Explain why it is important to take full account of a child or young person’s level of understanding when responding to a disclosure of harm or abuse. 2.2. Explain how to avoid actions or

2.1. Explain why it is important to take full account of a child or young person’s level of understanding when responding to a disclosure of harm or abuse.

2.2. Explain how to avoid actions or statements that could adversely affect the use of evidence in future investigations or in court.

2.3. Explain the importance of supporting a child or young person to understand: 
  With whom the information they disclose will be shared 
  The reasons for sharing information they disclose. 

2.4. Describe ways to support a child or young person to disclose, at their own pace, the harm or abuse they have experienced.

2.5. Explain why it is important to respond calmly to disclosures of harm or abuse.

2.6. Explain why records about disclosures of harm or abuse must be detailed, accurate, timed, dated and signed. 

2.7. Explain how to access support in situations that are outside the expertise, experience, role and responsibility of the practitioner.