Let's Talk About Child Sexual Abuse Education: Fear, Confidence, and Change

This resource is designed for practitioners and carers who, concerned about the rising, endemic issue of child sexual abuse, want to understand how addressing their own fears, anxieties and biases can help to safeguard children.

Description

When we think about education-based prevention around child sexual abuse, we often think about what we should be teaching and speaking to children and young people about. But what might education around child sexual abuse reveal about the fears, misconceptions, anxieties and biases that the adults in the room are feeling? What can we do to address this in professionals, carers and parents, that may in turn encourage all adults to create safe spaces at all times – not just in the classroom – where children and young people can speak about what they’re experiencing?

In this webinar you will be encouraged to consider your own biases and fears around talking about child sexual abuse, as well as the anxieties you may face when broaching sex education and sexual health. You will be challenged to really think about what it is you feel when faced with the topic of child sexual abuse, either with a child in your care, or a child you are teaching or supporting.

Through three conversations with those who have lived experience and specialist educators, we will explore the types of thinking and feeling which can create meaningful, preventative, and safe conversations around child sexual abuse. If you are a professional or a carer concerned about the rising, endemic issue of child sexual abuse in all its forms, and want to understand more about how conversations and thinking can strengthen the fight against it, this webinar is for you.

These resources will help you:

• Explore the thinking, anxieties and fears that might be getting in the way of you having meaningful, preventative and safe conversations about child sexual abuse
• Understand what effective education around child sexual abuse might look like
• Question the biases, misconceptions and myths around child sexual abuse that might be fuelling fears and anxieties
• Understand some of the most common fears that parents, carers, educators and other professionals have around conversations about child sexual abuse
• Explore what might help adults to feel more confident in discussing the topic of child sexual abuse in an age appropriate, safe way
• Think about some of the larger societal and cultural narratives that may be impacting how you think and feel about child sexual abuse education and sexual health education in general

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