An information session for parents will be held by Dr Tessa Opie on this evening leading into a Healthy Relationships Workshop that she will be conducting the following day with Year 11 students from Melbourne Grammar School and Melbourne Girls Grammar. Dr Tessa Opie is the founder and director of in your skin® and is an advocate for healthy and consenting relationships. She has extensive experience in education delivery and training facilitation. Tessa has worked as an educator across the government, not-for-profit, and private sectors, and has ongoing experience as a guest lecturer at various universities.
Tessa’s approach is evidence-based, and harm reduction focused. It actively requires participants to consciously consider their relationship values, attitudes, and expectations, in a social climate that feeds us often misleading messages about sex and relationships.
Tessa recently co-published a national position paper, as lead author, detailing comprehensive, evidence-based sexuality and relationships education in Australian schools. She has also recently published a paper which considers the role of sex education in the prevention of sexual assault among high school students.
She recently worked as a consultant for a 4 part SBS series, The Hunting.
This is a chance to meet Tessa who will give an overview of the workshop content and structure as well as providing some background to the intention of the day.
There will be an opportunity for questions.
The event is free, however all attendees must register. Due to density requirements, registrations to attend this event at MGS will need to be capped at the first 499 registrations.
QR codes will be located at Bromby Street and Ross Gate entrances and attendees must sign in upon entry onto campus.