Playlist - Stepping in
Learning objectives and key messages
Learning objectives
- Know how and when to safely support and help someone who may be experiencing violence or abuse.
- Understand that not acting to challenge or prevent disrespectful or violent behaviour can be seen as supporting this behaviour.
- Understand the role that peer influence, support and safety can play on our willingness to intervene in situations where disrespectful behaviours are occurring.
- Propose practical and ethical ways to intervene in situations where disrespectful or violent behaviours are occurring.
- Know how and when to safely support and help someone who may be experiencing violence or abuse.
- Understand that not acting to challenge or prevent disrespectful or violent behaviour can be seen as supporting this behaviour.
- Understand the role that peer influence, support and safety can play on our willingness to intervene in situations where disrespectful behaviours are occurring.
- Propose practical and ethical ways to intervene in situations where disrespectful or violent behaviours are occurring.
- Bystanders can play a powerful role in challenging and preventing disrespectful behaviour.
- If it’s safe to do so, bystanders can play a key role in helping victims of violence to feel and be safe.
- Preventing violence is everybody’s responsibility, but it needs to be done safely.
- Highlighting and challenging disrespectful language and behaviours can have positive benefits for society.
Key messages
- Bystanders can play a powerful role in challenging and preventing disrespectful behaviour.
- If it’s safe to do so, bystanders can play a key role in helping victims of violence to feel and be safe.
- Preventing violence is everybody’s responsibility, but it needs to be done safely.
- Highlighting and challenging disrespectful language and behaviours can have positive benefits for society.
Teacher guide
Includes notes and talking points.
Playlist
Heads up: These resources discuss sexual harassment and sexual assault which may be distressing for some people.
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1800Respect
National sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service. Open 24 hours to support people impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence and abuse.Phone number: Select to call 1 8 0 0 7 3 7 7 3 2 -
Kids Help line
Kids Helpline is Australia’s only free, private and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.Phone number: Select to call 1 8 0 0 5 5 1 8 0 0