Taking Care - Protective Behaviours

 

Here, at MDJS, our staff are trained in the Warwickshire schools’ Taking Care: Protective Behaviours Programme.

 

Protective Behaviours is a practical down to earth approach to personal safety. The aim of the programme is to teach the children about how to feel safe, how to talk about their feelings and how to recognise safe and unsafe feelings. This encourages an adventurous approach to life that satisfies the desire for fun and excitement without violence or fear. Protective Behaviours help children to recognise and trust their intuitive feelings (Early Warning Signs) and to develop a range of strategies for self-protection.

 

The programme focuses on two key themes:

• We all have a right to feel safe all of the time
• We can talk with someone about anything, even if it feels awful or small