Table of Contents

Contents

Part I:

1. Why all children need a safety program

2. The importance of care-givers and parents in child protection programs

3. Responding to the actual or suspected sexual abuse of children

4. Integrating protective education into the wider curriculum

5. Strategies for educators of children with disabilities

6. On-line safety

7. Protect yourself

Part II:

Theme 1: It's my body

Theme 2: Some parts of our bodies are private

Theme 3: Talking about touching

Theme 4: Tricks and strangers

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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