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Module 1 - Sexual Victimisation
Please, keep in mind that the current course is introductory. It has been designed for kindergarten and elementary school teachers in Europe working with children from 3 to 12 years old with no previous training in violence against children. If you wish to find out about more specialized or advanced courses for other type of professionals, contexts or students, please visit the extra resources proposed at the end of the course.
- Introduction To Child Sexual Victimisation
- Real story
- Definition Of Child Sexual Victimisation
- Prevalence
- Indicators
- What can you do to tackle child sexual victimisation?
- What can you do about a suspected case of child sexual abuse?
- What is the procedure in your country?
- Prevention
- Quiz
- Summary
- References
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Module 2 - Physical And Emotional Maltreatment
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Module 3 - Bullying Victimisation
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Module 4 - Resilience
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Certificate
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Additional Resources
What Is Peer Victimisation?
Danny’s story is one of many possible forms of bullying victimisation. Indeed, the term bullying refers to many aggressive behaviours perpetrated against school-aged children and adolescents by their peers.
In brief, bullying can be defined as a systematic abuse of power within peer relationships (Smith & Sharp, 1994).
Reflection Activity
Your definition of bullying
Sometimes the bullied child may not recognise and understand what is happening. Other students who are around may also have the same difficulties. Think of how you would describe bullying to your students. What wording would you use? What examples could you provide to help students understand bullying better?
Bullying behaviours can take on different forms (e.g., Casper & Card, 2017; Gini, Card, & Pozzoli, 2018).