Telling – lesson plan
Students learn about the barriers to disclosing abuse and role-play disclosing abuse to a trusted adult.
- Original author:
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Time required:
- 80 minutes
- Ages:
- School years 3-5
- Relates to these Orbit sections:
- Chapter 3, Speak Up mini-game
- Relates to these Orbit key concepts:
- Barriers to Telling, Telling & Keep on Telling, “Need to Tell” situations, Trusted Adults
- Curricular area:
- Health and Physical Education, Personal and Social Capability
- Content types:
- Lesson plan
- Keywords:
- role-play, puppet, barriers to disclosure, disclosure, trusted adult
Purpose: To help students learn about the barriers that make disclosing sexual abuse difficult for a child, to contemplate the ideal qualities of a trusted adult and to role-play telling trusted adults about an fictional abusive situation.
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