Teaching Consent to Children

Course summary

This course will help you explore developments in social views on consent, and understand how consent education is changing and moving into the earlier years of schooling.

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You will learn:

This course will help you explore developments in social views on consent and understand how consent education is changing and moving into the earlier years of schooling. You’ll learn:

• What consent is and why it is important
• The issues that stem from not properly understanding or valuing consent
• Why children need to learn about consent at a young age
• How to teach consent to primary-aged children
• Trends in consent education

Course time:

About 2 hours to complete. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except NSW

• 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area.

This course is not currently accredited in NSW (NESA). However, it can be counted toward NESA PD elective hours.

This course is accredited by TQI for 2 hours of professional development for teachers in the ACT for 2024.

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Course Content

Introduction

01.

Introduction

02.

Distressing content warning

03.

Set some learning goals

The State Of Our Nation

04.

The state of our nation

05.

The state of our nation continued

06.

Imagine if...

Understanding Consent

07.

Having a clear definition of consent is important

08.

Defining consent

09.

Why some people have a problem with consent

10.

Let's change the story

11.

Gender roles and attitudes towards sexual violence

12.

Consent is everyone's responsibility

13.

Changing attitudes towards consent - activity

14.

Your relationship with consent

Consent Education

15.

Why teach consent to children?

16.

The language of consent

17.

How NOT to teach consent

18.

Modernising Consent Education

19.

The consent conversation

20.

Connecting consent with the world of children

21.

Tips for teaching consent to children

22.

More tips

23.

Quick check-in

Your Teaching

24.

Teaching resources

Reflection

25.

Reflect on your learning

26.

Suggestions for collaboration in your communities of learning

27.

Wrapping up

Course instructors

Janine Meadley is a former Education Specialist at Cool.org, and brings over 15 years of education experience to the table. She holds a Master of Education from Monash University, and a Diploma in Professional Counselling. Janine is interested in education that considers the whole child, so that their learning experiences set them up for success and happiness in work and relationships, and ensures they become responsible human beings on a healthy planet.

This course has been thoroughly reviewed by a Child and Adolescent Psychologist:

Niclés Bestel (MPsych (Clinical), GradDipPsych, DipCouns, BA, EMDRA) is a child and adolescent psychologist with extensive experience working in various counselling, community mental health, and school wellbeing settings. Niclés has a particular interest in working with trauma and dissociation. Niclés provides counselling and support to children, adolescents, and families in a school setting, and as a Practice Director of Aspire Wellness and Psychology.

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