Interventions Database
We have developed a database of more than 200 interventions to help prevent child sexual abuse from across the globe. These are based on published research or documentation from the relevant organisation, with evaluative data included where available.
You can search and filter these below to find interventions most appropriate to your target audience.
Of course, each approach will be suited to its own geographical, cultural, legal and socioeconomic context; and inclusion of an intervention or resource within this database does not necessarily indicate effectiveness. You will need to adapt these interventions to your own context.
Wesley's World
A series of books for parents and carers to read with their children designed to share personal safety messages including those of preventing sexual abuse.Wesley's World
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Book/Guide
Access to Justice
A service which advocates for children’s rights, provides free access to legal aid for child victims of sexual (and other) abuse and engages with communities to provide information about sexual abuse.Access to Justice
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Classroom Setting
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Group Work
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Public Education
Circles of Support and Accountability
A programme which uses volunteers to support and hold to account a sex offender as they reintegrate into community.Circles of Support and Accountability
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Mentoring
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Peer Support
Facing the Future
A guide for parents/carers of young people who have sexually abused another child. Includes information about why children and young people may abuse others, finding out about the abuse, helping the child and looking to the future.Facing the Future
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Book/Guide
Women as Protectors
A voluntary programme designed to enhance the protective skills of individual women or groups whose partners are currently being assessed for risk of sexual harm or who are in the criminal justice system for sexual offending.Women as Protectors
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Group Work
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Individual Work
Youth Spark Voices
A programme which works with girls at risk of sexual trafficking which aims to increase and cultivate their talents and encourage a healthy lifestyle.Youth Spark Voices
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Family Work
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Group Work
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Individual Work
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Peer Support
Zipit
A mobile App designed to enable young people to deal with pressures around ‘sexting’ – the sending of explicit images or videos.Zipit
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Online/App
The Bumblebees Therapeutic Preschool
A programme which provides assessment, therapy and education for children aged 0-5 and their families who have been sexually abused or experienced domestic violence as well as children aged 3-5 years exhibiting sexualised behaviours.The Bumblebees Therapeutic Preschool
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Counselling
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Family Work
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Group Work
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Individual Work
Voices Against Violence
A global co-educational curriculum for use with young people around the world supported by a manual which includes guidance and resources.Voices Against Violence
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Book/Guide
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Classroom Setting
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Group Work
Therapeutic Treatment Orders
Community based treatment programmes for young people with harmful sexual behaviour.Therapeutic Treatment Orders
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Family Work
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Group Work
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Individual Work
Turn the Page
A treatment programme for adolescents with harmful sexual behaviour including girls and young people with learning difficulties.Turn the Page
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Individual Work
No Hay Excusas
A Spanish language public education campaign designed to raise awareness and address demand for child sexual exploitation.No Hay Excusas
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Public Education
The NSPCC Underpants Rule Campaign
A campaign supported by guidance documents which gives parents and carers a simple way of talking with their child about staying safe, without using scary words.The NSPCC Underpants Rule Campaign
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Book/Guide
G-Map
A community based treatment programme for young people with harmful sexual behaviour and their families/carers.G-Map
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Counselling
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Family Work
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Individual Work
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Residential
Good Touch Bad Touch, Asia Puppets Flipchart
A personal safety skills programme for use in schools or other settings which can either be delivered through a puppet/flipchart presentation or an online presentation.Good Touch Bad Touch, Asia Puppets Flipchart
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Classroom Setting
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Theatrical
ECPAT Supporting Marginalised Youth in Brazil
An intervention aimed at targeting marginalised transsexual young people to help prevent commercial sexual exploitation.ECPAT Supporting Marginalised Youth in Brazil
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Counselling
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Mentoring
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Peer Support
Stepping Stones
A gender transformation programme designed to build knowledge of sexual health, awareness of risks and consequences of risk taking and provide opportunity for self-reflection of sexual behaviour.Stepping Stones
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Classroom Setting
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Group Work
The Te Piriti Special Treatment Unit Child Sexual Offending Treatment Programme
The Te Piriti Special Treatment Unit at Auckland Regional Prison houses adult males who have been convicted of sexual offences against children.The Te Piriti Special Treatment Unit Child Sexual Offending Treatment Programme
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Group Work
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Individual Work
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Prison
Kid & Teen Safe: An Abuse Prevention Programme for Youth with Disabilities
A school-based prevention education project to assist in empowering children, youth and young adults with disabilities to understand and advocate for their rights to personal safety and to learn skills that can help reduce the risk of violence.Kid & Teen Safe: An Abuse Prevention Programme for Youth with Disabilities
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Classroom Setting
Strong Mothers
A book which aims to provide support and information to mothers whose children have been sexually abused.Strong Mothers
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Book/Guide