GDHR noted as an example of best practice by the Commissioner for Children and Young People
The site has been noted as an example of best practice within the Building Blocks: Best practice programs that improve the wellbeing of children and young people. This was published by the Commissioner for Children and Young People (WA) as part of the Commissioner's Wellbeing Monitoring Framework.
Description:
The aim of the Growing and Developing Healthy Relationships Curriculum Support Materials is to assist Western Australian school communities to provide sexuality education.
The program reflects a philosophy where abstinence from sexual activity for school-aged students is the key focus and emphasises a positive, preventative approach to sexual health. The program highlights safer-sex strategies that endeavour to de-normalise sexual activity for school-aged students, while striving to reflect current research about patterns of behaviour and attitudes toward the sexuality of young people.
Above all, the program aims to help young people to accept that they are sexual and that their sexual feelings and desires are natural.
Evaluation and effectiveness:
Qualitative research offers support of the program’s effectiveness in enabling teachers and health care professionals to provide sexual health education to young people.
