Why you should attend a Parents & Carers Information Session
Grow your confidence in discussions with the children and young people in your care and learn how to respond to tricky questions with our brand-new Parent & Carer Information Sessions.
Children begin learning about relationships and sexuality early on from their family and caregivers. This learning helps children to develop a healthy sense of themselves and the world around them. On hearing the word sexuality, some people may misinterpret it, confusing it with sex. Sexuality is much broader than biology and reproduction, it encompasses emotional, social, mental and physical aspects and is a core part of being human throughout the lifespan. Children and young people will learn about relationships and sexuality from many avenues, but home is where this valuable learning starts. Daily life creates many opportunities for passing on positive messages about bodies, trust, types of touch, privacy, respect and relationships.
Register for a session
Sessions are just $40 for a 60-minute presentation delivered online.
Please reach out to education@true.org.au if you have any questions.
Talking to your preschool children about body safety
For parents and carers of preschool children.
This session includes information to help you support your child to develop safety skills and a healthy sexuality.
Topics include:
- personal safety skills
- how to encourage gender equality and inclusion,
- and online safety.
Talking to your primary aged children about body safety, puberty and healthy relationships
For parents and carers of primary aged children.
This session includes information to help you support your child to develop safety skills and a healthy sexuality.
Topics include:
- personal safety skills
- how to encourage gender equality and inclusion
- physical, emotional and social changes of puberty
- healthy relationships on and off line.
Healthy relationships including sexual relationships, consent, understanding diversity, media and porn
For parents and carers of teenagers and young adults.
This session includes information to help you support your child to develop safety skills and a healthy sexuality.
Topics include:
- Healthy relationships including sexual relationships,
- consent,
- understanding diversity,
- media and porn.
Session Information
Our expert educators work directly with parents and carers to help develop the skills to support their children and young people in their care with their sexuality and relationship wellbeing. Our Parent & Carer Sessions are 60 minutes and delivered online. Sessions are delivered within specific age-appropriate contexts, including for preschool, primary age children and teens.
Our Parents and Carers Information Sessions help you support the young people in your life.
Children and young people who have accurate and clear information about bodies, relationships and sexuality are more likely to:
- Feel positive about themselves and their bodies
- Be less vulnerable to sexual abuse and exploitation
- Understand appropriate and inappropriate behaviour
- Understand and accept physical and emotional changes
- Be able to talk about sexual matters when it is important.
The benefits of early relationships and sexuality education continue later in life with young people more likely to:
- Make informed sexual decisions and less likely to engage in risky behaviour
- Understand the importance of ethical intimate relationships
- Delay engaging in sexual activity
- Enjoy their sexual experiences.
Resources
Communicating About Pornography and Sexting: A Gui...
In today's digital age, young people have easy access to online content, including pornography. Communicating About Pornography and Sexting ...
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Communicating About Sexuality: A Guide for Parents...
Description: Talking about sexuality with children and teens can feel challenging, especially if you didn’t have open conversations abou...
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Feel Safe: Promoting Personal Safety for Children
Teaching personal safety skills is crucial in helping children feel secure and know how to seek safety when needed. This fact sheet provides...
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Consent: Make Sure You Get F.R.I.E.S. with That
Understanding consent is crucial in fostering healthy relationships. Our Consent: Make Sure You Get F.R.I.E.S. with That brochure provides a...
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Implanon®
Implanon is a highly effective long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) that offers a convenient "fit and forget" method for preventing p...
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Gender, Sexuality and Diversity
Assigned sex at birth, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation are words that are often used interchangeably. It is import...
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Just Ask Em
Developed in partnership with First Nation people with disability, to support understanding of consent. This resource is for: People w...
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About Periods for Multicultural Communities - Engl...
These brochures were developed in conjunction with community consultation to talk about periods with girls and young women from Bhutanese an...
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It's Ok to Be Me
This short social story is aimed at secondary students with special learning needs. It is the story of Jamie who is autistic and is navigati...
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I have the right to be safe - Junior
This is a simple online booklet written for young children with disability to learn about their bodies and protective behaviours. The conten...
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I have the right to be safe - Senior
This is a simple online booklet written for young children with disability to learn about their bodies and protective behaviours. The conten...
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