and learning in the workplace.

Entry Requirements/Eligibility

This course is designed for school staff (pre-service teachers/teachers/aides/welfare) and school nurses working within school settings. This course can be used to meet the VIT requirements of PD related to the Victorian Government’s Special Needs Plan and build teacher capacity to teach learners with disability.

Duration

Self-paced online course

Cost

Free

Accreditations/Recognition

Certificate upon completion. 

Terms and Conditions

See terms and conditions for individual registrations here.

For more information please get in touch with [email protected]