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- Basics of contraception
- Counselling skills in unintended pregnancy
- First impressions count!
- Promoting choice (midwives/health visitors)
- Promoting choice (non-health professionals)
- Scotland, sex, law and policy
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Supporting healthy sexuality through pregnancy
- Training the trainers
- Understanding sexual harassment in the workplace
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- Working with people with disabilities
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Essential skills in sexual health – training courses for professionals
Basics of contraception
A two-day introductory course for professionals who wish to gain an understanding of contraception as well as the skills needed to communicate about it. Provides in-depth, non-clinical information.
Counselling skills in unintended pregnancy
A four-day course to enhance and develop your skills in talking with women about their pregnancy choices. The course explores counselling techniques and strategies for best practice.
First impressions count!
One-day course for people on the front line of primary care: reception and administration staff working in surgeries, contraception or genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics. Helps you develop the necessary skills for providing a good quality sexual health service.
Promoting choice: communicating about sexual health and contraceptive choices with teenage parents (for midwives and health visitors)
A one-day course aiming to enable midwives and health visitors to support young parents in preventing unintended pregnancies and protecting their sexual health.
Promoting choice: communicating about sexual health and contraceptive choices with teenage parents (for non-health professionals)
A two-day course aiming to enable non-health professionals working with teenage parents to support them in preventing unplanned pregnancies and protecting their sexual health.
Scotland, sex, law and policy
This course aims to take the information contained within The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, and other areas of Scottish law, and make them accessible for anyone working with young people, adults and vulnerable adults.
Sexually transmitted infections: an introduction
A one-day introductory course for professionals that provides you with information about symptoms, transmission, prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) so you can more effectively raise awareness of STIs and promote positive sexual health.
NEW! Supporting healthy sexuality through pregnancy and beyond: a course for midwives, doulas and other pregnancy support staff
A one day course to help pregnancy and post-pregnancy health professionals increase their knowledge and confidence in helping women and their partners maintain an active and healthy sexual connection.
Training the trainers in sexual health
This eight-day course is the complete ‘how to’ of sexual health design, development, delivery and evaluation. It focuses on training skills, not sexual health knowledge, so participants should have pre-existing knowledge in this area. University accredited.
Understanding and managing sexual harassment in the workplace
A one-day course to increase knowledge, awareness, confidence and skills in dealing with issues concerning sexual harassment at work. It will help you understand what sexual harassment is and clarify what the law currently says about this issue.
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