Unit 1: Test Your Knowledge

Unit 1: Test Your Knowledge

Lesson

Exposure & Impact Considerations

You may have considered some of the following:     Magazines/Advertising – Belief that self-worth is based on image, gender stereotypes, narrow representation of bodies, airbrushing, low self-esteem due to comparing, desire to conform, youth as sexy, lack of diversity Porn – Pressure to have sex or particular types of sexual activity, narrow gender stereotypes, confusion around…

Exposure & Impact

You may have received messages from lots of different places including family, friends, education, media or religion. Young people still receive messages from all of these places. However, their access to multimedia and the internet is bigger than ever before. Can you think of how exposure to the following might impact on their ideas about…

Physical, Emotional, Social Continued

It’s possible to place the topics in more than one of the categories. For example, although pregnancy is physical it will also involve various emotions. These may differ depending on the circumstances of the pregnancy and will be unique to the people involved. Pregnancy may also be viewed as a social issue. Both teenage pregnancy and older parents may be considered as out…

Physical, Emotional, Social

Below are several topics that you may associate with sexual health. Think about whether you’d describe each of them as being Physical, Emotional, or Social. You can record your answers on a piece of paper to compare them with the information in the next slide.

Unit 2: Final Quiz

Unit 3: Final Quiz

What Is An Adolescent?

An adolescent is a young person in the stage of development between child and adult. This stage seems to be starting earlier with each generation and at present starts around age 11 or 12. The World Health Organisation defines an adolescent as any person between the ages of 10 and 19 and this stage of…

Safety and Concerns

Sometimes young people may ask questions, say things or display behaviours that raise concerns If you’re concerned about the safety of ANY young person please follow the Child Protection procedures of your own organisation (if applicable) If you are a parent/carer with concerns about ANY young person contact the duty Social Work team in your…

Gender Identity and Sexuality

Many young people will be aware of how they identify in terms of gender and who they are attracted to before they reach adolescence. For some adolescents  puberty can be the catalyst for recognising that they may identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or that they sit elsewhere on the gender spectrum. For many this…

The Online World, Sex & Relationships

Perhaps one of the biggest perceived “risks” around adolescents is the time they spend online, usually unsupervised and often unmonitored. There is a wealth of research around the potential pitfalls or benefits of the online world for teenagers and how we can support them to stay safe. This unit doesn’t have scope to explore these…

Gender Stereotypes and Adolescence

Adolescence can be a period of experimentation and establishing identity. Gender stereotypes can restrict young people’s opportunities and expectations of themselves. They can also impact negatively on self-esteem, mental health and relationships. Consider the common phrases below and their possible impact on a young person’s development: “Boys don’t cry” “Girls are emotional” “Real men don’t…

Tips For Answering Questions

Listen carefully & find out more: they may ask one question to test the water for others Remember your own sex life is private, being too open can be just as disturbing for young people as not being open enough Ask them for their own views & opinions. Don’t laugh at them, get angry or…

What Should They Know – Adolescence

              By this stage young people should be supported to: Develop communication skills for healthy, comfortable relationships Explore feelings & emotions Explore their own sexual and gender identity gender and sexuality without labelling or harm Delay first time sex until ready Resist peer & media pressure Develop confidence to…

Talking Tips

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Safety & Consent

The legal age of consent for sexual activity in Scotland is 16. The laws around sending explicit images state that it is illegal to send, possess or distribute an explicit image of anyone under the age of 18. However, consent is about more than just age. As well as knowing about the law it’s a…

Gender Stereotypes

The messages children receive around gender and what it means to be a “boy” or a “girl” can often be very narrowly defined. These messages are received from a very young age through things like clothing, toys and even the words we use to describe males and females.  Phrases such as “boys don’t cry” and…

Gender Stereotypes – What Can We Do?

It can be suggested that the majority of parents, carers and staff believe that girls and boys should be treated the same in the early years and beyond. However, it can be easy to inadvertently or subtly reinforce gender stereotypes and differential treatment of girls and boys. There are several things we can do to…

Safety and Consent Messages For Younger Children

Having early conversations around safety, appropriate touch and consent  can equip children with the skills they need to understand that their body belongs to them. This can protect them while they’re still little and provides a good base for building messages around consent as they grow. Key messages include: Your body belongs to you You…