مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Teachers Knowledge and Experience about Child Sexual Abuse

Abstract :

It is important to recognize and report child sexual abuse for its devastating effects on the child. Besides the family, teachers having a close and long-term relationship with the child play an important role in recognition and preventing the abuse. The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge and experience of the teachers about the child sexual abuse and to find out their need for training on this topic. 100 teachers (primary school teachers, teachers, and counselor) have participated in the study. The data was collected through Demographic Form, Child Sexual Abuse Knowledge Form, Experienced Examples from the Teachers, Child Abuse Knowledge Scenarios. Results show that teachers both during their university education and work training had insufficient education. Though most teachers had correct knowledge about child sexual abuse, they had insufficient knowledge about the reporting of abuse to the formal institutions. These results show that teachers and school counselors need to be trained both during their university education and on the job training about child sexual abuse