NOTE: These are available only to schools or colleges using the peer programme as we do not believe it would be appropriate for them to be used without the peers having been formally trained.
These are the 80 page comb bound manuals for the peer educators who often prefer to have their own copies to adapt and personalise for use in their team.
The four one-hour, peer-led sessions can be split into shorter units. They take the students (usually year nine) through logical and practical steps towards the programme objectives of changes in beliefs, normative expectations and behaviours, that have not proved possible in other SRE programmes.
We also encourage you to get a Peer training CD for each group of peers which includes the PowerPoint slides for use in the sessions.
(Four scripts and one CD are supplied in each class pack bundle and the peer pack bundle.
Materials for a full one day training are in the co-ordinator's pack and the peer pack bundles.)
Contents of Manual
Session 1 – "Risk appreciation"
Small groups of learners list and critically appraise the reasons why young teenagers start having sex and why they might choose to wait. During whole class feedback the class agree that there are far more reasons to wait! They conclude STIs and unplanned pregnancy are the major health risks associated with early sexual involvement and both can be avoided through planning, communication delay and contraception.
Session 2 – "Pressure on Relationships"
Learners review the kinds of pressures to become sexually involved that are faced by young people. They agree that the pressures are not desirable and strategies are suggested for various pressure situations.
Session 3 – "The Power to be Me"
Three assertiveness techniques are modelled by the peer educators. Learners come to the front of the class and demonstrate their willingness and ability to resist unwanted pressure to become sexually involved. Success in defending their personal values is given social kudos by the rest of the class.
Session 4 – "The Final Session"
This optional session brings a more formal closure to the learning experience. A team quiz game allows a light-hearted approach to revisiting key ideas and skills. Teams then are given simulations of problem situations in which they apply their understandings and skills and enact to the class their solutions.
