Family Mobile Phone Agreement

This document is designed to help parents and carers establish guidelines for their children on how to use their mobile phones responsibly and safely. As a child takes on the exciting new responsibility of owning a mobile phone, it is crucial that they understand the…


Videos Teaching Children about Private Parts/Safe Touch

Child Abuse Prevention – Lesson 1 – Teach Kid about PRIVATE PART OF BODY Teach Your Dragon Body Safety: A Story About Personal Boundaries Read Aloud I Can Say “No” – Don’t Touch My Body | Safety Rules for Kids | Nursery Rhymes | Kids…


My Body is My Body: Musical Child Abuse Prevention Programme

“My Body is My Body” Musical Child Abuse Prevention Programme is an amazing free musical animated program that provides a unique and engaging approach to discussing the difficult topic of child abuse. The program includes six sing-along songs, each with a different theme, such as…


Girls Talk: Workbook for girls engaging in harmful sexual behaviour

Girls’ Talk is a resource for professionals working with girls and young women who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour. It helps to reduce risk and allow them to move toward healthy adult relationships. The workbook was developed as part of Barnardo’s Girl’s Research Project,…


Exploring Healthy Relationships: Resource Pack for 14-16 year olds

This pack is an educational toolkit, developed with young people for the benefit of young people, and is for use as a resource to help prevent domestic violence and abuse and encourage discussion and debate around healthy relationships and self-esteem. It creates a shared language…


Wise up to sexual abuse: A guide for parents & carers

The Wise Up booklet aims to educate parents and carers to become aware of the signs of child sexual abuse in order to: • Identify risky situations • Know how to respond to children’s disclosures • Know who to report concerns to (replace the contact…


Online safety agreement template

FAMILY ONLINE SAFETY AGREEMENT  A family agreement is a great way to start a conversation with your whole family about how you all use the internet, and to start discussions together around how to behave in a positive way when online, whether this is at…


What we need to know to protect our children from sexual abuse

This booklet aims to provide the information parents and carers need to recognise the warning signs of abuse and to build the confidence to do something about it. Contents: Introduction Why do we need to know about child sexual abuse? What is child sexual abuse?…


Protecting Your Child from Sexual Abuse – parents’ prevention guide

Protecting Your Child was developed by Canadian Centre for Child Protection and is intended to help parents/guardians better understand the issue of child sexual abuse. Topics covered include the scope of child sexual abuse, personal boundaries, adult supervision, children’s use of internet-enabled devices, concerning sexual…


Keeping Children Safe from Sexual Abuse: info sheet for parents

Outlines sexual abuse facts, offers tips on how to keep a child safe from sexual abuse & how to react if a child has experienced sexual abuse. (The sheet includes a list of available support services – replace the list by providing contact details for your…


Teen relationship abuse: Safety Plan

A practical guide to creating a safety plan with teenagers who are in a relationship with an abusive partner. It covers the following areas: Staying safe at school Staying safe at home Staying safe emotionally Getting help in your community These are things I can…


Feeling Happy, Feeling Safe – videos for pre-school children

Feeling Happy, Feeling Safe is a series for pre-school children to watch with parents, carers or professionals. Each short film is designed to open conversations about emotions and safety, and supplies discussion questions. Feeling Happy “Feeling Happy” introduces the idea of talking about feelings. It shows…


Sexual safety plan template – child & carer

This agreement is designed to keep everyone safe in a child’s family or facility. It lists the rules for living together safely in their family, for respecting the rights, boundaries, and comfort level of others, and for ensuring the personal safety of everyone. Click here…


Sexual behaviours traffic light tool

Using the resource, professionals can learn to identify, assess and respond to sexual behaviour in children and young people in a confident and appropriate manner. It can be also used when explaining to parents/carers what constitutes healthy sexual behaviour and how to identify when their…


Keeping Teens Safe from Online Sexual Exploitation (Guide for parents)

This parent brochure, developed by Canadian Centre for Child Protection, has been created in response to emerging online risks and recent tragedies involving young people in Canada. The goal is to inform parents in order to reduce the incidence of adolescent sexual exploitation. It guides…