TITLE: Robot-based psychological intervention program for the prevention of child sexual abuse
AUTHORS: Mohammad Tahan

[DESCRIPTION]

Sexual abuse of children is an important issue with severe consequences,
 so self-care education programs increase children's awareness, 
knowledge, and skills against sexual abuse. It has been considered as 
one of the priorities of health and treatment issues in different 
countries of the world. The purpose of the present study is to 
investigate the program of psychological interventions with a robot on 
the sexual care of children. The results showed that psychological 
interventions with robots are effective on children's sexual care. The 
prevention program is to prevent sexual victimization of children by 
helping them learn skills to protect themselves and teach them to 
recognize good and bad contact and seek a trusted adult for help and can
 be considered as a treatment method by counselors and psychologists.



[STEPS]
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
1. Starting the training program - introducing the robot - pre-testing:

First, two groups (namely, experimental and control) complete a researcher-made questionnaire (Tahan, 2019) on the prevention of child sexual abuse. The experimental group will then receive talks separately in a classroom about the educational program within a short period of time for a few days per week and for a few hours in each session, and they finally get acquainted with the training robot and the tasks performed by it during the sessions.

Task:    Pre-testing
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
2. Introducing and explaining the body parts:

The therapist first talks briefly about the body parts and the way each part is capable of performing a series of tasks. Various
parts from head to toe are then described to the children by the robot as their functioning.


Task:  Displaying the photo of a girl/boy's body Writing the name of each body part separately, coloring it, and talking about the functioning and efficiency of each one
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
3. Identifying and gaining knowledge of important parts of the body as well as intimate ones:

Therapist:
Describes a body part that is particularly important to other ones in such a way that if they are not available, some parts of the individual's life is disrupted or they are unable to live

Therapist:
Explains the body parts and the fact that some are personal and no one has the right to look at or touch them except the individual by oneself

Robot:
Introduces the important body parts, e.g., eyes, hands, legs, head, and abdomen

Robot: Provides a general introduction of the intimate parts 


Task: Photographing the whole body, separating each body part, naming each part independently, identifying the position of intimate parts, and distinguishing the sensitive and important ones
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
4. Learning to recognize family members, acquaintances, and strangers:

Therapist:
 An explanation of the people around an individual Who do you know? 

Family 1:
father - mother - sister - brother 

Family 2:
grandparents - uncle - aunt

Acquaintances:
neighbors, mother or father's friend, and sibling's friend

Stranger:
People you do not know

Robot: 
Talks about family members, acquaintances, and strangers and tells the difference between them


Task: Displaying the photos of family members, acquaintances, strangers - a photo of a hypothetical person, family introduction, as well as getting to know acquaintances and strangers, and identification of the person in each of the sections
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
5. Learning how to communicate with family members, acquaintances, and strangers:

Therapist:
Explains how individuals relate to those around them. To what extent?
Explaining and introducing interactions with others, how to communicate with them, and the type of communication with others (touch, sight, and talking)

Robot: 
Explains how to communicate properly with family members, acquaintances, and strangers (how to communicate by touch, sight, and talking with family members, acquaintances, and strangers)

Task:  Displaying the photo of how a person communicates with family members, acquaintances, and strangers
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
6. Diagnosing risky and traumatic situations and moments:

Therapist: 
A brief description of the moments and situations that can occur to anyone

The robot fully explains these moments:
Family:
Being alone at home and the situations that may arise in terms of touch, sight, and talking 
Acquaintances and strangers:
Situations that may take place outside the home
Conditions noticed by children: 
Showing dissatisfaction with some actions, and having prolonged and frequent upsetting situations leading to disgust

Task: Displaying the photos of dangerous, sensitive moments - family members, acquaintances, and strangers
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
7. Recognizing and introducing risky and traumatic situations and moments and how to deal with them (family members):

Therapist: 
A description of situations, places, moments, and all things an individual might be exposed to
Robot: Practices all the dangerous moments with an expert and what should be done as their reactions at these moments

Task: Dealing with a risky and sensitive moment with family members
What is the right thing to do? Two modes: Right / Wrong
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
8. Recognizing and introducing risky and traumatic situations and moments and how to deal with them (acquaintances):
Therapist: 
A description of situations, places, moments, and all things an individual might be exposed to
Robot: Practices all the dangerous moments with an expert and what should be done as their reactions at these moments

Task: Dealing with a risky and sensitive moment with acquaintances
What is the right thing to do? Two modes: Right / Wrong
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
9. Recognizing and introducing risky and traumatic situations and moments and how to deal with them (strangers):

Therapist:
A description of situations, places, moments, and all things an individual might be exposed to
Robot: Practices all the dangerous moments with an expert and what should be done as their reactions at these moments

Task: Dealing with a risky and sensitive moment with strangers
What is the right thing to do? Two modes: Right / Wrong
SECTION: A Summary of the Content of the Program of Psychological Intervention with Robot for Sexual Care in Children
10. Overviewing past sessions and reviewing all items in question - assessing all stages - post-testing

Task: Post-testing