Gender-based violence prevention and response: Relationships, sexual health, and parenthood
The relationships, sexual health, and parenthood curriculum (rshp.scot) provides a national framework for teaching young people to develop healthy relationships. It covers essential topics like:
- consent
- bodily autonomy
- emotional wellbeing
- sexual health
Using the relationship, sexual health, and parenthood curriculum
The relationship, sexual health, and parenthood (RSHP) curriculum offers a framework for teaching and learning. It provides resources that can be used to teach young people about:
- relationships
- consent
- protection from harm
- sexual health
Learning can take pace within lessons such as personal and social education (PSE). Materials are structured in line with Curriculum for Excellence and include:
- activities
- books
- information leaflets that can be shared with families
How RSHP connects to other programmes
The RSHP curriculum is a foundational resource for teaching about relationships and consent. It provides, a solid basis for understanding gender-based violence from an early age.
The RSHP can be used to introduce students to concepts that are further explored in:
- Equally Safe at School
- Rape Crisis Sexual Violence Prevention Programme
- Mentors in Violence Prevention programme
This reinforces the broader whole-school approach to gender-based violence education.
