From: A sex education program for teachers of preschool children: a quasi-experimental study in Iran
Educational materials | • Difficulty walking or sitting • Withdrawal or chronic depression • Inappropriate sex play or premature understanding of sex • Feeling threatened by physical contact, closeness • Poor self-esteem, lack of confidence • Peer problems, lack of involvement with friends • Extreme weight change • Hysteria, lack of emotional control • Sudden preschool difficulties |
Educational materials | • Encourage the child to draw pictures about persons that they like or do not like and then talk about it • Encourage the child to draw pictures about “good” and “bad” events • Encourage the child to tell teacher about the “good” and “bad” happenings • Encourage the child to talk about his/her physical problems • Remind the child that he or she is not responsible for unpleasant events • Seeking medical attention if indicated • Consult with kindergarten psychologist • Contact parents to inform them about the suspected abuse • Helping parents to contact social services or social emergency agency • Instruct the parents for separating the baby from suspicious persons |
Educational materials | • Teachers should listen carefully to children’s sexual questions because they may be clues • Children are generally curious about their bodies and explore them • Touching their own sexual body parts is common and normal • Children are usually curious about adult bodies • Children may play games such as “Doctor” and touch one another’s sexual body parts |