Schools have taught children road safety and domestic safety skills for many years, and are now being asked to teach personal safety skills. This is a handbook for teachers and counsellors working with primary-aged children, offering guidance and practical suggestions on all aspects of this issue. The authors outline the need for child protection, how to work with parent, ways of developing a curriculum, and practical suggestions for classroom exercises. They explain how to manage children's use of the Internet and the particular needs of children with disabilities. The book includes illustrations and exercises which can be copied for use with children in class.

Table of Contents

ContentsPart I: 1. Why all children need a safety program2. The importance of care-givers and parents in child protection programs3. Responding to the actual or suspected sexual abuse of children4. Integrating protective education into the wider curriculum5. Strategies for educators of children with disabilities6. On-line safety7. Protect yourselfPart II:Theme 1: It's my bodyTheme 2: Some parts of our bodies are privateTheme 3: Talking about touchingTheme 4: Tricks and strangersRevision

About the Author

Freda Briggs has an international reputation as an expert on child abuse and is Professor at the De Lissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies at the University of South Australia. She is author (with Russell Hawkins) of Child Protection, and sole author of Teaching Personal Safety Skills to Children with Disabilities, Why My Child?, Keep Children Safe, and Child Sexual Abuse. Michael McVeity is Child Protection Curriculum Officer with the South Australian Department of Education