What is “grooming”?
Catherine Gallagher Clinical Practice Manager Start explains that grooming is when an adult works to lower the defences of a child. She notes that grooming can be nice or violent. Sam MacGibbon Child and Family Psychologist notes that grooming can be a long process. Adults may put a lot of effort in to this over a considerable period of time.
Resources
Information including the signs and effects of child sexual abuse, grooming, online child exploitation and how to respond to a disclosure https://bravehearts.org.au/about-child-sexual-abuse/
Keeping kids safer http://www.capshauraki.co.nz/keeping-kids-safer.html
Keeping children safe https://helpauckland.org.nz/topic/keeping-children-safe/
Online sexual abuse https://netsafe.org.nz/image-based-abuse/
Sexual harm helpline https://safetotalk.nz/ 0800 044 334 or Free text 4334