Supporting a person to learn vocabulary needed to talk about abuse and neglect
You can help a person who uses pictures to communicate to learn the symbols that they can use to talk about abuse, neglect and body autonomy by referring to relevant pictures within context. A great way to do this is using a poster, or a picture story book as a guide.
This proactive strategy is important, because:
- It helps to avoid a scenario where the child or adult is exposed to this vocabulary for the first time in a scenario where they are required to make a disclosure about abuse or neglect
- It promotes discussion and learning about abuse, neglect and body autonomy in a relaxed environment
- It helps the person to learn about important concepts around abuse, neglect, sexuality and body autonomy
Learn about how to teach vocabulary
Watch a video to learn how to introduce vocabulary using a picture or narrative resource
Download a guide to introducing picture based vocabulary to a narrative or poster resource
Download resources to help teach vocabulary
Everyone's Got a Bottom resources
The following resources have been developed to be used alongside the story book "Everyone's Got a Bottom" by Tess Rowley, produced by True Relationships and Reproductive Health, Queensland
Download sentence strips to be used with Everyone's Got a Bottom
You can purchase "Everyone's got a Bottom" from True Relationships and Reproductive Health
Staying Safe poster (VALID) resources
The following resources have been developed to be used alongside a poster by VALID about staying Safe.
Download the communication board designed to be used with the Staying Safe poster
Watch a video demonstration of how to use the communication board with the poster resource
You can download the Staying Safe poster from the VALID website