Identifying and responding to child sexual abuse: Supporting the mental health of children and young people

The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) undertakes high-quality, impartial research into the wellbeing of Australian families, to inform government policy and promote evidence-based practice in the family services sector.

For more information and to register, please see the event page.

This webinar will explore how to identify and respond to child sexual abuse in ways that support healing, mental health and wellbeing.

This webinar will help viewers to:

• identify the signs of child sexual abuse and support children and young people to move beyond secrecy
• develop practice strategies to navigate conversations with children and young people about sexual abuse and respond confidently and effectively to disclosures
• develop practice strategies that support children, young people and parents to describe their experiences of abuse and support them to move beyond shame and self-blame.

This webinar is intended for practitioners and other professionals in health, social, education and community services who have contact with children and young people. This webinar will also include information for people who may need to respond to child sexual abuse outside of their work role.

Please note this webinar will be a pre-recorded event with no live Q&A. Please submit any questions you have for the panellists during registration.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.