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This course will help you understand child sexual abuse, how to better safeguard children from sexual abuse and how to respond when you think it may be happening. Steps to prevent child sexual abuse can be taken at any time – ideally long before a child is being sexually abused. Gaining knowledge and understanding of child sexual abuse is vital to being a proactive, protective adult.
What will I learn?
- Understand what constitutes child sexual abuse and the prevalence in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Have an insight into the impacts of child sexual abuse.
- Understand the role organisations, home and communities play in prevention, recognise vulnerability and risk factors.
- Understand the signs of child sexual abuse.
- Recognise signs of grooming.
- Know the difference between age expected and concerning sexualised child behaviour.
- Identify potential and actual perpetrator behaviours and know how intervene early.
- Know what the options are for early intervention and support for both victim and perpetrator.
- Develop confidence to report sexual abuse and concerns.
Who is this course for?
This course is for everyone! We ALL need to be able to recognise, intervene and ideally prevent opportunities for any sexual abuse to occur.
For those engaging with children and young people in a paid work or volunteer role, you need to be able to recognise, respond and report any potential signs of sexual abuse within your organisation.
COURSE ACCESS: 30 days
DURATION: 2.5-3 hours
COMPLETION RULES: All units must be completed. Leads to a certificate with a duration of 2 years.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE: This course is for individual use only. Access, sharing or distribution of course content with anyone is strictly prohibited, including its use to develop and train others. By enrolling in this course, you agree to comply with our Terms & Conditions and use this course for your personal education only.
GROUP TRAINING AND CONTENT WARNING: It is not recommended to complete this eLearning in a group environment as some course content may be triggering for individuals who may have experienced childhood trauma. We recommend wearing headphones. We also recommend you complete this course in more than one sitting, take a break whenever it suits you so you can process the information in the course and come back to it. Your wellbeing is important when learning this content, trigger warnings are given throughout our course with support guidance provided.
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“Knowledge and understanding of child sexual abuse is essential for anyone working with children and young people in any context. This comprehensive course covers all the necessary basics on this critical topic.”
“There was current information, statistics that professionals can understand. Ways in which it can be added to our kete of knowledge in identifying and sharing this kind of knowledge with others based on facts.”
“Very easy to use modules. Information was straightforward and very clear. I think all parents, and people around children should be using your resources. They are great and empowering.”
“The interactive features in this course are engaging and allow for a better understanding of the content.”