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Protective Behaviours

WA Child Safety Services

WACSS Protective Behaviours is a personal safety program that teaches children skills and strategies to recognise and respond to a range of unsafe situations, applicable in contexts including child abuse, family violence, and bullying.

  • WA

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: WA Department of Education; Approved elsewhere: eSafety

Product type: Posters; Fact sheets; Student activities; Activity sheets; Professional learning; Presentation by an expert or speaker ; Whole school approach or initiative; Wellbeing monitoring service, platform or tool; Incursion, excursion or immersive experience

Contact details

WA Child Safety Services
ABN: 18 167 401 747

https://wacss.com.au/programs/protective-behaviours/

admin@wacss.com.au

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Belonging and inclusion

  • Bullying and cyber-bullying

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

  • Self-esteem and body image

  • Respectful relationships and consent education

  • E-safety and digital literacy

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

  • Technologies

  • Humanities and Social Science

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1), Targeted small group early intervention (Tier 2), Intensive individualised approach (Tier 3)

Communities: Diverse cultures or language groups

Context: School or centre-based, Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)

Main beneficiaries: Early learning, Foundation/Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Delivery style: Delivered by program staff

Aims & approach

The WACSS Protective Behaviours program is underpinned by two core themes:

  1. We all have the right to be safe and feel safe at all times.
  2. We can talk with someone about anything, no matter what it is.

The program aims for a whole-of-community approach, providing educator and parent/carer workshops, professional development and agency referrals alongside school programs.

Staff workshops are available face-to-face and online, delivered by accredited facilitators, offering participants the background knowledge and skills to teach Protective Behaviours to children. Travel charges apply outside the Perth metropolitan area.

WA Child Safety Services is an expert in the sector and a selected provider for Department of Education across Western Australia.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor

Evidence

Protective Behaviours was developed in the USA in the 1970s and is backed by decades of research around harm to children. WA Child Safety Services is selected by the WA Department of Education as a Protective Behaviours training provider.