Training: Using trauma-informed approach when working with parents and caregivers of children who have fallen victims to online sexual violence

This training will provide important insights Protect Children specialists have learnt about experiences of families who have been affected by sexual violence against their child while the peer support groups have been facilitated in Finland and as part of 2KNOW project also in Ireland. The training aims to enhance professionals’ understanding of the entire family’s experiences when facing such trauma and emphasises the importance of supporting also parents in the victim’s healing process.

Project 2KNOW is a two-year project funded by the European Commission’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), which aims to improve data collection on violence against children and to offer a scalable parental peer support model for carers of child victims of sexual abuse. The project partners include Protect Children, the University of Eastern Finland, and the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).