DivaCup - free menstrual cup education resources

Diva International Inc. provides free resources about the DivaCup to health professionals and educators. Menstrual cups are a sustainable menstrual care option. To access a free education pack, contact the Australian distributor - Barton Brands info@bartonbrands.com.au. The educator pack includes: 1 x Model 0 DivaCup (for under 18s); 1 x Model 1 DivaCup (for under 30s and those who have not had a child); 1 x Model 2 DivaCup (for over 30s and/or those who have had a child); 1 x educational brochure.

Family Planning Victoria (FPV)

Provides reproductive and sexual health services throughout Victoria. Includes a section on school programs.

Menstrual cycle

(2 min 37 sec animated video) All you need to know about periods and the menstrual cycle explained in simple, clear images and language (Age 9+).

More 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+

One in five Australians forced to improvise on period products over costs

SBS News article on period poverty 3 August 2021.

Puberty and special girls

A simple yet sensitively written picture book that covers changes in bodies and appearance during puberty, good hygiene and other issues including protective behaviours and feelings for young women with special needs.

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 Relationships and Sexuality Education Project

The RSE Project provides a wide variety of professional development opportunities to anyone working in Western Australian schools. This includes two-day workshops, after-school seminars, webinars, symposiums and tertiary education units. We cover a broad range of topics, all related to relationships and sexuality education (RSE).

The sustainable period project

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

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.