Support for sex and relationships education
Sexual Health and Relationships Education (SHARE)
Sexual Health and Relationships Education (SHARE) is a programme designed for teaching sex and relationships education (SRE) to young people in S2-S4. The model for this training is for a small group of multi-agency trainers to undertake a six-day training programme, equipping them to deliver a three-day training course to those who will be delivering SRE to young people. This is a highly evaluated and recommended course for this particular age group but does require a significant investment in training of staff. SHARE training for trainers sessions are run by Health Scotland and more information can be found on the SHARE page of the Health Scotland website.
Healthy Respect
Healthy Respect is a National Demonstration project funded by the Scottish Executive and hosted by NHS Lothian. It was set up to explore ways of supporting young people in making positive choices about relationships, sexual health and well-being.
The project has produced a variety of materials to support the delivery of SRE. These materials are currently being evaluated with a view to making some of them available more widely. More information about the project and a resource library can be found on the Healthy Respect website.
Parent leaflets
Health Scotland has recently produced two leaflets for parents entitled ‘Talking with your child about relationships and sexual health’ and ‘Talking with your teenager about relationships and sexual health’. These are distributed through local health promotion departments or can be downloaded online.
Called to Love
Called to Love is a joint project between the Scottish Catholic Education Service (SCES) and Healthy Respect, which has been funded by the Scottish Executive to produce a new package of teaching materials that will help catholic secondary schools to deliver an appropriate and coherent SRE programme as part of relationships and moral education.
More information and resources are available on the Called to Love website.
Curriculum for Excellence
SRE will be part of Health and Well-being in Curriculum for Excellence. Any developments to support schools in delivering high quality SRE will be clearly linked to the learning outcomes within Health and Well-being.
Review of SRE programmes
Health Scotland has commissioned a review of SRE programmes in secondary schools. It is hoped that the findings of this review will assist in more targeted support for schools and councils and it is anticipated this will be completed later in 2007.
