Laura Nott, Schools Project Manager, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation Parent Workshop
Understanding harmful sexual behaviours
- To explore the differences between appropriate, inappropriate, problematic and harmful sexual behaviours in children
- To improve confidence in talking about sex, pornography and internet safety
- To understand the key findings from the June 2021 OFSTED review of schools regarding harmful sexual behaviours in schools
- To consider how to respond to any concerns
- To ask questions with a Lucy Faithfull Foundation practitioner
Laura qualified as a probation officer in 2003, working in the West Midlands area. She was seconded to a local charity to create a therapeutic group work programme for young men (aged 11 – 16 years) who had witnessed domestic abuse. The six-month secondment developed into a 7-year project and she worked with over 250 boys and families, helping them to understand what healthy relationships look like and reduce their risk of becoming abusive in the future.
Laura now leads LFF’s multidisciplinary Schools team, who have expertise in assessing and working with young people displaying harmful sexual behaviour. She is working with researchers from the University of Surrey to gather evidence of what works to help schools respond to and prevent harmful sexual behaviour and the learning from this work will be shared with all schools across the UK.
