PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS (PB) PRACTITIONER TRAINING FOR ALL PROFESSIONALS (12 hours)

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PREVENTION EDUCATION TRAINING

PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS LEVEL-1 TRAINING

In-person training in Strand / Cape Town for Social Workers and Educators, ECD-staff, Parents and Professionals working or living with children / young people !

(SACSSP CPD accredited)

Hilda O'Callaghan, our PBSA- Master Trainer, has develop several early prevention programs to provide children with strategies to keep themselves safe and to cope with unsafe situations that threaten their safety and well-being, such as child abuse and family violence.

To prevent young adults, children from becoming victims of abuse, it's important to educate them about their own personal safety. 

Program runs over 2 day's with lunch included.

 Theme 1

“WE ALL have the RIGHT to feel SAFE at ALL TIMES”…  

The right to feel safe belongs to every person. It is a human right at all times!

Feelings… Children are taught and supported in developing a comprehensive feelings  vocabulary which includes Safe and Unsafe feelings.

Early Warning Signs… Protective Behaviours teaches everybody how to identify their "Early Warning Signs" in dangerous situations.

The Safety Continuum… This can range from feeling ‘safe’ to feeling ‘unsafe’.

Secrets…....Protective Behaviours teaches children how to identify the difference between Safe and Unsafe Secrets and how to respond. 

Theme 2

"We can Talk with someone about anything, no matter what it is" !

 Protective Behaviours program encourages children and teenagers to communicate how they are feeling and includes both safe and unsafe feelings, secrets and touches.

Safety networks..... Learn how to support children in identifying specific people that they can talk with when they feel unsafe (Safety Networks) .

Persistence… Children are taught to keep on telling people in their network until they get the help they need. 

Body Awareness and Ownership… Protective Behaviours empowers children with the use of accurate terminology for all body parts - this can remove the embarrassment about private parts.

Personal Space… Children learn about social distance, taking control of their own personal space and respecting other people’s personal space.

Assertiveness… Children are taught that it is acceptable to say “No” (even to adults) if they feel unsafe – PB also teaches children to identify the different ways of saying “No”.

Hilda O'Callaghan is a Master Trainer from West Australia, Perth. As an Accredited Edward De Bono Six Thinking Hat Consultant she has run Creative Thinking Programs for children and teachers for more than 36 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with double majors in Psychology and Criminology; Honours Degree in Criminology (Juvenile Delinquency and Crime Prevention); Masters Degree in Training and Development, with the research component in Emotional Intelligence. Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment (BSZ40198); Communication Specialist, Marriage and Relationship Educator and Dispute Resolution Mediator and have mediated family, workplace and community disputes for the past 26 years in Western Australia; Train the Trainer for the Protective Behaviours Program in Western Australia and Master Trainer for Protective Behaviours in Southern Africa (PBSA) and act as a PBSA Board member.

Hilda’s goal is to achieve a safer world for all and to ensure that all people (children and adults) are empowered with the knowledge and skills of the Protective Behaviours program.

To register or for more information, please email [email protected] (PBSA Coordinator)

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