Yellow Brick House has developed educational eLearning modules to provide information and resources related to abuse and healthy relationships.
The modules are designed for students (elementary/middle, high school, post-secondary), teachers/educators, group leaders/community members, and parents/guardians, among others.
Each module includes several sections that have various learning activities, knowledge checks, and supplementary resources.
Please see below for descriptions about each of the four modules.
eLearning Course
Understanding Unhealthy Relationships (Facilitator Training)
This course is designed to help educators, parent/guardians, and interested student groups or community members learn more about abuse and helping students build healthy relationships. It was developed specifically for high school teachers or youth leaders with groups of teenagers.
Foundations for Youth
This course is designed to help educators, parent/guardians, and interested student groups or community members develop a good understanding of the ways that students develop healthy relationships, and the personal and societal factors that can weaken these relationships. It was developed specifically for elementary school teachers or leaders of groups of children between the ages of 10 and 13.
Empowering You and Your Campus
This course is designed to help educators, parent/guardians, and interested student groups or community members develop a better understanding of the ways that students are affected by dating violence, sexual assault, and abuse. You will also learn how to work with your campus community to meet the responsibilities outlined in Bill 132 and to support survivors.
Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship
This course is designed to help students (approximately Grades 6 to 12) learn how to successfully and safely navigate the online world. It introduces topics and themes related to digital literacy and digital citizenship so that students become active and informed consumers of the digital world. Teachers, parents/guardians, and other adults will also find the content engaging and informative.
Upon successful completion of Modules 1-3, you will gain access to 10 downloadable lesson plans for ages 13-17. These plans provide discussion prompts, activities, and resources specific to the topic of interest.
Upon successful completion of Module 4, you will gain access to downloadable resource lists and associated lesson plans about digital literacy and digital citizenship. Reference lists are also available.
Funding for Modules 1-3 was provided by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Funding for Module 4 and accessibility updates for Modules 1-3 was provided by Telus Community Board.
