ten strategies for supporting delay

 

• Address and build strong friendship skills

• Building a sense of rights, self-esteem & aspirations

• Offer drama, excitement and alternatives to sex

• Address gender issues and do boys work

• Assertiveness skills, dealing with pressure, saying “no”

• Ensure excellent SRE including condoms, sexuality, contraception, services and lots of work on relationships

• Work imaginatively with parents and carers

• Give them ‘trigger’ thoughts

• Work on sensuality and the senses

• Give young people the whole picture
  

 

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