Send me a pic? is a CEOP Education resource for children and young people aged 11 to 14. The resource is a set of four lesson plans which centre around nine films depicting fictional online chats. The resource aims to empower and protect children and young people to understand and respond to nude image based abuse and recognise when and how to seek help.
Send me a pic? is designed to be delivered through structured sessions in education settings. In schools, the lesson plans should be embedded into the Relationships and Sex Education curriculum. The lessonsshould be delivered across four consecutive weeks, or as close to this as possible, to help learners retain and build on their learning.
Send me a pic? has been awarded the PSHE Association Quality Mark, demonstrating that it supports safe and effective teaching practice and meets the PSHE Association’s ‘Key principles of effective prevention education’.
The lesson plans cover the following topics:
- Recognising healthy and unhealthy nude image sharing behaviours
- Understanding what nude image based abuse is
- Identifying and respond to pressure and coercion
- Critiquing harmful social norms around sharing nude images in groups
The lesson activities help children and young people to:
- Recognise characteristics of healthy and unhealthy interactions
- Explore the potential risks when sharing nude images
- Learn about the services and people to contact if in need of support
- Recognise situations of nude image based abuse and know how to respond to peer pressure to engage in this behaviour
- Identify the pressures and influences people may experience related to sharing nudes in relationships
- Understand that it’s abusive to pressure and manipulate someone into sharing a nude image
- Challenge views and behaviours relating to nude image sharing in groups
- Know how to support the person in the image and how to seek help
The lessons contain:
- Comprehensive guidance for delivering the lesson safely and effectively in education settings.
- Diverse scenarios and films with characters in a range of relationship types
- Adaptable and inclusive materials such as PowerPoints, worksheets and handouts including alternative and extension activities to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or other requirements. This helps teacher to choose the best approach based on the needs of their cohort.
- Links to relevant UK curricula.
