Education in Schools

SASS has specialist educators dedicated to preventing sexual violence through evidence-based, best practice programs. Our work is gender transformative, underpinned by universal values, informed by intersectional theory, and shaped by the lived experiences of victim-survivors in our community. We know that whole-of-community engagement - including students, teachers, parents, and professionals - is essential to creating lasting cultural change and improving outcomes.

SASS's Consent and Relationships Education (CaRE) @ Primary School program equips children from Grade 3-6 with age-appropriate content teaching body autonomy, healthy relationship and communication skills and protective behaviours. Through interactive sessions, students build the confidence to identify trusted adults and seek help, while developing skills to recognise and articulate safe versus unsafe behaviours. 

The CaRE @ High School program provides students in Years 7–12 with the knowledge and skills to navigate the complex realities of consent, relationships, and peer dynamics. Through interactive, multi-session delivery, young people develop critical awareness of gender stereotypes and harmful norms, and learn the legal frameworks for undesrtanding consent. Along with practical skills-based activities to build confidence in applying scripts and newly acquired knowledge to realistic scenarios.

Sessions are delivered across three sessions for increased effectiveness, allowing reflection and trust-building with their facilitator. A whole of school approach includes parents and teacher sessions supported with tools to reinforce learning at home and in the classroom. All CaRE @ SchoolCurriculum has been mapped to DECYP’s Respectful Relationships Education framework.

Program Delivery
‍Our CaRE program is delivered by highly qualified, trauma-informed educators who have deep expertise in consent, body safety, respectful relationships, and the drivers and risk factors of sexual harm. Our content is co-developed with our specialist counselling team, who work therapeutically with children in these same age groups. This means our educators understand first hand the vulnerabilities, disclosure barriers, and support needs of children, and tailor delivery accordingly. Our educators are trained and supported to respond appropriately and safely to disclosures, withdirect referral access to our clinical support team.

We engage in real-time conversations with students, answering questions as they arise with sensitivity and accuracy - ensuring that content is not only age-appropriate, but also relationally anchored and responsive to individual needs. Our content is mapped to the Health and Physical Education curriculum, supports Respectful Relationships Education (RRE), and expands on these foundations to build protective behaviours, empathy, and early help-seeking. CaRE is designed not only to supportindividual self-protection but to actively foster a culture of care among peers - reducing the incidence of harmful sexual behaviour between children andpromoting respectful, equitable peer relationships.

 “I truly believe that the information and education you have provided our students has kept them safe... The work you do makes such ahuge difference for our young people.”— Teacher, Huonville High School, 2024