Keep Safe

Other dissemination:

Keep Safe posters at conferences of British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology Faculty for Children, Young people and their Families, Challenging Behaviour Foundation, World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies and British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology -Our journey together: people with learning disabilities and clinical psychologists in partnership.

Papers:

• Malovic, A., Rossiter, R. & Murphy, G.H. 2018. Keep Safe: the development of a manualised group CBT intervention for adolescents with ID who display harmful sexual behaviours. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, Vol 9, 1, pp 49-58.
• Wake, A., Davies, J., Drake, C., Rowbotham, M., Smith, N. and Rossiter, R. (2020) Keep Safe: collaborative practice development and research with people with learning disabilities. Tizard Learning Disability Review. pp. 173-180. doi: 10.1108/TLDR-12-2019-0040
• Paper reporting results of the Keep Safe feasibility study and early training is nearly complete.
• Keep Safe Practice Summary in ‘Promising Practice’, European collaborative including BILD and ARC, launched/published at HOPE (Helping Ourselves Prevent Exploitation) international conference, Birmingham, June 2019.

Research: We are continuing to seek funds for a briefer, preventive version- Keep Safe 4 All in view of learning to date and the introduction of the new RSE curriculum. a larger evaluation of Keep safe and for We are considering the implications of COVID-19 on delivery as well as training and plan to host a webinar on this.

Training: Training: The next Keep Safe training will be online on 2 consecutive Mon 10th and Tues 11th June 2024; 9.30am – 4:00pm (with 3 x 90 minute follow-up group/ consultation sessions, dates tbc).

The cost for the 2 day training, electronic manual and resources, 3 follow-up consultation groups is £350.00 per person. Pairs or groups of staff from the same service are encouraged to support implementation – there is a discount for groups.
For further information and a booking form contact the Course Administrator by the 13th May 22024:
andrea.clay2@nhs.net who is part of the Bristol-based Be Safe Service and their NHS Trust, AWP, who are organising this Keep Safe training.

Email our assistant on saferidd@kent.ac.uk to be added to our email list for information of other forthcoming Keep Safe training and ‘train the trainers’ for those already trained in Keep Safe and experienced in its delivery.

Key national documents have continued to recognise the lack of research and practice specifically with children and young people with learning disabilities who display harmful sexual behaviour that we have been highlighting, including:

• Harmful sexual behaviour by children and young people: Expert Group report on Preventing Sexual Offending Involving Children and Young People to improve prevention and early intervention in response to harmful sexual behaviour involving children and young people. (2020) www.gov.scot
• NICE guideline, NG55, (2016) Harmful sexual behaviour among children and young people. Ro Rossiter co-ordinated and presented the ‘Expert testimony’ to inform the above NICE guideline development on behalf of Tizard and the Keep Safe Development Group.
• NSPCC (2016)Harmful sexual behaviour framework: An evidence-informed framework for children and young people displaying harmful sexual behaviours.
• Barnardos 2016 It’s not on the radar The hidden diversity of children and young people at risk of sexual exploitation in England. Barnardos; London
• Barnardos 2016 Now I know it was wrong: Report of the parliamentary inquiry into support and sanctions for children who display harmful sexual behaviour. Barnardos; London.
• Franklin, A. Raws, P. & Smeaton, E. 2015. Unprotected, Overprotected: meeting the needs of young people with learning disabilities who experience, or are at risk of sexual exploitation. Barnardos; London.

With the mandatory Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) being introduced in September 2020, there should be more opportunities to develop appropriate, safe knowledge and skills which have the potential to reduce HSB.

RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) Curriculum available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education and the SEND planning framework for this at:

https://pshe-association.org.uk/curriculum-and-resources/resources/pshe-education-planning-framework-pupils-send-key

Other useful resources and webinars are available at:

www.pshe-association.org.uk ” for:

• the framework developed with support from DfE/DH to deliver a comprehensive PSHE scheme that covers the new statutory content (much of this is incorporated in Keep Safe).
• Downloading slides, seeing video presentations from ‘Relationships, Sex and Health Education for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities’ webinar

Supported Loving- children and young people with ID/LD related webinars: www.choicesupport.org.uk/supported-loving-webinars

• Webinar 11 Relationships and sexuality education sessions for parents Kate Reynolds, mother to two young people on the autism spectrum – one with epilepsy and the other with learning disabilities – and a researcher/author for Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Webinar 13 Delivering RSE for people with complex needs – Helen Dunman, a teacher at Chailey Heritage Foundation, shares her years of experience delivering relationship and sex education (RSE) to people with multiple and profound learning disabilities

References and resources list: we are in the process of updating this. A revised list should be available in early January