NAPCAN's 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.

Love Bites Junior (Years 7-9)

1. Respectful Relationships Start With Me (Year 7): Covers identity, emotions, relationships, consent, stereotypes, conflict, online safety, and respectful behaviours in real-life and digital spaces.
2. Respectful Relationships, Stereotypes & Upstanding (Year 8): Explores identity, diversity, stereotypes, consent, respectful behaviour, online safety, bullying, boundaries, and standing up for others.
3. Respectful Relationships, Love, and Control (Year 9): Focuses on values, emotions, gender messages, consent, breakups, online behaviours, support-seeking, and building safe, respectful relationships.

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.

Delivery requirements

• Sessions are to be delivered in one day (preferred) or across multiple sessions.
• Program to be delivered to regular class sizes (25 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 and aware of when program will be delivered

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 us to enquire about our Youth Community Development programs.