It’s important those working in education know the differences between healthy and harmful sexual behaviours and what to do if a child or young person has experienced it. This Harmful Sexual Behaviour training course will give your staff all the sexually harmful behaviour resources to recognise, support and report any concerns they may have.

This Harmful Sexual Behaviour online training course covers two modules including what is healthy sexual development, the types and effects of harmful sexual behaviour, how to recognise it, how to give support and covers the harmful sexual behaviour definition. This course is designed for anyone who encounters or works with children and young people and has a responsibility to keep them safe.

Sometimes teaching staff can feel anxious about discussing this topic in children and young people and our Harmful Sexual Behaviour course will help increase their confidence in being able to spot harmful behaviour and how to effectively respond to it in your school according to the harmful sexual behaviour framework. An early response can help prevent children from harming themselves and others.

The aim of this Harmful Sexual Behaviour training course is to greater increase your knowledge of Harmful Sexual Behaviour in an education setting.

Module 1 | Harmful Sexual Behaviours

• Healthy sexual development
  Learn what healthy sexual development is
• Harmful sexual behaviour
  Learn what harmful sexual behaviour is
• Prevalence
  Prevalence and who is affected by it
• Effects
  Learn the effects of harmful sexual behaviour
• Types
  Learn the types of harmful sexual behaviour including sexual harassment and sexual violence
• Consent
  Know what consent is, what the law says about it and the age of consent
• Peer-on-peer sexual abuse in schools
  Learn about peer-on-peer sexual abuse in schools

Module 2 | Recognising harmful sexual behaviour

• Recognising harmful sexual behaviour
  Know how to recognise and spot signs early
• Reasons
  Understand the reasons for harmful sexual behaviour
• Managing harmful sexual behaviour
  Learn how to manage harmful sexual behaviour
• The role of relationships and sex education (RSE)
  Learn the role of relationships and sex education (RSE)
• Support and signposting
  Learn how to support those affected and signpost people where to access the best information/advice