“External visitors can enrich the SRE curriculum through direct classroom input by bringing particular skills, methods, perspectives and expertise.”
(Sex Education Forum ‘External visitors and sex and relationships education’ 2010)
I am a Registered Nurse who has worked as a Specialist Sexual Health Nurse, including outreach work, for more than 15 years in London, Cambridge, Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire. Based in Cambridge now, I have worked with young people from a wide variety of backgrounds, including excluded pupils and, as a School Nurse, in a boys’ boarding school. I am also a trained Drug Educator for Hope UK, a national drug and alcohol charity for children and young people, and have volunteered for them for more than 8 years. I have extensive experience of teaching sex, drugs, alcohol and lifeskills education to adults as well as young people.
Who do I teach?
- Older children and young people, including those with moderate learning difficulties
Who do I train?
- Professionals and other adult groups who work with young people or have an interest in these areas
How do I work?
All sessions are designed to be interactive and take account of different learning styles, group size and local policy as appropriate.
General overview of topics I can offer:
- Sexual health:
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Contraception
- Unwanted pregnancies
- The Law
- Safer Sex
- Risky behaviour
- The media and its use and effect on sexual behaviour
- Where to go for help
- Drugs & Alcohol:
- Drug Information
- The Law
- Effects on the body/society
- Risks and safety measures
- Units
- Where to go for help
- Lifeskills:
- Confidence
- Self esteem
- Peer pressure
- Decision making
These are broad topics and sessions can be tailor-made to suit a group’s needs.
If you would like to talk through possibilities then please do email me: rachaelpmduthie@gmail.com.