Importance of Listening to Youth to Help Prevent PSB

Learn the difference between typical sexual behavior in children and youth and problematic sexual behavior, as well as when professionals become involved in responding to PSB. You’ll also learn how to engage with youth and/or parents in a way that helps build trust; how listening to youth helps prevent PSB; and ways parents can approach hard conversations with their children after PSB has occurred.

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Resources

Listeners can find additional information or support at the following:

• The Words We Use Matter
• Talking to Your Kids About Healthy Sexual Development
• A Message to Our Caregivers
• What’s OK?
• Now What? A Caregiver’s Survival Guide
• Things I Wish I Would Have Known
• Talking About the Elephant in the Living Room