Description

Love Bites Senior (Years 10-12)

A full day program that consists of two interactive workshops:

1. Relationship Violence
2. Sex and Relationships

Followed by a creative workshop to end the day. Love Bites programming takes a strength-based approach and views young people as active participants who are able to make choices for themselves and their relationships when supported with information and opportunity for skill development.

The Love Bites Junior Program consists of 3 programs:

#friends (Year 7) which covers themes such as communicating mindfully, warning signs of abusive behaviour, power in relationships, responding to concerns as bystanders, seeking help and rights and responsibilities in relation to sharing sexualised images

Respectful Relationships, Bullying and Gender (Year 8) which covers themes such as respect in relationships, gender roles and stereotypes, gender and relationships, jealousy, sexual harassment and homophobia, challenging harassment, discrimination and gender stereotypes and seeking help

Relationships, Love and Control (Year 9) which covers themes such as gender expectations and relationships, responding to jealous feelings, love and control, warning signs of a controlling/abusive relationship, supporting friends, seeking help and breaking up with respect

Aim

To provide young people with a safe environment to examine, discuss and explore healthy relationships.

The Love Bites program aims to equip young people with the knowledge needed to have respectful relationships, encourage and develop their skills in critical thinking and assist them in being able to problem solve and communicate effectively.

Outcomes

• Recognise early warning signs of unhealthy relationships.
• Understand factors that enable gender-based violence.
• Develop skills to take bystander action to prevent or intercede in situations of unhealthy relationships and gender-based violence.
• For students to recognise and challenge, by words or actions, situations reinforcing gender stereotypes.
• Encourage students to seek trusted adults within their homes, schools and communities that can support them and others in resolving issues of gender inequity and gender-based violence.
• Give students the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to implement and promote bystander actions and positive actions promoting healthy gender-based relationships.
• For students to leave feeling confident about how they can make a difference in contributing to a safer school and wider communities.

Target group

Students in years:

• 7 to 9 (juniors)
• 10 to 12 (seniors).

Session details

One full day.

Delivery requirements

• Program to be delivered to regular class sizes (28 students max.)
• All classes in a year level required to be booked in for the program.
• Data projector/TV screen and sound/audio equipment.
• Teaching/support staff present for all sessions.
• School wellbeing staff briefed on Love Bites program and aware of when program will be delivered

Evaluation

Facilitated by our Youth staff at conclusion of session, via paper based questionnaire.

Bookings

If you are interested in having Love Bites delivered to your young people by another facilitator, please fill out NAPCAN's School/Community Expression of Interest form.

Visit NAPCAN's website to learn more about Love Bites and other training and programs offered Australia wide.

Please email [email protected] to enquire about our programs.