18. Awareness training: children (under 10) who display sexually inappropriate behaviours
Course overview
This is course is designed for any professionals and carers who may work with or care for young children (under 10) who display sexualised or sexually abusive behaviours. It focuses on pre-adolescent children and explores their behaviour within the context of their age, development, and their experience of trauma, loss, separation and change. It is an introductory course and does not require participants to have any previous knowledge or experience in this area of work.
The course aims to help carers and practitioners distinguish between 'normal' sexual development and those behaviours that elicit adult concerns and present a risk to the child or others. It will focus upon explaining why children develop such behaviour; will consider the unmet needs that underlie such behaviours; will identify key issues relevant to assessment and intervention work; and will explore issues of risk management and safe and therapeutic care The course will involve a mixture of presentation, exercises, video and discussion and each participant will receive a handout pack.
Course aims
- To enable participants to distinguish between 'normal' sexual development
and problematic sexual behaviours
- To improve participants knowledge of the nature & scope of such
behaviours
- To provide an understanding of why and how children develop sexually
inappropriate behaviours
- To consider intervention in the context of our knowledge about adult
offenders and our understanding of children's trauma experiences
- To provide an overview of assessment frameworks
- To introduce participants to issues of risk management and safe care
- To help practitioners identify when specialist assessment / intervention
is required
- To consider the requirements of child protection procedures
For further information and to discuss your individual needs please contact the Training Co-ordinator on 01527 591922 or email: training@lucyfaithfull.org.uk