Before you proceed

Our training programmes help individuals and organisations, including frontline workers, volunteers and others working with children and families, to better understand sexual offending and how to safeguard children. 

The contents of these presentations are freely available for download and to use in training.

We want you to be able to inform others about child sexual abuse prevention and our aim is for communities throughout Scotland to be better informed and confident to take action to protect children.

We do however want this done correctly - there is a large amount of information here. 

You need to consider your audience and the impact that this information may have on them.  You also need to consider the time that you have available so that you can tailor the structure of your presentation in an effective way.

Always ensure that you leave sufficient time to provide positive information about what people can do to prevent child sexual abuse.

If you are speaking to a smaller group it may be worth considering the use of one of the scenario exercises or audios to generate some structured discussion.

We ask you to speak to Stop It Now! Scotland about using this presentation and other training that we offer.

Part 1 - Myth Busting

Topics include : - Introducing Child Sexual Abuse. What is Child Sexual Abuse? What are some of the myths with regards to child sexual abuse?

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Part 2 - Who Commits Child Sexual Abuse

"This section helps us to understand more about those who sexually abuse children.

Knowing why people sexually abuse children does not excuse their behaviour, but it may help us understand what kind of people do this – and may give us a better chance of preventing it"

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Part 3 - How does Child Sexual Abuse Happen?

Topics include - How it can happen, the pre conditions for abuse.

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Part 4 - How can you prevent it?

Topics covered include: - Warning signs of Child Sexual Abuse. SMART rules for parents and creating a family safety plan.

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Part 5 - Further Information

Resources for children young people and adults

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