Year 9 EQUATE Workshop 1st March- Toxic Behaviours

23 Feb 2024

Equate is a tailor-made secondary school provision and is designed to educate
young people about domestic abuse, gender equality, and the importance of
healthy relationships in ensuring mental well-being. Designed for secondary school
pupils in all year groups, the comprehensive selection of lessons fits well into the
existing RSE and PSHE curriculum. Equation delivers to 8,000 pupils in
Nottingham City and County each year.

Y9 Equate workshop – Toxic Behaviors – periods 2 and 3

•  Helps students understand the prevalence of domestic abuse and groups of people who are at increased risk.

•  Explores types of emotional abuse and coercive control in relationships.

•  Introduces the ‘Draw the Line’ platform, which includes real-life teen relationship stories, on which students can decide what unhealthy behaviors would make them ‘draw the line’; this is a platform that they can then go on to use outside of the session and also contains signposting to support services.

•  Discusses impacts of domestic abuse on young people and barriers to getting support.