Understanding harmful sexual behaviour
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This video examines how we can recognise harmful sexual behaviours that are displayed by children and young people.
Pat Branigan from the NSPCC examines how we can recognise harmful sexual behaviours that are displayed by children and young people in this short video. He looks at how we can get the balance right between risk and need and avoiding the labelling of children.
Talking points
This video looks at:
- The balance between risk and need.
- Recognising contributing factors.
- Working with children with learning difficulties.
Related resources
- Children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours: Executive Summary
- Children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours: Research Review
- Problematic and harmful sexual behaviours – continuing the journey in Gwynedd
- That Difficult Age: Developing a more effective response to risks in adolescence: Evidence Scope
Reflective questions
Here are reflective questions to stimulate conversation and support practice.
- What strategies do you have in place in order to balance risk and need when working with children displaying harmful sexual behaviours?
- What can you do to effectively support and work with children with learning difficulties?
Professional Standards
PQS:KSS - Relationships and effective direct work | Abuse and neglect of children | Child and family assessment | Analysis, decision-making, planning and review | Promote and govern excellent practice | Effective use of power and authority | Confident analysis and decision-making