Harmful Sexual Behaviour Training Course

Course Summary

Sexual exploration and play are a natural part of childhood development which helps children to learn about themselves and their own bodies and identify, identity of others, social understanding and the diversity of relationships and the boundaries which exist within them.

There are many reasons why some children may present sexualised behaviours which could be considered to be outside of the age, stage and rate of development which would be expected and these behaviours can be of more concern to us and risky.

Sexualised behaviour impacts a lot of children who are in looked after support and, although the potential reasons for this are broad, it is often associated with early life experiences, sexual abuse and trauma.

This training course defines the meaning of and comparison between healthy, problematic and concerning (sometimes referred to as ‘harmful’) sexualised behaviour, explains the meaning of ‘peer on peer’ sexualised behaviour and identifies behaviours which could constitute both physical and non-physical problematic or concerning sexualised behaviour.

This training course explains how early life influences and attachment (including reactive attachment) can relate to causes of concerning sexualised behaviour as well as how cognitive development, educational and social opportunities and social media can influence sexualised behaviour.

This training course explains how early sexual experiences, access to inappropriate sexual material, observing sexual behaviour, experiencing sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation and trauma can relate to causes of concerning sexualised behaviour and considers the patterns in which problematic sexualised behaviour can escalate to become more concerning.

This training course describes the advantages and limitations of the ‘Ignore – Divert - Confront’ model for working with sexualised behaviour and explains the principles of the ‘Brook Traffic Light System’ for recognising concerning sexualised behaviours and working to reduce behaviours including ‘peer on peer’ behaviours.

This training course defines the requirements of a specific sexualised behaviour risk assessment and behaviour support plan and confirms the importance of documenting and appropriately sharing concerns relating to problematic or concerning sexualised behaviours.

This training course describes ways of working with young people and identifies the importance of safeguarding against allegations and debriefing as part of supporting young people who can present concerning sexualised behaviours.

Course Learning Outcomes

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Who is this course for?

This Sexualised Behaviour training course is designed for professionals working with children and young people including support teams, education professionals and foster carers.

Duration

1 day course - we can be flexible on start and finish times to suit your needs such as school run friendly times.

Availability

This harmful sexual behaviours course is offered in two delivery formats:

• Remote Online: Led by a live tutor via Zoom or Microsoft Teams, allowing participants to join remotely. (Also known as virtual classroom training)
• Face-to-Face: Delivered in person at your location or a venue you arrange. (Also referred to as on-site training)

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Certification

Each learner completing this course will receive a digital (PDF) certificate of learning. View example certificate

Accreditation

The course contents are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.