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SEXUALITY EDUCATION
SERVICES
Te Puāwai Tapu has been developing and delivering sexuality
education programmes to Year 9 & Year 10 students (13-15 year olds) in
schools and wharekura in the Wellington region with a predominantly
Māori roll since 1998. The sexuality education programmes are delivered by Kaiako Rangatahi
using a youth education model, and incorporating different learning
styles in an interactive environment. The programmes are multi-sessional, with most programmes
incorporating 10 sessions with the same group.Given that sexuality is a complex subject incorporating more than just sex,
the programmes are facilitated using a framework called the
Six Concepts of Sexuality. To ensure the
programmes are relevant for rangatahi, the Kaiako Rangatahi (Sexuality
Educators) use a question and answer process to ‘get to where rangatahi are at’.
In 2005, Te Puāwai Tapu is also developing and piloting a sexuality
education programme for parents / caregivers and families. The objective of the
pilot is to provide parents / caregivers the information they need to support their tamariki and rangatahi in making well-informed decisions about sex and
sexuality.
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