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Practice Tool

Responding and taking action

This practice tool highlights the importance of responding to child sexual abuse and taking action to protect children.

Community Awareness
Trauma Informed
Workforce

Everyone in a child’s life, from parents to professionals, has a role to play in protecting children from sexual abuse by noticing signs, listening, and asking questions, protecting the child, and providing support. This practice tool highlights the importance of responding and taking action to protect children.

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The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse (National Centre) respectfully acknowledges and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nations and pay our respects to ancestors and Elders past and present. We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, culture and lore continue to lead Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and acknowledge the tireless work to pursue justice outcomes for children and young people.

The National Centre supports decisions affecting people’s lives being fundamentally informed by those people. And upholds truth telling and agreement making for justice as essential components of healing.

We seek to honour the lived and living expertise of all victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, harnessing all ages, cultures, abilities and backgrounds, and commit to substantially addressing the harm of child sexual abuse, now and well into the future.

We recognise that there are children and young people today who are experiencing sexual abuse and dedicate ourselves to doing all we can to expedite and promote their effective protection and care.

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