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A free, short course for everyone who works in a UAE public or private school: teachers, teaching assistants, office staff, bus staff, coaches and support staff. You will learn how to handle the first conversation when a student tells you something worrying, why you can never promise to keep it secret, what to do straight away when a student talks about self-harm or ending their life, and how to write it down. It is taken from Safeguarding and Child Protection Level 1 for UAE Schools and Student Wellbeing and Mental Health Awareness for UAE Schools, and it does not replace your school's own child protection training.
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Responding when a student tells you something worrying
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6 questions are selected for each attempt, one group per learning outcome. You need 80% to pass. If you do not pass, the feedback points you back to the section each question came from. You have 3 attempts to pass. A pass is never counted, so you can always take the course again once you have passed. 5 attempts that do not pass within 12 months close the assessment for 12 months.
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A disclosure is when a child tells you something that suggests they, or another child, are being harmed. It might come all at once, or bit by bit. It often comes at an awkward moment: at the end of a lesson, in the corridor, or on the way out.
If you notice a change in a student, a short, kind check-in is fine, and it often helps. Choose a quiet moment where others can't overhear, but where you can still be seen, such as the side of a classroom or a bench in the playground, not a closed room. Follow your school's rules on speaking with students of the other gender.
If a child starts to tell you something worrying:
A leading question suggests an answer. 'Did someone at home hit you?' is leading. 'How did you get that mark?' is open. Leading questions can upset a child, and can make what they say harder to rely on later.
If a student doesn't want to talk, that's OK. Say, 'That's fine. I'm here, and you can come back any time.' Then still pass on what you noticed.
Based on: general good practice (the whole section: when and where to check in, the steps, the words to use and avoid, and open questions).
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Responding when a student tells you something worrying