Teachers
SHine SA provides a range of opportunities for teachers to increase their knowledge and skills in the area of comprehensive relationships and sexual health education.
For information about how SHine SA works with schools download the SHine SA works with schools (PDF) leaflet.
Focus on relationships and sexual health education newsletter 2009
Courses and training
SHine SA offers:
- comprehensive relationships and sexual health teacher education for middle school teachers
- comprehensive relationships and sexual health teacher education for special education teachers
- Safety in our Schools: Responding to Homophobia workshop
- forums
For further information and enrolment details see the Education & training section.
Relationships and Sexual Health Education Network
Members of the network will receive emails about new resources, professional development opportunities, latest statistics, relevant journal articles, forums/updates for teachers on relevant topics and information on current issues.
To become a member of the network please download and complete the Relationships and Sexual Health Education Network application form.
Focus Schools
The Focus Schools Program builds on the success of the share Project (2003-2005) and aims to improve the sexual health, safety and wellbeing of young South Australians by supporting schools to develop a whole school approach to relationships and sexual health education.
The targets for the Focus Schools Program continue to focus on the four domains of:
- young people
- parents and families
- school staff
- school environment
For more information see Focus schools.
Login for Focus/share schools resources.
Healthy Young Parents in Education (HYPE)
Healthy Young Parents in Education (HYPE) is an initiative of SHine SA in partnership with the Department of Education and Children's Services. This innovative project aimed to improve the educational, social and physical health and wellbeing outcomes for teenage mothers and their infants through increasing school retention and social inclusion.
The project had six distinctive arms:
- research
- identifying inter-agency pathways
- documenting curriculum pathway options
- developing a resource for pregnant teenagers
- developing a resource for agencies
- developing a whole of school package
For more information see Healthy Young Parents in Education (HYPE).
Information and resources
2009 curriculum: A sample comprehensive relationships and sexual health curriculum for Years 8-10, developed and modified by teachers, with feedback from hundreds of teachers and students.
Sexual health statistics: State and national statistics on young people's sexual health, experiences of homophobia and alcohol use.
Talk it like it is (PDF): A guide for parents communicating with their children about life, love, relationships and sex.
Tell it like it is (PDF): A resource for young people about exploring the realities of life, love, relationships and sex.
Friendships and dating: Information about relationships for parents, carers and young people with a disability.
What do you reckon? (PDF): An activity to be used with groups to stimulate discussion about risk-taking behaviour.
Health, respect, life: share final report
An Evaluation of the Sexual Health and Relationships Education (share) project 2003 - 2005
A range of educational resources relating to sexual health and relationships is available from the SHine SA Library and Resource Centre.
SHine SA produces a range of resources including leaflets, booklets, fact sheets, manuals and posters. To view and order these resources see the SHine SA resources section.