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Responsible decision-making

Responsible decision-making

Making informed decisions helps students to feel confident and in control of situations

It also builds their responsibility for and ownership of their actions. Confronted with complex situations, students need to know how to work through the process of considering options and understand the consequences and the impacts of the choices they make.

Teaching social and emotional skills promotes respect, resilience and safety and strengthens protective behaviours.

Schools provide safe environments along with the skills needed to help students make informed, responsible decisions.

Collaboratively develop whole-school strategies for responsible and respectful behaviour
Embed practices for developing students' self-confidence and resilience for dealing with peer pressure
Ensure targeted support for students to make informed, safe choices about alcohol and other drugs

Professional learning and resources

Alcohol and Other Drugs professional learning module

This free self-paced and certificated module offers approaches to drug and alcohol education.

Kaiyai Girl

Develop understandings of how alcohol and other drug use impacts on safe decision-making.

Effective alcohol and drug education

This podcast explores what works in alcohol and drug education in schools.

Consent

This video about sexual consent is designed for teenagers with an intellectual disability or teenagers on the autism spectrum.

Importance of SEL for learning

Social and emotional skills are essential for learning.

Healthy minds and bodies: a pre-service teacher module

Explore this SEL module for pre-service teacher education.

Kids On The Move

Find resources for and effective road safety education program.

Be You programs directory

Helping early learning services and schools make informed decisions about mental health programs for young children.

Related Resources

Mouse party - Students

Educators can help students explore the effects of drugs on the brain.

Stand up and be counted

Students have the opportunity to consider how the choices they make can affect the safety and wellbeing of the school community.

How to say no without losing face - Educators

Educators can help students discover ways to say no without losing face in front of their friends.

Teaching content that is personal

Watch how an experienced teacher works with content that students may find difficult to discuss

Choices for life: Sophie's story - Educators

Educators may use this expert-reviewed video to explore student peer pressure and the dangers of drinking.

The brain series with Ian Hickie

Watch as Professor Ian Hickie explores the human brain and its development in adolescence.