What is Protective Behaviours?
At Whitnash Primary School, we deliver the Protective Behaviours programme in the Autumn Term. Please find more information below.
Protective Behaviours (PBs) is a safety awareness and life skills programme which builds confidence and resilience by exploring our right to feel safe. It starts from the belief that we cannot be scared into feeling safe, and therefore it avoids a focus on scary scenarios and rigid sets of rules for how to deal with unsafe situations. Instead it teaches an ability to recognise when we are not feeling safe, and provide skills and tools to enable individuals to take action and get help when they need it.
The PB framework helps children and adults to recognise any situation where they feel worried or unsafe, such as feeling stressed, bullied or threatened. It can be used as an abuse prevention strategy, as well as promoting good citizenship. Additionally it recognises that life is also about challenging ourselves and taking safe risks in order that we try new things, and that this is both part of our development and an important life skill.
Early Warning Signs:
A poem written by an 8 year old
Pounding Heart
Goose Bumps
Dry Mouth
Tight Lump
Blurred Vision
Can’t See
Wide Eyes
Need a Wee
Frozen Limbs
Fluttering Tum
Sweaty Palms
Squelchy Bum
Jelly Legs
Can’t Move
Feel Sick
Where’s the Loo
Muddled Thoughts
Hair on End
Fight or Flight?
I Need a Friend
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