Description

This course is divided into three sections.

Section 1 covers understanding consent and includes details about the various laws in the UK, some common misconceptions about consent, and what children and young people are taught in school about consent.

Section 2 looks at ways of talking to young people about consent in age appropriate ways. This includes taking into consideration your own thoughts, feelings and attitudes about issues of consent in sexual relationships, knowing what to say, and how to have the conversation.

Finally, Section 3 covers ways of supporting young people who have engaged in sexual activity that is consensual in their eyes but technically unlawful or potentially harmful. This section looks at general approaches and then considers in more detail ways youth produced sexual images, underage sex, and risky sexual behaviours.

 

The course is comprised of: videos to support learning, worksheets to complete, and downloadable activities and posters to use with young people.

You will also have access to a 70 page course handbook to download and keep.

The course takes approximately 3 hours to complete.

If you’re not a fan of online learning, you can download the course handbook and activities handbook and you’ll have all the information covered.

 

The course covers:

SECTION 1 – Understanding consent

LESSON 1 – What do the laws that cover sexual activity in the UK say about consent?

TOPIC 1 – Laws that cover consent

TOPIC 2 – Definitions of consent

TOPIC 3 – Reasonable belief in consent

TOPIC 4 – The age of consent

TOPIC 5 – Indecent images of children

TOPIC 6 – Youth produced sexual images

TOPIC 7 – Virtual indecent exposure and intimate image abuse

TOPIC 8 – Voyeurism

LESSON 2 – What are some common misconceptions about consent in sexual relationships?

TOPIC 1 – Consent is automatic in a relationship

TOPIC 2 – Consent is transferable

TOPIC 3 – Consent can be assumed from certain behaviours

TOPIC 4 – Consent has grey areas

TOPIC 5 – Consent is a mood killer and awkward

LESSON 3 – What are young people taught about consent in schools?

TOPIC 1 – Scotland

TOPIC 2 – England

TOPIC 3 – Wales

TOPIC 4 – Northern Ireland

TOPIC 5 – Drawbacks of consent work in schools

 

SECTION 2 – Talking about consent

LESSON 1 – Thinking about your own attitudes towards consent

TOPIC 1 – Personal experiences

TOPIC 2 – Cultural attitudes

TOPIC 3 – Changes over time

TOPIC 4 – Victim-blaming

LESSON 2 – Knowing what to say

TOPIC 1 – Explaining consent

TOPIC 2 – Explaining body boundaries

TOPIC 3 – Explaining the law

TOPIC 4 – Signposting to reliable resources

LESSON 3 – Having the conversation

TOPIC 1 – Clarify

TOPIC 2 – Gently challenge

TOPIC 3 – Offer alternative perspectives

TOPIC 4 – Keep the conversation going

 

SECTION 3 – Supporting young people

LESSON 1 – General approaches

TOPIC 1 – Try to avoid judgement and shaming

TOPIC 2 – Proportionate responses

TOPC 3 – Understanding risky sexual behaviours

LESSON 2 – Responding to specific issues

TOPIC 1 – Youth produced sexual images

TOPIC 2 – Underage sex

TOPIC 3 – Risky sexual behaviours