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Teen Talk

WA Child Safety Services

Teen Talk teaches about abuse prevention concepts that educate and empower young people to have safe, respectful, and positive online and in-person experiences.

  • WA

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: WA Department of Education; Approved elsewhere: eSafety

Product type: Posters; Fact sheets; Activity sheets; Student activities; Presentation by an expert or speaker ; Whole school approach or initiative; Wellbeing monitoring service, platform or tool; Incursion, excursion or immersive experience

Contact details

WA Child Safety Services
ABN: 18 167 401 747

https://wacss.com.au/programs/teen-talk/

admin@wacss.com.au

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Bullying and cyber-bullying

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

  • Self-esteem and body image

  • Respectful relationships and consent education

  • E-safety and digital literacy

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

  • Technologies

  • Humanities and Social Science

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1)

Communities: Diverse cultures or language groups

Context: School or centre-based

Main beneficiaries: Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12

Delivery style: Delivered by program staff

Aims & approach

The WACSS Teen Talk program is offered across five streams:

  1. Abuse Awareness
  2. Online Safety
  3. Relationship Abuse
  4. Consent
  5. Pornography Literacy

Each stream is 90 minutes and is delivered in-person as a single session, concurrently, or as a series to small or large groups of young people. Travel charges apply outside the Perth metropolitan area.

The program aims for a whole-of-community approach, providing parent/carer workshops, professional development and agency referrals alongside school programs.

WA Child Safety Services is an expert in the sector and a selected provider for Department of Education across Western Australia.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor

Evidence

WA Child Safety Services is a Trusted Service Provider endorsed by the Department of Education.