Behavioural Skills Training (BST) for Teaching Sexual Abuse Prevention Skills for Children with Intellectual Disabilities

"BST was administered in 3 sessions in a week on alternate days, each session lasting for an hour. Training was given in small groups consisting of 4-6 members. Parents were involved as co-therapists, and observed the training given by the researcher and practiced it at home with their children.~The training was carried out through the following steps:~1. Instruction- Involved teaching the location of private parts, difference between appropriate and inappropriate touch, safe and unsafe secrets, sexuality, self-protection skills (saying NO, move from situation, tell trusted person, report the person and situation.~2. Modelling- researcher, modelled, correct responses, and instructed to act in the unsafe situation using role play. Situations were presented using video.~3. Rehearsal-researcher presented situations using video and instructed to rehearse the skills until able to demonstrate the skill independently"