Traffic Lights®

This is a self-service enrolment process. If you’re buying it for someone else you can buy a voucher for them to redeem. 

Please note this e-learning is only available to purchase in the UK.

What is Traffic Lights®?

Brook’s Traffic Lights® framework and training is a guide that helps professionals identify, understand and respond to sexual behaviours in young people.

The framework categorises sexual behaviours into green, orange and red light categories and gives examples for different age groups. This helps you to make consistent and informed decisions and have meaningful conversations about appropriate sexual behaviours.

The original Traffic Light Tool is owned by the Australian organisation True Relationships & Reproductive Health and has been licensed and adapted for use in the UK by Brook.  

Why do I need training to use the Traffic Lights framework?

To access the Traffic Lights framework, professionals must complete Traffic Lights training. This is to ensure safe use of the framework. The framework cannot be shared with people who have not completed the training.

Both the framework and training are designed to complement existing safeguarding processes and should not be considered a replacement for your organisation’s safeguarding procedures.

Learning outcomes

After completing the training, you will be able to:

• Recognise and identify sexualised behaviours and differentiate between those which are part of healthy sexual development and those which are problematic or harmful.
• Reflect on your own values and understand how they can impact on decision making.
• Demonstrate a common language around developmental and harmful sexual behaviours.
• Understand what a behaviour may be communicating and why the child or young person may be exhibiting the behaviour.
• Appropriately respond to sexualised behaviours, considering possible motivations, communications and severity.

Completion of the course will generate a certificate and allow you to access to a digital version of the Traffic Light framework for a period of 2 years from course enrolment. 

Buying the course for someone else

If you are looking to purchase this training on behalf of someone else, you can buy a voucher for them to redeem.

Please do not purchase access for multiple people by making several credit card payments using the same email address. This will mean that only the person with that email address has access to the course, no matter how many payments have been made. Email training@brook.org.uk if you’re having issues.

Group discounts

We offer discounts for people who want to buy access for 10 or more people. Email us at training@brook.org.uk

Brook also offers other options for Traffic Lights training. Find out more.