Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education Resource

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Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood
Education Resource

• Mary McCallum

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Why?

• To review the existing HPS sexual health and HIV
  pack and develop new resource to be in line with
  Curriculum for Excellence and ensure wider focus
  on relationships and parenthood as well as sexual
  health
• Resource primarily aimed at teachers however also
  of use for school nurses and CLD colleagues
• Guide to what already exists, gives ideas on
  approaches for teaching about relationships,
  sexual health and parenthood for each age and
  stage from nursery to secondary school

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How?

• Reasonable budget 19 k non recurring dedicated
  to this resource
• Extension of secondment to sexual health from
  May- August 2009 ( 4 months)
• Developed multi agency working group with a lot
  of help got best group ever
• 1st meeting held in in May 26th

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How continued

• At first meeting we brainstormed a framework for
  what the resource should include, with idea of
  sections, scope e.g. more emphasis on
  relationships, lots of local case studies,
  guidance on legal issues, and working with
  children with special educational needs

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9 Key Sections

• Introduction to relationships, sexual health and
  parenthood
• Principles and aims of relationship, sexual
  health and parenthood education
• Engaging with parents
• Purpose of the 3-18 Curriculum for Excellence
• Health and well being outcomes for each age and
  stage in the curriculum
• Learning points for each age and stage
• Case studies of good practice
• Legal issues around relationship, sexual health
  and parenthood education
• Comprehensive guide to relationships, sexual
  health and parenthood educational resources

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How continued

• Met with key people on a one to one basis to
  discuss content e.g. teaching points and case
  studies and began to pull draft together
• Sections were emailed round the group as they
  were completed and taken apart and put back
  together again
• Working group met again on 22nd July and 24th
  August to keep track of progress
• At group meetings completed sections were
  discussed and agreed

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Consultation process

• HIOs helping to co-ordinate the consultation
  with schools
• Range of schools primary, secondary and special
  ed. Have been targeted across Aberdeen City,
  Moray and Aberdeenshire. Also gone out to school
  nurses, Public Health System and Sexual health
  network
• The steering group have set a return date for the
  consultation with schools as 27th November.
• Questionnaire has been set up using survey monkey
  so people can respond online

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What have we produced

• Feedback so far very positive
• 12 case studies of good practice
• Range from example of a running a successful sex
  education session for parents to excellent
  powerpoint presentations to help deliver the
  SHARE programme

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Where are we now?

• http//www.hi-netgrampian.org/hinet/5193.4.689.htm
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• Your feedback on the resource would be much
  appreciated by 27th November
• CD roms have been developed in consultation with
  graphics to go out to all schools across Grampian
  and CLD colleagues.
• Mary.mccallum_at_nhs.net