Promoting positive pathways for autistic children who exhibit harmful sexual behaviour

Our tailor-made training sessions help participants gain the skills to recognise the continuum of sexual behaviour in children and young people.

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Available dates

15-16 Jan 2025

Location

Online

Cost

£190.00 +VAT / Person

Trainer(s)

Beth Loader

Who is this training for?

This course will be of benefit to social workers, police, therapists, education and health professionals, carers, and anyone involved in the care and support of young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. Attendees require some background knowledge of ASD and its influence on development.

How will it help?

Our tailor-made training sessions help participants gain the skills to recognise the continuum of sexual behaviour in children and young people.

Participants learn how to distinguish between developmentally expected behaviours and those which raise concerns in children with ASD. They are provided with the tools to respond appropriately to young people with ASD who exhibit harmful behaviours.

Course content and learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will have learnt about:

key messages from research
sexual development in childhood
understanding and identifying harmful sexual behaviour in children
understanding and identify harmful sexual behaviour in autistic children
examining the role of trauma, attachment and shame within HSB
key areas of learning and teaching for autistic children
managing and responding to HSB, including safety planning
working collaboratively with families and the network around the child

Learning Outcomes

greater confidence in recognising harmful sexual behaviour in young people and common factors which may contribute to harmful sexual behaviour
greater confidence in recognising harmful sexual behaviour in autistic young people
understanding the scale of the problem in line with the current research base
greater awareness of the issues related to the stigmatization of children who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour [HSB] and the importance of language
an improved understanding of the needs of children who display HSB and appropriate professional responses
increased understanding of denial and its function for children and families
improved confidence in safety planning

Feedback

What our participants say

Really practical. Too many courses are not practical. Also, reactive, changed training because a question was asked the day before.

Resources shared were really helpful. I have attended several similar training sessions and I found I was able to gain more knowledge and understand of HSB than some other providers so thank you!

I enjoyed using the interactive app to gauge other people’s opinions on the subject as well as sharing my own. The trainer was very good at providing examples that were relevant to our cohort of pupils in school and gave some great examples of how the behaviours can be addressed.

Be able to work more confidently and effectively with our safeguarding team to manage safeguarding concerns and support teachers with issues relating to HSB especially for our students with autism and other additional needs.

Connect with us

Our Stop It Now helpline, self help and programmes are there to help anyone concerned about child sexual abuse. Shore is for teenagers worried about sexual behaviour.

Our helpline 0808 1000 900

2 Birch House, Harris Business Park, Hanbury Road
Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4DJ

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