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Cases of child-on-child abuse in #Childcare on the rise

#CSA Child Sexual Abuse #Peer2PeerAbuse #ChildOnChildAbuse #HarmfulSexualBehaviour #ChildSafety #Safeguarding #AbuseInCare

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'It's a secret': The on-the-rise childcare issue parents need to know about Parents are demanding answers from centre operators after their children were allegedly sexually abused by other children while in child care.

'It's a secret': The on-the-rise #Childcare issue parents need to know about

#CSA Child Sexual Abuse #Peer2PeerAbuse #ChildOnChildAbuse #HarmfulSexualBehaviour #ChildSafety #Safeguarding #AbuseInCare #Coverup #CorpGov

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The study reveals:

🧩 Gaps in knowledge – particularly around the terminology used to describe online sexual harmful exchanges & the lack of analysis into the language used within these exchanges.

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#onlineharmfulsexualexchanges #onlineabuse #onlinesexualabuse #harmfulsexualbehaviour

Schools ‘need more help’ to tackle rising number of sexual assaults by pupils Charities say better guidance is needed over increasing number of sexual assaults in UK primary schools

UK primary schools ‘need more help’ to tackle rising number of sexual assaults by pupils

#SexualAssault #SchoolGov #ChildSafety #Safeguarding #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #HarmfulSexualBehaviour #Peer2PeerAbuse

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My boss’s thoughts on early identification and the current #serviceprovision for #harmfulsexualbehaviour (#HSB). Worth a read plus he’s a nice bloke:

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Like a Podcast? Go on give this a listen to learn a little about #harmfulsexualbehaviour in #schools with our very own @PatBranigan

Very good #TEDTALK on Understanding and preventing #harmfulsexualbehaviour in adolescents.