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E106 Growing Up And Feeling Good
P Gourlay $10.00
Thematically organised and linked to the Victorian CSFs, this book includes classroom strategies and worksheets related to puberty. Designed for use with upper primary and lower secondary students.

B139 Changes And Choices
D Stone $23.00
Classroom activities related to the development of young adolescents including puberty, reproduction, making healthy choices, drugs and alcohol, body image, staying safe online and celebrating difference. For junior secondary students.

R100 Your Quick Guide To Contraception
Family Planning Victoria $5.50 each or $3.30 each for class sets of 21+
A 20-page booklet with key facts about the different methods of contraception available in Australia. Includes information on Depo, diaphragms, emergency contraception, Implanon, IUDs, male and female condoms, the mini pill, the pill, the vaginal ring, natural family planning and sterilisation. Suitable for young people.

K100 Contraceptive Kit
Family Planning Victoria $253.00
Designed to help young people understand contraceptive choices by letting them see and touch the options available and learn simple facts. Each kit contains 1 diaphragm, 1 IUD, 1 Implanon rod, 3 female condoms, 4 male condoms, 2 pill packets, 4 sachets of lubricant, 3 dental dams, 1 banana penis (for demonstrating condom use) and 2 Your Quick Guide To Contraception booklets. Components can also be purchased individually and a sample of emergency contraception can be ordered for an additional $30.00.

B848 Contraceptive Choices Flip Chart
Family Planning Queensland $40.00

A double sided chart with the student side displaying colour illustrations of contraceptive methods and the teacher side explaining what the method is, how it works, the advantages and disadvantages and its effectiveness.

B152 Adolescent Sexuality
M Mannison $55.00
Covers a range of topics including sexual health, family planning, sexuality education, gender roles, dating, gay and lesbian relationships and unplanned pregnancy. Includes useful teaching strategies.

B138 Affirming Diversity
Family Planning New Zealand $60.50
A practical guide on sexual orientation and gender identity. Designed for teachers and others working with young people to support them in creating safer environments for same-sex attracted and transgendered young people.

B202 Sexuality In Adolescence: Current trends
S Moore $72.00
Considers the latest theory and research on adolescent development. Covers a range of topics such as changes in teenage sexual behaviours and beliefs, sexual risk taking, body image, sexuality education, teen pregnancy, abortion, the internet, abstinence versus harm minimisation and other sexual health issues.

B827 Teaching Children To Protect Themselves
F Briggs $35.00
A two part handbook with detailed guidance on working with parents, appropriate responses, use of the internet and integrating safety skills into the curriculum. Also contains themes and activities and black line masters for teacher use.

E116 We Are Special
B Oshry $6.00
Provides health and human relations strategies for teachers of students aged from Prep to Grade 2. Includes activity sheets which support the teaching program.

B834 Doing It Down Under: The sexual lives of Australians
J Richters $24.95
Based on the Sex in Australia survey conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (La Trobe University), this fun to read digest includes information and statistics on sexually transmissible infections (STIs), safer sex, first times, gay and straight, getting pregnant, not getting pregnant and much more.

 

B851 Managing Anger
H O’Neill $59.95
Provides session plans and black line masters for teaching anger management to groups or individuals. Written to aid the treatment of people with cognitive impairment, the techniques can be adapted to suit other settings and groups.

B727 Bully Blocking: Six secrets to help children deal with teasing and bullying
E Field $24.95
A practical book with activity based strategies and advice to help children overcome the effects of teasing and bullying.

B184 People Skills: How to assert yourself, listen to others, and resolve conflicts
R Bolton $26.95
A handbook of practical ideas to help eliminate communication problems.

B730 Puberty: Healthy/ unhealthy cards
Family Planning Queensland $40.00
A set of 16 laminated colour cards with cartoon illustrations showing a range of healthy and unhealthy behaviours and examples of decision making during puberty. Includes a teacher activity outline.

DVD7 Where Did I Come From?
29 minutes $110.00
Based on the book by Peter Mayle, this animated program outlines the story of conception through to birth in an informative and entertaining way. Suitable for children aged under ten.

DVD8 What’s Happening To Me?
29 minutes $95.00
An animated program from the makers of ‘Where did I come from?’ that answers the world’s most embarrassing questions about puberty. Looks at why young people go through puberty, what happens at each stage and how to cope with pimples, periods and sexual desires.

DVD10 Health, Protection And Informed Decision Making
31 minutes $115.00
Covers sexual decision making, common STIs and safer sex through interviews and dramatisation.

R104 Child Protection/ Protective Behaviours Poster Set
Family Planning Victoria $15.00
Nine colour posters on protective behaviours to help young children learn about talking to strangers, getting lost, secrets, emergencies, saying 'no' and much more.

DVD17 Sex Safely
11 minutes $70.00
Covers safer sex issues including choice, decision making, contraception and STIs. Uses peer education, includes messages about safer sex from young people and promotes acceptance of individual choice and lifestyles. Includes teaching booklet.

DVD1/2/3 Teenagers Guide To The Galaxy Series
3 DVDs $198.00
All fifteen programs include teaching notes and strategies.

DVD 1: Eating Well Feeling Good / Making a Good Impression / Reach for the Stars (motivation, self confidence) / We’re All Different / Boys, Girls and Equality

DVD 2: Assertive with Adults (assertiveness, negotiation and compromise) / Puberty, Periods and Pimples / Girls, Boys and Sex / Friendships – Making and Breaking / Bullying and Teasing

DVD 3: Losing Your Cool / On the Edge (coping with stress) / Family Fireworks / Safe and Smart / Risks and Wrongs (lying, risk taking and standing up to peer pressure)

DVD11 The Impact Of Parenthood
32 mins $110.00
Explores options for young women who think they might be pregnant. Looks at how pregnancy happens, common myths, early signs and confirmation of pregnancy, options available (adoption, foster care, keeping the baby and abortion), physiological and social impacts, the birth experience and being at home with a young baby. Includes teaching notes with suggestions for discussion.

DVD14 Life As A Teenage Mum
19 mins $115.00
Follows the story of four teen mothers from their ideas and fantasies about motherhood to the reality of life during pregnancy and after giving birth. Topics include the physical impact of pregnancy and labour, the effect on significant relationships, loss of freedom, responsibilities of parenthood and the financial demands of children.

V155 Young Fathers
Video 27 minutes, Family Planning NSW $25.00
Documents the feelings and attitudes of young fathers as they talk about their desire to be good fathers in the face of social stigma and in the absence of role models and support services.

DVD12 Dealing With Homophobia
26.30 minutes $115.00
Provides definitions and lots of information on homophobia, as well as interviews with adolescent health experts and young people’s stories. Excellent springboard for discussion with middle secondary students.

DVD15 Why’s It Called Gay?
15 minutes + 25 minutes bonus material $22.00
A short film on being young and gay in the City of Melbourne. Aims to engage, challenge and provide insight through the often silent voice of same-sex attracted young people.

DVD19 Not So Straight
75 minutes + short interview segments $22.00
Explores the challenges of being gay in Melbourne. A great discussion starter for topics such as sexual identity, roles and responsibilities in sexual relationships, safer sex, community attitudes and stereotypes, support strategies for young people, homophobia and discrimination.

V158 Bullying Is Uncool
DVD 13 minutes $100.00
Uses dramatisation to describe bullying, illustrate suggested responses and demonstrate the responsibilities of all involved. Suitable for upper primary students.

DVD13 Choice: Youth harm minimisation
16 minutes $95.00
A thought provoking program encouraging students to talk about choices. Dramatised scenarios cover sex, violence, drug use and suicide. Value judgements are not offered and the story stops where a choice needs to be made to raise questions for discussion. Includes teaching notes. Suitable for middle and upper secondary students.

B144 Deep Speak: The world according to you
St Luke’s Innovative Resources $59.50

A set of 120 question cards divided into six broad themes of openers, identity, emotions, values, relationships and beliefs. Can be used by teachers, counsellors, social workers, youth workers and parents to build rich discussions about some of life’s big questions…and some of the little ones as well.

B145 My Feelings: Recognising emotions and body signals
St Luke’s Innovative Resources $36.00
A set of 26 cards with clear illustrations to help children talk about emotions and body signals.
Includes three activity pads with a simple line drawing of a body outline without gender to allow children to add their own details. Ideal for those working with children who want to build emotional resilience and protective behaviours.

B146 Storycatching
St Luke’s Innovative Resources $49.50
A set of 80 full colour cards providing storytelling prompts for people of all ages. Covers a wide range of subjects including emotions, character traits, situations and settings. Can be used in classrooms to create opportunities to reflect on thoughts, feelings and attitudes to life.

B147 Strength Cards
St Luke’s Innovative Resources $49.50
A set of 54 full colour cards that can be used to find solutions, achieve goals, enhance self esteem and build strengths in individuals, families and communities.

B148 Strength Cards For Kids
St Luke’s Innovative Resources $49.50
A set of 40 vibrant cards that name and illustrate important strengths children can discover and identify with. Ideal for developing inner strengths and building values and capacities.

B149 The Wrong Stone
St Luke’s Innovative Resources $24.50
'I want you to build me a wall with only perfect stones,' said the architect. All the stones tried to put their best faces forward. They hid their ugly bits. But there was one stone that didn’t seem to fit. What is it like to be different? To stand out? To feel unwanted? The Wrong Stone knows. A delightful classic that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

B150 Girltopia: A world of real conversations for real girls
St Luke’s Innovative Resources $62.50
A set of 70 cards designed to generate classroom discussion around the topics of me (identity and diversity), doing (skills, preferences and individuality), feeling (emotional intelligence), body (appreciation of changing bodies) and us (social life and relationships). Suitable for girls aged 10 and above.

B160 Primary Protective Behaviours
Protective Behaviours Consultancy Group $44.00
Protective Behaviours is a life skills and personal safety program designed to address issues of bullying, harassment, violence and abuse. Designed for primary school teachers, this resource includes teaching and learning activities organised in stages (K-6) as well as a set of worksheets in six languages.

B162 Safe Generations
Protective Behaviours Consultancy Group $22.00
Based on the Protective Behaviours program, this resource offers activities on risk taking, developing safety networks, violence and sexual abuse. Includes activities specifically designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

B163 All Set For High School: A protective behaviours approach
Protective Behaviours Consultancy Group $33.00
Offers ideas to support young people in their transition to high school. Includes useful activities on bullying.

B164 Protective Behaviours: Early learning
Protective Behaviours Consultancy Group $30.00
Covers a wide range of topics such as rights, feelings, bodies and personal space, early warning signs, feeling unsafe and networks. Activities are designed for use in a range of settings, including the home.