Teaching protective behaviours to young children : first steps to safety programme /
Carolyn Gelenter, Nadine Prescott and Belinda Riley.
- vi, 173 pages : illustrations ; [ca. 23-29] cm.
First published 2014 by Speechmark Publishing Ltd.
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter Researching the maltreatment of children -- chapter Introduction -- chapter Aims and objectives -- chapter Session 1: Getting started with First Steps to Safety -- chapter Session 2: My body parts -- chapter Session 3: Feelings are feelings -- chapter Session 4: Showing my feelings -- chapter Session 5: My body, thoughts and feelings all go together -- chapter Session 6: Feeling safe -- chapter Session 7: What my body does when I feel unsafe -- chapter Session 8: Behaviour choices -- chapter Session 9: Choosing my people network -- chapter Session 10: Asking for help -- chapter Conclusion: where to from here? -- chapter What to do if you are worried a child is at risk or is being abused -- chapter General resources (needed for all sessions) -- chapter Theme poster -- chapter What are we doing today? timetable cards -- chapter Games pack -- chapter Songs pack -- chapter Recommended reading list -- chapter Class agreement -- chapter Reward chart -- chapter End of lesson certificate -- chapter End of programme certificate -- chapter Story hand -- chapter Take a Word for a Walk -- chapter Sun and cloud cards -- chapter Feelings cards -- chapter Consent letters.
"This programme aims to provide children aged 4-7 years with awareness and strategies for keeping safe. Although it may be difficult to accept, children and young people from any community, including those with disabilities, can be put at risk of harm, abused or hurt, regardless of their age, gender, religion or ethnicity. All children have the right to be safeguarded from abuse or neglect so they have the opportunity to reach their potential and be successful adults. Protective behaviours teaches children to develop an awareness of personal safety; helps them to identify and express their feelings; make choices and solve problems. First Steps to Safety has taken the core protective behaviour principles and created a teaching framework with overarching aims, with supporting lesson plans, resources and activities, in a 10 week programme that can be picked up and used by anyone in school wanting to empower children and young people of any age and any capability to develop personal safety. The information and strategies provided to children are generic and applicable across a range of situations that may arise, for example bullying, internet safety, being harmed, feeling sad or feeling unsafe. Sessions include: my body parts; showing my feelings; my body, thoughts and feelings all go together; feeling safe; behaviour choices; to empower children to feel safe and know they have a right to fee safe; to give children the confidence and ability to assertively manage their own safety; to children the skills to take responsibility for their own bodies, thoughts, feelings and behaviour; to enable children with a range of communication abilities to ask for help; for children to have awareness of their body, thoughts, feelings and behaviour; have a vocabulary to express how their thoughts and feelings affect their bodies; know the early warning signs for feeling unsafe; know they can make different behaviour choices based on feelings; and know who good people are to go to for help and how to ask for help."--Provided by publisher.