resources
For Families
Responding to child welfare concerns: Your Role in knowing when and what to report
Definitions of child abuse & neglect | When & what to report | Warning signs | What to do if a child tells you about abuse - or if you suspect abuse | What to expect when you make a report & what happens next
Child sexual abuse: It is your business guide
Definitions of sexual abuse | Hints of disclosure | How to respond to disclosure
my first safety book
Safety planning information | Background information for parents | Safe grown-ups in my life | Feelings | Naming body parts
little warriors
What is child sexual abuse? | Signs & symptoms | Disclosing & reporting | Prevention information | Internet safety | Suicide prevention | Statistics & research
stop it now!
TIP SHEETS: Four Rs of prevention | Safety planning |Warning signs | Specific information for parents of children with disabilities | Concerning behaviors
kids in the know
Activity booklets & games | Safety & activity sheets | Safety booklets
Child sexual abuse: It is your business guide
Definitions of sexual abuse | Hints of disclosure | How to respond to disclosure
For professionals
BC Handbook for action on child abuse and neglect
Summary of key principles, laws & policies dealing with the abuse and neglect of children in BC
commit to kids overview guide
Assess your organization | Understand child abuse | Manage risk | Create a code of conduct | Hire the right people | Supervise & monitor | Report abuse & misconduct | Write policies & procedures | Create your child protection manual | Train everyone
understanding children’s sexual behaviors: what’s natural & Healthy (updated and expanded 2015)
Definition & development of natural & healthy sexual behavior | Responding to a child’s sexual behaviors | Sexting & 20 characteristics of problematic sexual behavior in children | Behaviors related to sex & sexuality charts | Has my child been sexually abused? | Do victims become perpetrators? | Continuum: From natural & healthy to children who molest
Helping children with sexual behavior problems: a guidebook for professionals & caregivers
(Companion to Understanding Children’s Sexual Behaviors: What’s Natural & Healthy) What everyone helping children with sexual behavior problems should know | Assessment & treatment | Talk, listen & respond to the child about sex | Cooperation & communication between all team members
prevent it! taking action to stop child sexual abuse workshop
Feel empowered and be informed about: Child sexual abuse | Child sexual development | Concerning behaviors in other adults | Concerning signs in children | Respond to disclosures of child sexual abuse | Report abuse | Reduce the risk of sexual abuse as responsible adults & organizations
Teatree tells: a child abuse prevention kit
Lessons |Educator Guide & Program Overview | Teatree’s Keep & Speak Secrets storybook | Puppet | Posters | Parent guide
Teatree Tells is a child sexual abuse prevention program designed for children from 4 to 6 years of age. Lessons are age-appropriate, engaging & include an animated character, Teatree, who teaches them how to be safe.
Body Safety & Consent Bundle
Children’s Books: My Body! What I Say Goes! | Activity book | Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent & Respect | No Means No! | Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept | Body Safety Education
Teaching children, from a young age, that they are the boss of their body and what they say goes is incredibly empowering. The six books included in this bundle explore body boundaries, respect, consent, feelings and emotions, choices, recognizing bullying behaviors and body safety.
Learning these important and life-long skills are crucial in developing children’s confidence & will help them to recognise their rights — especially in regard to their body.
Commit to kids program Kit manual
Program overview guide | Video CD | Steps for reporting inappropriate conduct | Steps for reporting child abuse card
Step-by-step program to help prevent sexual abuse from happening within child-serving organizations
Kids in the know, kindergarten Kit
An interactive safety education program to empower children & reduce their risk of victimization
The 3Cs of Internet Safety
research & Practices in child maltreatment prevention - bundle
A broad collection of peer-reviewed research on the physical, sexual, & mental abuse of children and details a variety of multidisciplinary models for the prevention of abuse before it occurs.
let’s talk (formerly: let’s talk about touching)
Program manual | Lesson plans | Teaching pictures | Felt board figures & words | Sorting cards | 2 puppets | CD of children’s songs | One boy & one girl doll
Reflects up to date research on prevention education for young children and emphasizes positive touch
Gives teachers a greater sense of confidence that their efforts will contribute to children’s safety
$125.95 - $149.95 Training & Kit
Body safety Education Preschool teacher’s resource kit
Comprehensive Teacher's Resource Kit, carefully designed to make the teaching of Body Safety, Respectful Relationships and Gender Equality to children in preschool simple, age-appropriate &empowering.
Everything you need to teach body safety, respectful relationships & gender equality to the children in your care
10 Body Safety lessons
5 Respectful Relationships & Gender Equality lessons
Books: Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept (hard cover) | No Means No! | My Body! What I Say Goes! | No Difference Between Us | Body Safety Education | You, Me and Empathy | Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect
Also included:
Posters, Laminated Safe/Unsafe A5 cards, PowerPoints, Resource Masters, Activity Book, Hand-out sheets, Sample letter home