Topics: emotional literacy, scared, feelings, early warning signs.

Fiction

Anyone would be scared of some things, like dangerous animals! But lots of other things aren't really as scary as they seem.

Age: 0 to 8 years.

YouTube version 1min 43sec (external link)

Moroney, Trace. When I'm feeling scared. Victoria: The Five Mill Press Pty Ltd, 2005.
ISBN: 9780769644271

Topics: friendships, problem solving.

Fiction

One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught a wombat and decided to make a wombat stew. Wombats friends trick Dingo into adding lots of ghastly ingredients and tasting the stew. They save Wombat and Dingo runs away.

Age: 4+.

YouTube version 6min 39sec (external link)

Vaughan, Marcia. Wombat stew. NSW: Scholastic Australia, 2014.
ISBN: 9781743621837

This resource contains information for health professionals working with young people, but it also useful to teachers and schools. It provides detailed legal and policy frameworks in relation to various issues including duty of care, consent, confidentiality, sexual health, mental health, drugs and online safety. It also includes case studies.

Working with Youth: a legal resource for community-based health professionals - PDF document

A brief overview of current knowledge about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young Australians. Outlines the role of education and social marketing in reducing the prevalence of STIs (May, 2014).

Topics: gender stereotypes and roles, diversity.

Fiction

Annabella Jones decides that today she will be a proper little lady and sets off to play in her very best dress! But the Proper Little Lady runs into all sorts of adventures - climbing trees, even playing football and arrives home looking a little less proper.

Age: 3+ years.

A Qualitative Health Research article authored by Adrian Farrugia, Andrea Waling, Kiran Pienaar and Suzanne Fraser. The article is useful to people teaching RSE given it provides information on the extent to which young people trust online sexual health information. Most interesting is that the evidence supports the idea that young people desire information that acknowledges the varied, contingent nature of sexual life. Accordingly, RSE should include not only "facts" and "science" but experiences.

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A UK report that examines how young people can be educated about sex and relationships in this age of digital, mobile communications .

This 2014 report from the Institute for Public Policy Research, United Kingdom examines how young people can be educated about sex and relationships in this age of digital, mobile communications.

Topics: resilience, emotions, feelings, jealousy, anger, hate, isolation,  injustice, siblings, friendship.

Fiction

Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in his hair. His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV!

Age: 6 to 9 years.

YouTube reading - 4min 33sec (external link)

Minus18 is an organisation tackling social isolation, education and advocacy, and youth empowerment of LGBTQIA+ young people. This story is by Alex who is intersex.