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The Child abuse Prevention Programme provides the following training services for primary schools. If you wish to avail of these services please contact us at 01-6206347 or email staysafe@pdst.ie
Continuous Professional Development Parent Education Board of Management
Continuous Professional Development
During the introduction of the Stay Safe
programme into primary schools an initial one-day in-service training course
for teachers was provided by CAPP. Since then the provision of follow-up
teacher training has been part of the CAPP remit. Training is provided by
the PDST – it normally takes place in the school,
during the school day, and usually lasts for 1.5 to 2 hours.
Topics covered can include:
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Teaching the Stay Safe
programme within the context of S.P.H.E.
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Update on the revised Stay
Safe programme
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Responding to disclosures or
suspicions of abuse
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Teacher’s guidelines on
referral procedures
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Response of the health
services to cases of child abuse
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Learning difficulties and Stay
Safe
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Developing a school policy on
child abuse and victimisation
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Parent education on the Stay Safe programme
and child abuse is provided by the PDST.
Parental involvement has always been an
integral part of the successful implementation of the programme. Parent meetings
take place in the school during the day/evening and normally last for an hour.
Meetings usually consist of:
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An outline of the content and
teaching methods of the Stay Safe programme
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Explanation of the parent’s
role in this teaching process and child protection strategies – how to build
self-esteem and foster open communication and trust
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Information on child abuse and
bullying
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Information on responding to
disclosures or suspicions of child abuse and available services.
Parent booklets are available from CAPP
and can be ordered by contacting the CAPP office.
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An information meeting for members of the
board on any of the above topics can be organised by CAPP.
Meetings will be arranged at a time to suit
the board and normally last one hour. Since new boards will shortly be
constituted now would be an opportune time to consider planning for such a
meeting.
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