This document discusses the importance of educating young people about domestic violence. It outlines programs that will be implemented at the school to address this issue, including the You the Man theater-based program and the Building Respectful Relationships curriculum. Letters will be sent to parents and students to inform them about the programs and address any concerns. The goal is to educate students to reduce the impact of domestic violence by promoting respectful relationships and empowering youth to recognize signs and seek help. Feedback from other schools has been positive about the ability of these programs to engage students on this important topic.

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Importance of
educating young
people about
domestic
violence
There is a degree of tolerance that exists, with the
help of these programs, we wish to abolish it.

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Recent Statistics
These statistics derived from AIHW
Demonstrate the importance as to why it is important to
educate this age group.
Education will assist in the reduction of impact of
domestic violence on our young people.
Image: AIHW. (2018). Family, domestic and sexual
violence in Australia, 2018, Summary - Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare.

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Concerns and Queries
 Letters and information packs will be sent out to the students
and staff in years 9 & 10 who are engaging in this intervention.
 These letters will explain the importance of this education
program and assist in assuring the parents that the program will
be delivered in a sensitive way with appropriate support.
 Within this time parents and students may approach staff with
questions, the packs and this presentation can assist in
addressing these concerns.
 An implementation plan is being handed out now

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It is important to be aware, the intention is not to expose the adolescence to domestic violence.
We wish to educate and assist adolescence to assist in
 Reduce bystander impact
 Remove taboo
 Reduce stigma of conversation
 Recognizing what domestic violence is
 How to help someone and how to help yourself
 Teaching respectful relationships

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You The Man(YTM)
 The You The Man (YTM) program will be introduced and rolled
out in this school. This is a one day program that involves a
theatre based program which has run programs in schools,
workplaces, universities and businesses.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVmi58k2WY#action=shar
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You The Man (YTM)
 The play demonstrates the impact of domestic violence in an
appropriate way using humour and headlines to honour the
complexity of the situation.
 YTM provides packs for the facility to be able to understand and
facilitate conversation before the play commences. Please see
the the handouts given out to you.
 YTM has had numerous positive feedback from various
organisations.
 YTM has run over 1700 sessions.

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Feedback from Secondary school Staff
 YTM was wonderful last week, it had the students engaged and
gave them strong take home messages. Thank you for giving
the students the opportunity to learn bout this very important
topic in a meaningful and engaging way. We have had a couple
of students present to welfare seeking support with issues as a
result of viewing the play. The feedback from the staff present
has been overwhelmingly positive.
-Secondary staff member May 2014

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Feedback from Secondary School Staff
 “The performance was an appropriate and effective way to engage
young people. In fact, it remains the best thing I have seen! The
characters and scenarios were disturbingly similar to real life cases
and because of this , it felt real and was though provoking. The
male actor meant the male audience members remained connected
to the task which in my experience is difficult to do. The actor is also
a wonderful role model for young men.. The panel set up is a great
way to enable debriefing and information provision. IF anything it
could have gone longer”.
-Secondary school staff member, June 2014

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Examples of learning from students
 ”You can call helplines even if you are not the one being abused”
 ”If I ever need help there are lots of ways for me to get it and people
to go to”
 ”If you feel someone is in need of help you can remember to be
respectful and listen, do not assume anything”

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 The use of YTM has had positive impacts in other secondary
schools, using this program in conjunction with Building Respectful
Relationships: stepping out against gender based violence (BRR)
can assist in the school playing an integral part in the education of
adolescents.
Tacket, A. (2014). You the Man: a theatre based program for
bystander engagement and violence prevention.

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Building Respectful Relationships: stepping
out against gender based violence
 BRR was written by Debbie Ollis, Associate Professor of
Education at Deakin University.
 This program is to be delivered internally to years 8 and up over
6 weeks.
 This program was chosen to compliment YTM
 BRRs content is culturally sensitive, adaptive, relevant and
inclusive

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Building Respectful Relationships: stepping
out against gender based violence
This program aims to:
 Break stereotypes
 Address consent and respect
 Address media vs real world
 Violence prevention
 Negotiating situations
 Address social, emotional and gender impact
 Address gender based violence

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Building Respectful Relationships: stepping
out against gender based violence
 BRR will be delivered by interested and appropriate teachers,
lesson plans are provided.
 Support can be given at all times
 An implementation plan will be given out to all teachers and
parents to inform the nature of content being delivered.

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Building Respectful Relationships: stepping
out against gender based violence
 For more information about this resource, please access
http://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Resource/LandingPage?ObjectId=0
3bdca34-62ec-4f30-aca0-8262db67c2db