A guide to identifying sexual behaviours
This innovative resource helps professionals who work with children and young people to identify, assess and respond appropriately to sexual behaviours. It uses a 'traffic light tool' to categorise sexual behaviours, to increase understanding of healthy sexual development and distinguish this from harmful behaviour.
By identifying sexual behaviours as GREEN, AMBER or RED, professionals across different agencies can work to the same criteria when making decisions and protect children and young people with a unified approach.
This resource has been designed to help professionals think through their decisions and does not replace organisational procedures or assessment frameworks.
Feedback
- "I am working with harmful sexual behaviour and therefore it is a useful tool and one that is easy to use as it is clearly divided into age related behaviours.
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Zoe Gracey, NSPCC