Accessible RSE Resources

Learning for Life is a project covering personal health, emotions, relationships, and appropriate behaviour. We use the Relationships, Sexual, and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum as a scaffold, but as a charity, we can go further and add the content our community truly needs.

As a charity rooted in lived experience, we include the real-life skills that matter most.

That means supporting learners to understand things like:

  • appropriate behaviour

  • personal boundaries

  • independence skills

  • everyday decision-making

All delivered in a way that works for learners with special educational needs.

Are you a teacher, youth worker…

Who is supporting learners with Down’s syndrome and other learning disabilities? Not confident in teaching RSE to individuals with these needs, or just looking for additional resources or support? Learning for Life can help.

  • Ready-made session plans, including pre- and post-session assessment, and a range of activities

  • Aligned with the 2026 RSHE curriculum and 2025 Ofsted Framework

Are you a parent or carer…

Who is worried about unsafe behaviours, or wants to help your young people to grow up to be more independent? Learning for Life tackles topics we see parents come up against far too often:

  • Inappropriate behaviours and problems with understanding boundaries

  • Struggling to make friends

  • Independence around personal hygiene

Learning for Life is built for educators and for parent/carers, with specialised content for both.

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Topics in Learning for Life

  • Growing Up and Keeping Safe

  • Emotions

  • Caring Friendships

  • Being Healthy

  • Changing Adolescent Body

  • Families

  • Understanding Health & Prevention

  • Respectful Relationships

  • Online Safety

Family and Charity Access

We’re committed to ensuring families get access to our resources free of charge if they need it. With our parent codes, you can get free access to all the printable resources in Learning for Life.

For non-profits, support groups, and local charities, we know the boat you’re in. Funding is hard for everyone in the sector, so we’re focused on working together to support your communities. By becoming a Delivery Partner, we can make this official, and provide your group with all the resources you need for free.

Built to support young people in primary and secondary school and beyond, Learning for Life provides critical teaching on key areas of social and emotional development.

While many typically-developing young people will understand many of these concepts without being taught, learners with Down’s syndrome and other special educational needs may not learn so well through inference. We provide the clear-cut, specialist teaching that is so desperately needed for our learners.

From privacy and appropriate touch, through to interoception and emotional rollercoasters during puberty, Learning for Life is made to cover specific areas for the benefit of learners with Down’s syndrome and SEN.

As with everything we do here at Learn and Thrive, Learning for Life videos are totally free to sign up to and access, for use at home, in school, and in support groups. You can also choose to purchase the additional resource packs to make things even easier - which families and charities can get access to for free. Check out it’s use in 21 Together, a Down’s syndrome charity operating across Kent here.

Want access for your school or college?

Get all the Learning for Life content for your whole staff with an exclusive education discount. All the resources - all year - free when you need them.

For each series, you get:

✓ Session Plans - prepare and deliver lessons with ease

✓ Communication Sheets & Take Home Sheets - improve home-school communication & consistency

✓ Pre-video assessment - get to know existing knowledge to help personalise teaching

✓ Full videos (free to access) - created with specialists in each topic, engaging to our community

✓ Activities and worksheets - exploring new topics and skills

✓ Post-video assessment - see where learning has sunk in, and what to reinforce later on

✓ Success Criteria - tracking progress against 2026 RSHE curriculum criteria, by student or by class

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Learning for Life - Deep Dive

  • For understanding appropriate and inappropriate behaviours, privacy, and boundaries.

    1. Public and Private Places

    2. We All Need Privacy

    3. My Body - I Am A Girl

    4. My Body - I Am A Boy

    5. Public and Private Activities

    6. Appropriate Touch

    7. It's My Body

    8. How Do I Know You?

    9. Touch Control

    10. Personal Space

  • For identifying and regulating a range of emotions.

    1. Happy

    2. Sad

    3. Frightened

    4. Angry

    5. Basic Emotions - Overview

    6. Frustrated

    7. Embarrassed

    8. Worried

    9. Confused

    10. Complex Emotions - Overview

  • For learning about friendships in more detail - knowing what makes a good friend, identifying unkind and unsafe behaviour, and dealing with this in their own friendships.

    More detail: Caring Friendships Series Breakdown

    1. Friendship

    2. Features of Friendship

    3. Identity and Values

    4. Choosing Friends

    5. Making Friends

    6. Caring and Uncaring Friendships

    7. Repairing Friendships

    8. Ending Friendships

    9. Caring Friendships

  • For exploring the three core elements of healthy lifestyles: being active, eating well, and looking after our mental health.

    More detail: Being Healthy Series Breakdown

    1. What is Being Healthy?

    2. Looking After Ourselves

    3. Who Can I Talk To?

    4. Being Active

    5. The Importance of Being Active

    6. A Healthy Daily Routine

    7. What is Healthy Eating?

    8. Why is Healthy Eating Important?

    9. Preparing Healthy Meals

    10. Being Healthy

  • A practical series of exercise videos from members of the learning disability community.

    1. Keep Fit

    2. Strength

    3. Zumba

    4. Dance

    5. Pilates

    6. Booty Barre

    7. Yoga

  • For understanding the human lifecycle, puberty, and personal hygiene.

    More detail: The Changing Adolescent Body Series Breakdown

    1. Growing Up & Changing

    2. Puberty & Your Body (Male)

    3. Puberty & Your Body (Female)

    4. Puberty & Your Body (Male & Female)

    5. Puberty Changes - Erections

    6. Puberty Changes - Getting a Period

    7. Puberty Changes - Emotional Rollercoaster

    8. My Changing Body - Keeping Clean

    9. My Changing Body - Hygiene Routine

  • For understanding familial relationships, including marriage and romantic relationships.

    1. Your Family

    2. Different Types of Families

    3. Caring Families

    4. Committed Relationships

    5. Family Changes

    6. Sibling Behaviour

    7. Finding Help

    8. What we have learnt about families

  • For understanding physical illness and disease, including prevention and response to emergency situations.

    More detail: Understanding Health & Prevention Series Breakdown

    1. What is Health & Prevention?

    2. Physical Illness

    3. Sun Safety

    4. The Importance of Sleep

    5. Keeping Clean & Healthy

    6. Harmful Substances

    7. Keeping Safe & Emergencies

    Supported by City Bridge Foundation, the funding arm of The City of London Corporation’s charity, Bridge House Estates (1035628)

  • For exploring the concept of respect in a wide context, in friendships and the digital world, and beginning to introduce romantic relationships.

    More detail: Respectful Relationships Series Breakdown

    • Respectful relationships

    • Respectful friendships

    • Mate crime

    • Social media

    • Phone etiquette

    • Love - Types of Love

    • Starting a relationship

    • Ending a relationship

    • Obsessions

  • For understanding the online world, it’s benefits, restrictions, and impacts. Includes reporting and seeking support.

    1. The Internet

    2. Online Information & Data

    3. Time Spent Online

    4. Effects of Online Behaviour

    5. Age Restrictions Online

    6. Reporting

    7. Online and Offline Relationships

    8. Real or Fake? Online

    9. Rules for Being Safe Online

    10. Assessing Information Online

    11. Pornography - this is an information video to introduce what pornography is, why people seek it how, and how it can be harmful

  • Practical series teaching step-by-step recipes, led by members of the learning disability community.

    1. Jam on Toast

    2. Fruit Salad

    3. Ham & Cheese Sandwich

    4. Scrambled Eggs on Toast

    5. Sausage & Chips

    6. Pasta with Sauce

    7. Baked Potato

    8. Stir Fry Noodles

    9. Pitta Pizza

  • Consent and Decision Making

    Bereavement

    All About Me

    Range of Relationships

    Equality

    Mental Health

    And more!

Hear more about the inspiration, experiences, and expertise which informed Learning for Life, with Inclusively Down.

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What people are saying:

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