WHAT WE OFFER: PROTECTIVE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS

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Helping parents create safe spaces, both online and offline

Parents have largely been absent from traditional prevention efforts, and when they are included, their role is usually limited to teaching children prevention strategies. Yet research shows that parents are far more effective when engaged as protectors rather than educators.

Protective Pathways for Parents equips adults to:

Recognise early signs of grooming and concerning behaviour before harm occurs

Create safe spaces that disrupt the conditions which enable abuse

Understand online risks and strengthen e-safety at home, including how grooming unfolds in digital environments

This program provides clear, practical strategies that help parents strengthen the safe spaces around their children and reduce opportunities for harm.

Sessions are available both face-to-face and online, for groups or individuals.

May be suitable for NDIS participants under Capacity Building supports. 

Strengthening safe practice 

Protective Pathways provides training for professionals working in childcare, education, sport, scouts, churches, youth groups, OSHC, and other community or child-serving organisations.

While many organisations focus on policies, reporting procedures, or child behaviour, research shows that the earliest indicators of risk usually appear in adult behaviour. Staff are often the ones who see patterns, relationship shifts, and boundary-testing behaviours — but only if they know what to look for.

The Protective Pathways for Child-Serving Professionals program helps teams:

Recognise grooming and boundary-pushing behaviour within organisational settings

Strengthen everyday safe practice through clear boundaries, predictable routines, and a shared understanding of safe adult behaviour

By supporting staff to notice concerns early and embed consistent protective behaviours across the team, organisations can build a stronger safeguarding culture and reduce opportunities for harm.

Sessions are available both face-to-face and online, for groups or individuals.

Helping practitioners support safer families

Protective Pathways  provides training for professionals who work with parents and caregivers, including early years nurses, allied health practitioners, psychologists, counsellors, social workers, family therapists, parenting practitioners, and child safety staff.

Adults supporting families are often the first to notice changes in parent–child dynamics or new adults entering a child’s world. Yet most professionals receive little training in recognising grooming behaviours or helping parents create safer environments.

The Protective Pathways for Family Support Professionals program helps practitioners:

Understand grooming and boundary-pushing behaviours in family or community contexts

Build parents’ capacity to create safe spaces and identify concerns early

By strengthening practitioners’ knowledge and confidence, this program helps services promote safer environments and reduce opportunities for harm.

Sessions are available both face-to-face and online, for groups or individuals.