SoSAFE! User Training | Canberra 29 November 2024

SoSAFE! is a set of visual and conceptual tools designed to promote social safety for people with an Intellectual Disability (moderate to severe range) and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

SoSAFE! tools encourage social safety through the provision of a simplified and rule-governed model of social reality that teaches the type and degree of verbal and physical intimacy appropriate with different categories of people.

GROUP BOOKINGS:If you are considering a group booking, please contact us at [email protected] or call 02 6247 3077 and we may be able to tailor dates to suit your group.

NDIS BOOKINGS:If you have a NDIS package, please DO NOT USE this booking system. Please contact us at  or call  02 6247 3077


SoSAFE! Training receivables:• Full day course (includes morning & afternoon tea)• One copy of the SoSAFE! Manual• SoSAFE! USB Resource Kit• License to produce SoSAFE! for up to 50 clients at a time• SoSAFE! Certificate

The SoSAFE! Tools (together with SoSAFE! Certified Training) provide teachers, trainers and counsellors with skills and simple visual tools to enhance the social, social-sexual and social safety training of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability.

SoSAFE! uses a standardised framework of symbols, visual teaching tools and concepts to teach strategies for moving into intimate relationships in a safe and measured manner, and provides visual communication tools for reporting physical or sexual abuse.

SoSAFE! training includes:• Overview of SoSAFE! Tools• Lesson Sequence of SoSAFE! concepts and teaching strategies• Myths and the importance of social safety education• Typical learning characteristics of people with MSID• Cognitive development of people with MSID• Validation of social safety programs  (Freda Briggs framework, how SoSAFE! aligns)• Lots of opportunities for questions & clarification

The one day SoSAFE! User Training is an essential part of the SoSAFE! Program and introduces teachers, counsellors and disability workers with the framework and rationale behind SoSAFE! and equips them with the visual tools, lesson plans and skills to implement this integrated framework for teaching relationships, sexuality and sexual health to people with a moderate to severe intellectual disability.

More about SoSAFE at:https://www.shfpact.org.au/community-health-promotion/sosafe-program

Host or Publisher Sexual Health & Family Planning ACT