This is a very delicate and sensitive area, which professionals often find very difficult. This training recognises this and is designed to enable any professional working with children and families to feel more confident in this work by:

• Understanding the emotions and feelings that this type of abuse evokes in us.

• Developing clarity on the definitions of CSA/E.

• Understanding the prevalence of these types of abuse.

• Recognising the signs and symptoms of abuse.

• Learning how perpetrators operate.

• Understanding how Child Sexual Abuse trauma is different from other forms of trauma.