Students who need special education constitute the most risky group in child sexual abuse. Since teachers are professionals who have long-term and close communication with the child outside of the family, it was very important to increase their level of knowledge in terms of recognizing and stopping sexual abuse. Therefore, with the implementation of this project, it is aimed to achieve the following objectives: 1. Increasing the awareness of our teachers and administrators working in special education institutions about sexual abuse, their level of knowledge and their capacity to respond to exposed students 2. Developing the skills to learn the approach methods related to the sexual abuse situation reported to the teacher or the administrator and to offer protection to the child victims who experience them 3. Developing content in accordance with the understanding level of children in need of special education, creating story scenarios for 3 different levels, making them a booklet, creating a coloring book for preschoolers and raising situational awareness to the target audience by using these books 4. Increasing the cultural awareness, international organizational skills and foreign language skills of our participants
As a result of the studies carried out at the provincial level, the motivation to improve the professional competence of our teachers and to bring the European added value to our city, as well as the following reasons are the other factors forming the background of this application: 1. Child sexual abuse crimes are committed against children with special educational needs who are seen as easy targets at a high rate. Among students with special education needs, mentally retarded children are exposed to more sexual, physical and emotional abuse. (Bilge and Baykal, 2010) There is no in-service training organized by the Ministry of National Education on child sexual abuse. 2. In the last 15 years, only 54 scientific publications have been published on this subject in Turkey. More than half of these were published by Turkish researchers in foreign languages and abroad. Goldman and Bradley (2011) It is not compulsory for teachers in Turkey to take undergraduate courses on child abuse. 3. Since 2015, measurable progress has been made with the KozAile and Bin Yapraklı Gonca projects at the local level; however; the increasing incidence of sexual abuse on a provincial basis was proof of our inadequacy and the need for education.