To help change behaviours, we...
Amplify student voice & agency
Teach social emotional learning
Use high impact teaching strategies
Use evaluation methodology & evidence
Invest into our facilitators
Help give Victorian kids life skills to deal with the hard stuff.
Life Ed Vic's programs aim to change health behaviours to enable children to thrive in their lives.
Through our progrmas we focus on a child's health and wellbeing, inlcuding: nutrition, cyber safety, alcohol, sexual health, smoking, drugs, bullying, emotional health and relationships.
The Problems
obesity
1 in 4
Victorian children are obese or overweight
Our Solution: Specific workshops that help students identify personal responsibility for an active and healthy lifestyle by understanding what a healthy body needs.
mental
health
1 in 7
Young people aged 4-17 experience a mental health condition
Our Solution: Our programs help to strengthen children’s resilience, decision making and emotional state in relation to certain life experiences and how they can effectively respond in a positive way.
respectful
relationships
7 in 10
Children aged 12-13 experience bullying
Our Solution: Educate children on how to build friendships from as young as Preschool age. Our facilitators equip students with knowledge, skills and strategies to help them develop safe and respectful relationships.
sexual
health
1 in 15
people say that they had sex for the first time at age 14 or younger
Our Solution: Help kids navigate puberty, sexual health and relationships by supporting students to explore the concept of identity, develop safe and respectful relationships, and understand and manage the physical and emotional changes that occur during puberty.
cyber
safety
25%
of young people are contacted by a stranger online
Our Solution: Teach strategies and skills to combat cyber bullying. Students learn safe, responsible and respectful behaviour is necessary when interacting with others online as well as face-to-face.
