Breast Cancer Awareness Learning Resource for Secondary Schools

Breast Cancer is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed in females in Australia. Around one in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

The Breast Cancer Awareness – Learning Resource for Secondary Schools Package is an initiative of the Breast Cancer Foundation of Western Australia (BCFWA) to increase awareness of breast cancer. The BCFWA provides personalised support and care to Western Australians affected by breast cancer.

The learning resource includes a print resource, accompanied by a CD-ROM and DVD.

•  The print resource includes student activities which utilise a variety of teaching strategies with facilitator guides. These are presented in the context of Health and Physical Education in the Early Adolescence phase.
• The CD-ROM replicates the print resource in Microsoft® Word® format which teachers are able to modify and print for classroom use.
• The DVD comprises 4 interviews of young people affected by breast cancer, either through their mother being diagnosed or themselves. (32 minutes duration)

Students will develop an understanding of breast cancer; skills to find support; skills to understand the emotional states of others; and ways to care for someone with breast cancer.

Click here to download a sample of the DVD interviews that accompany the Teachers' Manual.

WARNING: The DVD portrays real life stories of young people’s experience of breast cancer in their families. The Breast Cancer Foundation of Western Australia advises that this may cause distress for some viewers.

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