Health and Wellbeing

1. Health and Wellbeing Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Organiser

2. Context ‘Respect and Responsibility’ (Delivering Improvements in Sexual Health Outcomes 2008- 2011) Recommendations for provision of SRE, delivered through Curriculum for Excellence and the entitlement to a broad general education SRE linked to other curricular areas Delivered by well trained and supported staff Planned and delivered with partners Promotes skills development Takes account of local contexts SRE should be delivered by trained and supported with the right methodologies not just the right resources Should include contributions from partners such as sexual health promotion specialists, public health nurses and the voluntary sector – planning together! Signposting of services local to school and responsive to needs of learning community. Information meaningful and credible to their local context. But good quality knowledge is of no benefit if children and young people have not developed the skills which will enable them to make positive life choices when managing and assessing risks.

3. Health and Wellbeing Framework

4. Mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing Planning for choices and changes Food and health Where does Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood feature in the Health and Wellbeing framework? Responsibility of All aspects in BOLD. Relationships,sexual health and parenthood Physical education, physical activity and sport Substance misuse

5. Introductory Statement:“Learners develop an understanding of how to maintain positive relationships with a variety of people and are aware of how thoughts, feelings, attitudes, values and beliefs can influence decisions about relationships, and sexual health.  They develop their understanding of the complex roles and responsibilities of being a parent or carer.”

6. What skills do we need to teach children and young people to be able to do this? How will we know how much and how well children and young people have learned?

7. Why is learning and teaching in this area important?

8. Getting it right can positively influence life choices and chances! Builds vital life skills - empathy valuing differences decision making evaluating risks Helps to develop the skills and knowledge needed to form positive relationships e.g. friendships, family, work, sexual Can be influential in the timing of initial sexual activity and reducing homophobic attitudes

9. Key Themes An emphasis on building positive relationships A need to invest time and resources in ensuring in building practitioners’ skills and confidence Developing parenthood skills in children from an Early Level

10. Challenges Confidence building / training for practitioners Building quality, sustainable partnerships Engaging parents Measuring impact shorter term? Ensuring that RSHP is not delivered in isolation. Balancing the need to encourage delay with recognition that there may be those who are already sexually active Giving clear non judgemental messages about sexual health

11. Creative Approaches(see SFS materials for further detail) Collaborative work streams Learning community approach to SHARE model Health Buddy project Cluster approaches Methodologies such as storyline Teaching Parenting skills to primary children Innovative ways of engaging parents

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