Future events

PHASE Asia Pacific 2023 - Hong Kong

9 - 10 November 2023 - Pre-Conference
11 – 12 November 2023 - Main Conference

Pre-conference: Fast track Modern Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) into your School’s Health Program (9 and 10 November)

Specialist Content Areas: Wellness

Susie March, Sexuality Educator, Susie March Consulting Ltd

We all know CSE within a school Health program is central to children and young people’s well-being – equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy and responsible choices in their lives – but implementation can be challenging. This two-day course aims to help you get over and through these challenges, equip you with knowledge of where to start, and insight into other likely issues and experience of strategies to accelerate your school’s implementation.

Based on over 10 years of experience in international schools, this highly interactive two-day training course will provide practical advice on…

Developing a whole school approach, CSE K-12, ensuring Parents and Carers are engaged and supportive.
Understanding our own values and attitudes around working with children, young people, and Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE).
Exploring the link between CSE, Safeguarding and Sexual Exploitation in protecting young people.
Realising the massive impact that modern media & technology has had on young people and their CSE knowledge base.
Building a better awareness of what young people think about sexuality and current sexual norms.
Gaining more confidence in facilitating challenging and sensitive topics.

Through a relaxed, and often humorous approach, we will work together and in small groups, using practical tools to model evolving classroom practice.

Join us for an exhilarating two days!

Who should attend?

Designed for Health and Wellbeing facilitators, teachers, school nurses and school counselors who have roles in CSE, Pastoral Care, Health Education and Child Protection.
Based on experience, it is highly recommended that at least two members of staff attend from participating schools.

Job Role Applicability:

Health Teachers
PE Teachers

Most applicable to educators working in the following areas:

Upper Elementary [Age 8 - 10]
Middle School [Age 11 - 13]
High School [Age 14 - 17]

Price for pre-conference training

$425 USD for individual registration
$400 USD for two or more per registration

For more information and registration for training click here.

Please note, you do not need to register for the conference to attend the pre-conference training

Council of International Schools

CHILD PROTECTION FOUNDATION WORKSHOP

Date: 17-18 October 2023

Time: 07:30–16:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Location: Virtual

REGISTER HERE

Speaker: Susie March (Strand C)

Develop your understanding of the key risks and realities relating to child protection and safeguarding within international school communities.

Affluent neglect, child sexual abuse, online grooming, and peer-on-peer abuse - these are just a few of the workshop topics you’ll explore as you seek to create safer environments for your students.

Join other school leaders and educators to learn and connect on vital and well-established workshop content plus newly developed and timely material in an accessible online format.

What can you expect:

Training that is tailored to the needs of international school communities
Learn how to recognize and respond to affluent neglect within your community
Develop a shared understanding of the signs of online grooming and sexual abuse
Understand the risks associated with bullying and harm between students and how to address these forms of harm effectively by engaging the student voice
Learn how to build skills in your community around online consent, cyber-bullying, and online sexual harassment
Case studies and discussion around how to recognize and respond to affluent neglect

Plus

Recordings and resources available to registered participants for most sessions for three weeks after the workshop closes
Specific issues arising from remote and blended learning environments, e.g., online grooming, receiving virtual disclosures, addressing harm in the home, and adapting policies and codes of conduct to remote learning environments
A session looking at how to safeguard young people whose voices have traditionally been marginalized due to their race, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, ability, or other identity markers
An online safety session with activities for staff to conduct with students around cyber-bullying, online sexual harassment and consent, and sexting
Live Q&A sessions with the speakers at the end of each day

Choose from three strands:

Strand A: Leadership—Developing school-wide child protection policies and practices including safer recruitment and communicating in a crisis
Strand B: Identification of abuse & response—Identifying abuse, including affluent neglect, and handling disclosures
Strand C: Prevention—Supporting and educating young people to develop healthy relationships and be safe online