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Everyday Relationships Program

A sexual health education program for young people with disability (Ages 14-24).

Delivered by a trusted, registered NDIS provider.

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Healthy Relationships and Making Safe Choices

Learning about relationships, personal safety and boundaries is an important part of growing up. For young people with disability, this education needs to be practical, accessible and connected to everyday life.

Available to schools and organisations across the Geelong region, the Everyday Relationships Program is a six week program delivered on-site to young people with disability aged 14-24 (with parent or guardian consent).

Delivered on-site by Everyday Independence occupational therapists, the program uses age-appropriate, tailored learning to help participants build confidence, understand healthy relationships, sexuality, boundaries and safety, and develop practical skills for everyday life while taking the pressure off your team.

What Participants Learn

The program runs for six weeks, including pre and post assessments, with short sessions that help participants stay focused and engaged. Topics covered include:

Healthy relationships and respect
Consent, boundaries and personal safety
Social and dating skills
Body awareness

Sexual health and wellbeing (including anatomy and sexual health education)
Identity and inclusion
Online safety and digital boundaries

Participants learn in a safe, supportive environment where they can ask questions and build skills in a way that makes sense to them.

Why This Matters

In Australia, around 1 in 5 people with disability have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15.

Many experiences happen during adolescence, and go unreported, meaning the true impact is often greater than what we see. Many young people also miss out on education tailored to how they learn or real-life situations. This is where the right education can make a real difference.

By building understanding of relationships, boundaries and personal safety, schools and other organisations can help young people:

Recognise unsafe situations
Communicate their needs
Make more informed choices
Build confidence and reduce vulnerability over time.

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Who Delivers the Program

The Everyday Relationships Program is delivered by qualified occupational therapists with experience in sexual health education, disability and inclusive communication, trauma-informed practice, safeguarding and risk reduction.

This ensures sessions are safe, evidence-based and tailored to young people and different learning needs.

Programs like this are really important for teenagers with disability. As parents, we can’t always focus on every aspect of relationships and social development, and sometimes our children don’t want to talk to us about these topics. Having a trusted third party involved gives them a safe space to learn, ask questions and know how to stay safe.

– Jo, Ryan’s mum

Why Choose the Everyday Relationships Program

Schools and organisations choose Everyday Independence because we:

Take the pressure off your staff by delivering sensitive content
Provide consistent, evidence-based learning
Support safeguarding and wellbeing priorities
Deliver sessions that are practical, respectful and easy to understand.

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Register Your Interest

We’re currently delivering the Everyday Relationships Program to schools, Supported Independent Living (SIL), community groups and other organisations across the Geelong region and surrounding areas. If you’re looking to support young people with disability through safe, expert-led relationship and sexuality education, complete the form below.

A member of our team will be in touch to:

Understand your organisation’s needs
Recommend the best delivery approach
Talk through pricing.

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