Puberty Boy

Puberty Boy explains the transitions that boys need to go through to become healthy young men in a unique, colourful and commonsense way.

Puberty Girl

A practical guide for teenage girls on understanding the physical and emotional changes associated with puberty.

Relationships, sex and other stuff

A WA Department of Health booklet for teenagers addressing friends and relationships, sex and pregnancy.

Secret girls' business

Topics: puberty, menstruation.

Non-fiction

Uses simple text and colour illustrations to explain how to manage periods. It includes notes for parents, teachers and carers.

Age: 8+

Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT

Provides reproductive and sexual health services throughout the ACT. Includes schools education programs, training and workshops.

So what is a vulva anyway?

This UK resource is aimed at educating young people about the vulva (the outside part of the female reproductive system that is often misnamed ‘vagina’). The booklet uses illustrations to normalise the wide range of ‘normal’ when it comes to the appearance of the vulva. It also details the changes which happen during puberty that are often not described.

SoSAFE!

SoSAFE! uses a standardised framework of symbols, visual teaching tools and concepts to teach strategies for moving into intimate relationships in a safe and measured manner, and provides visual communication tools for reporting physical or sexual abuse. Provides teachers, trainers and counsellors with skills and simple visual tools to enhance the social, social-sexual and social safety training of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability.

Special boys' business

Topics: puberty. Autism, special needs.

Non-fiction

A puberty resource written for boys with special needs, including intellectual disability, physical disability, communication disorder and Autism.

Age: 8+

Special girls' business

Topics: menstruation, puberty

Non-fiction

A step by step guide on how to manage periods, including use and disposal of pads. A puberty resource written for girls with special needs, including intellectual disability, physical disability, communication disorder and Autism.

Age: 8+

The Puberty Book: A Guide for Children and Teenagers (4th Ed.)

A humorous guide for children and teenagers about the changes that happen at puberty.

The sustainable period project

Free resources to help educate about re-usable and sustainable menstrual hygiene options including a free sample kit.

Welcome to your period

A frank, funny, age-appropriate guide for pre-teens about getting your period. Includes information on: what cramps feel like; what it feels like coming out; if your pad leaks on your clothes; first-person accounts and questions from real teens (and answers from experts).

Why do we get periods?

Periods are the result of the uterus shedding its lining in order to have a fresh supply of blood and tissue in case of a pregnancy.

Youth Educating Peers (YEP) Project

The Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia's (YACWA) YEP Crew support and educate young people in relationships, sexual health and blood-borne virus issues. They run a variety of interactive workshops for young people that run from 45 min to 1.5 hours and are led by peer educators. Topics include: respectful relationships and consent; STIs and BBVs; contraception; gender and sexuality; the technosexual world; sex and the law.