Kidsafe UK Parents Meeting

1. Kidsafe UK Parents Meeting Monday 3rd March 2014

2. KIDSAFE UK • Kidsafe deliver preventative child protection programmes to primary school children, with supporting workshops for their parents/carers. The primary purpose of the Kidsafe UK children’s programme is to equip participating children with simple, yet effective, skills to keep themselves safe from the various forms of abuse, without shattering their innocence. Kidsafe Child Protection/Safeguarding Programme’s for Primary School children compliments Every Child Matters, Safeguarding Children and Safe and Emotional Well Being.

3. The course material is always age-appropriate with key messages delivered through the use of a variety of media including song, rhyme and action, puppetry, group discussions and worksheets.

4. Kidsafe UK aims • 1. To protect children from suffering or the likelihood of suffering physical, sexual or emotional abuse by the encouragement and promotion of any methods to help safeguard and promote the welfare of such children. 2. To advance the education of children, parents/carers and teachers in all aspects of child abuse, in particular understanding abuse in its many forms, its effects and how to prevent such neglect, cruelty or abuse.

5. Duration The programme contains five 45 – minute sessions over a 5 week period. There is also a 45 minute recap session delivered approximately three months after completion of the course.

6. BREAKDOWNOF SESSIONS

7. WEEK ONE • How do children already feel safe? • Trust – What trust is, trust game • Feelings – What makes us happy? Where do we feel it? Other feelings: anger, sadness, worried, scared • Where do we feel this on our bodies? • These are YUKKY feelings

8. WEEK TWO • KS is being bullied and has yukky feelings • Trusted adults – 5 adults at home and school who children can talk to • Saying NO – using our voices, break the rules if we feel yukky • SAY NO • WALK AWAY • TELL TRUSTED GROWN UP

9. WEEK THREE • KS scenario: he is on computer and sees Yukky picture • KS scenario: been naughty and is on computer when not allowed and sees yukky picture • Computer/internet safety including mobile phones • Film and games classification • KS scenario – DVD at a friend’s house over KS’s age

10. WEEK FOUR • How to keep our bodies and private places safe • Head, shoulders, knees and toes • Look at rules: KS scenario 1 someone wants to touch his private places and he feels yukky. What can he do? • Children’s rules – when it is ok for people to see your private places? • Secrets – how do people get away with abuse? Good secret, bad secrets. KS birthday • Someone has touched KS in private places and told him to keep it a secret, what should he do?

11. Rules • Your private places are yours; they are no one else’s. • You are the boss of your body and your private places. • Your private places are special, look after them, and keep them safe. • No one is allowed to tickle, grab or hurt you in your private places, and you should not tickle, grab or hurt other people’s private places. • No one is allowed to look or touch your private places just for fun. • Remember you never have to keep a yukky secret • You can: Say NO, walk away and tell a trusted grown up

12. WEEK FIVE • KS upset because he has heard his parents arguing again – what can he do? • Sometimes it is our trusted adults that can give us YUKKY feelings – Name other trusted adults. • Re-cap last 5 sessions, evaluation and certificate with rules.

13. 3 MONTH RECAP • What have the children remembered? • Recap using games • Recap rules • 3 main messages:

14. If something doesn’t feel right and gives us YUKKY feelings we can: 1. Say NO 2. Walk away 3. Tell a trusted grown up