| Purpose: |
To equip, empower and inspire participants
with an awareness of key personal safety messages to
maximise the ‘people safety’ of their own
children or children in their care.
Note: ‘People safety’ refers to any threat
to a child perpetrated by known or unknown adults or
other children including various forms of abuse, bullying
and abduction.
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| Duration: |
2 hours
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| Target audience: |
Parents, carers, teachers, social workers, counsellors,
support workers, child protection workers, community
workers, childcare providers, youth workers and service
club leaders (e.g. Guides and Scouts).
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| Participant numbers: |
Up to 200 participants
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| Learning objectives: |
On completion of this session, participants
will gain an awareness of:
- Dangerous personal safety messages
and practices
- Fundamental safety messages
to empower children
- Supportive strategies to
maximise children’s safety
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| Learning methods: |
Lecture-style presentation with visual aids. Participants
will have the opportunity to ask questions.
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| Testimonials (2007): |
‘Excellent. Learnt so much,
thank you!’
‘I’ll be pushing this at
my P & C.’
‘Very good content. Well done!’
‘I would like to be able to listen
and learn more. It is a very important subject.’
‘Very useful information. All teachers
should have the opportunity to participate in this
workshop’
‘Information was research-based
and strategies discussed were practical’
‘Presentation very suitable for
parents’
‘Very scary but really important
to know’
‘Great refresher of issues/ideas.
Really impressed with course facilitator’s knowledge.
Has made me think of strategies I need to start using
at home with my child.’
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| Further information: |
Further information regarding this workshop can be
accessed by visiting the Member
Login section
or by contacting us.
|
| Purpose: |
To equip, empower and inspire participants
with a sound understanding of, and strategies to relay
to children and/or otherwise apply, key personal safety
messages to maximise the ‘people safety’ of
their own children or children in their care.
Note: ‘People safety’ refers to any threat
to a child perpetrated by known or unknown adults or
other children including various forms of abuse, bullying
and abduction.
|
| Duration: |
1 day (approx. 8 hours including meal breaks)
|
| Target audience: |
Parents, carers, teachers, social workers, counsellors,
support workers, child protection workers, community
workers, childcare providers, youth workers and service
club leaders (e.g. Guides and Scouts).
|
| Participant numbers: |
Up to 20 participants (negotiable)
|
| Learning objectives: |
On completion of this workshop participants
will gain:
- A sound understanding of the dynamics
of child abuse
- An awareness of the indicators of
abuse
- An awareness and understanding of dangerous
personal safety messages and practices
- A sound understanding
and strategies to relay fundamental safety messages
to empower children
- A sound understanding and
methods to apply supportive strategies to maximise
children’s
safety
- An awareness of resources and referrals
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| Learning methods: |
A combination of lecture-style teaching with visual
aids and interactive methods including role plays, brainstorming,
discussion and a demonstration of activities that can
be used by participants with their own children/clients.
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| Further information: |
Further information regarding this workshop can
be accessed by visiting the Member
Login section or by contacting
us.
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