Free videos and resources for teaching about families to young people with SEND

High quality, accessible, specialist teaching on families, committed relationships, and identifying unsafe behaviour. Built around the primary RSE curriculum, with additional topics specific to learners with SEND.

Free to sign up and access, anywhere, anytime.

Videos include:

  • Your Family

  • Different Types of Families

  • Caring Families

  • Committed Relationships

  • Family Changes

  • Sibling Relationships

  • Finding Help

Providing the foundation skills of the primary curriculum to support future secondary curriculum teaching on abusive behaviours and safeguarding concerns. The Learning for Life project is built to acknowledge the vulnerability of our community and provide them with key skills to keep themselves safe and seek help when necessary.

Two people sitting in a room with a small wooden table between them, which has two coffee mugs and two small potted plants. o the right, there is a graphic titled 'Committed Relationship Decisions'.

Using clear teaching and strategies, this series will help learners to understand a range of issues, from the diversity of families to knowing when behaviour within families is unsafe.

Supported by downloadable worksheets and resources, this understanding will develop strategies to seek help from trusted adults.

Two people sitting in chairs in a room with a white wall and a window pattern, with a small round table between them. The woman on the left has dark skin, braided hair, and is wearing a dark t-shirt and pants. The man on the right has light skin, gray hair, a beard, glasses, and is wearing a brown t-shirt and black pants. He is crossing his arms in front of his chest. On the table are two mugs with the words "Learn Thrive," and two small potted plants. Behind the man is a large potted plant. A speech bubble with a red heart, the word "love," and an exclamation mark appears above them.

Learning for Life is a project run by the charity Learn and Thrive. This project provides extensive teaching for young people with Down’s syndrome and other SEND based on the primary RSE and Health Education Curriculum.

Read more about our other series available in the Learning for Life project below.

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Built for children with Down’s syndrome and SEND, supporting them with early years development around language, maths, and more. Also completely free!