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Relationships and sex education (Source DfE)
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) statutory guidance. The guidance applies to all schools in England and the consultation is aimed at education professionals and other interested individuals.
Read the press release: Age limits introduced to protect children in RSHE
Respond to the consultation: Review of the RSHE statutory guidance
Harmful sexual behaviour (Source ACAMH)
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) has published a recording of its webinar on harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). The webinar focuses on the work of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation in preventing HSB, looking at two different initiatives.
Listen to the recording: Preventing sexually harmful behaviour of young people – introducing the ‘Inform and the Shore’ initiative – recording
See also on NSPCC Learning: Problematic and Harmful sexual behaviour
Child sexual extortion (Source UK Safer Internet Centre)
The UK Safer Internet Centre has published new guidance on financially motivated sexual extortion or ‘sextortion’. The page provides advice, resources and tools designed to help professionals, parents, carers and young people, including information on how to report and escalate incidents.
Read the news story: New online issue page released to support with responding to sextortion incidents