Guest Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Next week I am discussing with my DPP students how to help pre-school children respect their bodies and protect themselves from abuse. This is part of the externally marked assignment for the DPP. Last year's feedback was that the students needed to include more strategies to help children protect themselves. Does anyone have any ideas for activities on this difficult subject? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 The organisation CCPAS (Churches Child Protection Advisory Service) have an excellent booklet on this. I think you can visit their website and download stuff.... http://www.ccpas.co.uk/ is their website http://www.ccpas.co.uk/Documents/Help!...20safety.pdfand the actual document I was thinking of is here Hope this is useful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Thank you LJW that's very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I always think that this area is sooooo important for helping children to keep themselves safe. If you allow children to make choices and you respect them and their ideas and you support them in being assertive you are giving them an additional layer of self protection. Children who are able to say "No, I don't like that" are active rather than passive and are less likely to be the victims of abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublinbay Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Great link LJW thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Basic things like recognising their own and each others body space. Talking about feelings, how to recognise when they don't feel safe, keeping this in context of what they already know, to be able to recognise what is instinct and then to be able to voice how they feel. Peggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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