This weekend, I had the privilege and honor of leading a host of educators from schools across Malaysia on two breakout sessions at the Leaps of Knowledge conference by FrogAsia :
1. Respectful Teaching in the Classroom
2. Protective Behaviors and Body Safety for Students and Teachers
The second workshop is a hard one to teach. It’s uncomfortable, it stirs up the ugly for some and makes the room heavy with that sick feeling in your stomach because these are your teeny tinies, your little ones, and these are the things that no one wants to talk about but everyone needs to.
But we have to start the conversations, work together, link arms, fight till your last breath and go down trying.
NO MEANS NO
Teach and role model your little one and students to respect each other’s boundaries and that no’s matter.
PRIVATE PARTS STAY PRIVATE
Anything covered by modest swimwear should stay private including in photos. When teaching about private parts, avoid nicknames and call body parts by their names. Breasts, penis, vagina, buttocks and mouths.
NO CLOSED DOORS
Doors only close if you’re alone and need privacy. If you’re with someone else, the doors always stay open. It protects both the adult and the child.
BUDDY SYSTEM
If you’re taking a student to the bathroom etc, always invite another child. Again, it keeps you and the child safe. It protects you by giving you a witness and it role models boundaries to a child and never to go alone w someone else.
SIDE HUGS AND HIGH FIVES
Physical contact should only be limited to side hugs and high fives
NO SECRETS
Predators groom their victims by teaching them to keep secrets.
LISTEN TO YOUR GUT
As an adult and a child and a mama, your gut is ALWAYS right. Listen to it.
LISTEN TO YOUR BODY
Teach your child a body’s threat response when it senses danger : sweaty, heart beats fast, eyes grow big, feels anxious and wants to cry, feels like running away, needs to pee or poop.
LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD
Pay attention and listen to the little things. Believe them. There is nothing so small or terrible that you can’t tell anyone is biggest thing we can teach them.
SAFETY NETWORK
Who are the protectors in your child’s life? Who are the five that will always hear him/her no matter what. Believe her, fight for him, build a shield wall for them.
Protective behaviors for teachers, parents, doctors, nurses, little ones. How do we put safeguards in place, how do we teach our littles body safety and that they have a right to feel safe at all times.
We advocate. We make loud noises in quiet places. We do the unpopular and the uncomfortable. We show up and stand up in the dark, together, always stronger, we build walls, we keep their innocence, we stay vigilant and banded together - regardless of race, gender, or title.
We stand together.
#protectivebehaviours #bodysafetyeducation #professionaldevelopment #leapsofknowledge
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