Resources for Caregivers & Parents
Content warning: some sections of this page discuss sexual activities and sexual abuse.
- Neurodivergent Rebel: Why We NEED to Teach Boundaries & Consent to Autistic People
- Teach Consent: Parents
- Raising Children Network: Consent and sexual consent: autistic children and teenagers
- NeuroClastic: Autism and Masking During Sex
- Scarleteen: A Brief Guide to Consenting with a Nonverbal Partner
- Everyday Feminism: How to Teach Consent to Kids in 5 Simple Steps
- CARE Program: What is consent?
- SECCA: Feel Safe Protective Behaviours program
- Free online e-learning program to help 15-30 year olds with a disability to learn and practice the concepts of Protective Behaviours knowledge and skills.
- Darkness to Light:
- SECCA: Protective behaviors
Recognizing & Reporting Sexual Abuse:
- RAINN:
- RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline
- Call: 800-656-HOPE
- Text: “HOPE” to 64673
- Talking to Your Kids About Sexual Assault
- RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline
- Sexual Assault Help: Reporting Options
- Raising Children Network: Child sexual abuse: talking to children 0-11 years
- Child Mind Institute: 10 Ways to Teach Children to Speak Up About Sexual Abuse
- Darkness to Light: Identifying & Reporting Sexual Abuse
- Project Harmony: Resources
- Love is Respect: Supporting Your Child
- Child Help:
- Sexual Health Victoria: Cognitive Disability and Sexuality
- SECCA:
- Today’s Parent: 5 tips for talking to your kid about masturbation
- Raising Children Network: Parent guide to talking about sex: 9-11 years
- *Healthy Children: Masturbation
- ChoosingTherapy: How to Talk to Your Teenager About Masturbation
Public vs. Private:
- Planet Puberty: Private Places
- SECCA: Teaching Public and Private– Download for free here
- Sex Ed for Self Advocates: Public Versus Private
- Project Harmony: Technology Safety
- Secca sexting
- SECCA: Things to Know About Porn– Download for free here
- Defend Young Minds
- The Porn Conversation
- Puberty The Wonder Years: Kids and Porn
*Content warning: resources marked with an * asterisk utilize gendered language
