November 11, 2019

20: Protecting disabled children from sexual abuse

30 minutes

Joining us for this episode, Sarah discusses:

our report findings including the key issues for parents and carers

the need for accessible relationships and sex education for children and young people with disabilities

how parents and carers can work with schools to provide children with consistent messages around relationships and sex education

involving children, young people and their parents and carers in the development of services and approaches to preventing sexual abuse

Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.

💬 About the speakers

Sarah Goff is Safeguarding Disabled Children Services Manager at the Ann Craft Trust. She carries out research; delivers training to agencies and local safeguarding children partnerships; and, provides consultancy to organisations about safeguarding disabled children. Her recent work has focused on seeking the views of disabled children and young people placed away from home; the experiences of deaf and disabled children and young people facing domestic abuse and child sexual exploitation; and, developing training to support practitioners in keeping children safe.

📚 Related resources

> Read more about safeguarding children and young people with SEND

> Download our resources for young people aged 11 to 25 with learning disabilities

> Browse our PANTS guides for children with learning disabilities

> Read more about how you can protect children from sexual abuse

Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros

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