Harmful Sexual Behaviour
What is harmful sexual behaviour?
What you need to do?
Harmful sexual behaviour (HSB)is developmentally inappropriate sexual behaviour displayed by children and young people which is harmful or abusive. Peer-on-peer sexual abuse is a form of HSB where sexual abuse takes place between children of a similar age or stage of development. Child-on-child sexual abuse is a form of HSB that takes place between children of any age or stage of development.
Harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) or peer-on-peer sexual abuse | NSPCC Learning
Are you aware of the differences between healthy sexual behaviours and those which are of concern? Do you know what to do if a child or young person has experienced sexual harassment and abuse or is displaying sexualised behaviour?
Get the knowledge and skills you need to recognise, report and record sexualised behaviour concerns with NSPCC's elearning courses for primary or secondary schools.
Harmful sexual behaviour in schools training | NSPCC Learning – This one is currently free Sex and relationships (RSE) training course for teachers and school leaders | NSPCC Learning
Following on from NSPCC's first episode in this series, social workers and children’s practitioners, Katy Tomkinson and Rowan Wolfe, talk about planning therapeutic sessions and assessing children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour.
This toolkit is designed for parents, carers, family members and professionals, to help everyone play their part in keeping children safe.
Stop_It_Now_harmful_sexual_behaviour_prevention_toolkit_Oct_2020.pdf (stopitnow.org.uk)
The term ‘harmful sexual behaviour’ describes a continuum of behaviours displayed by children and young people under 18, ranging from those considered ‘inappropriate’ at a particular age or developmental stage to ‘problematic’, ‘abusive’ and ‘violent’ behaviours.
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