1. Home
  2. Keeping children safe
  3. Support for parents
  4. PANTS (The Underwear Rule)
  5. PANTS guides and resources

PANTS guides and resources

Get the PANTS guides and resources that are right for you. We have a range of guides, videos and other resources for parents and carers, including guides in Welsh, guides for people with a disability and guides for children with autism.

On this page

Makaton PANTS videos

These videos have been created for children who communicate using Makaton, so they can understand the PANTS rules and to help keep them safe. 

To be able to see YouTube videos, we have to ask you to accept Targeting cookies within


Talk PANTS with Makaton

Watch our video playlist created to keep children who communicate using Makaton safe.

To be able to see YouTube videos, we have to ask you to accept Targeting cookies within


Talk PANTS with Makaton (subtitled)

Watch our subtitled video playlist created to keep children who communicate using Makaton safe.

Makaton PANTS guides

These guides have been created for children who communicate using Makaton, so they can understand the PANTS rules and to help keep them safe. 

PDF / 2 MB Makaton prompt cards PDF
PDF / 2 MB Makaton guide for children PDF
PDF / 1 MB Makaton guide for parents PDF

Signalong PANTS video

This video has been created for children who communicate using Signalong, so they can understand the PANTS rules and to help keep them safe. 

To be able to see YouTube videos, we have to ask you to accept Targeting cookies within

 

Talking PANTS with Signalong video

Watch our video created to keep children who communicate using Signalong safe.

Talking PANTS with Signalong

For children who don’t use Makaton, we’ve partnered with the charity Signalong, so that they can understand the Talk PANTS rules.

PDF / 2 MB Signalong prompt cards PDF
PDF / 1 MB Signalong guide for parents PDF
PDF / 3 MB Signalong guide for children PDF

Guides for parents and carers

Download our simple guides for parents, foster carers, parents with learning disabilities and parents of neurodiverse children.

Guide for parents

A simple step-by-step guide to help you talk PANTS with your child and keep them safe.

1.97 MB

Download

Guidance for foster carers

A custom-made guide to help you, as foster carers, talk PANTS with the children in care.

522 KB

Download

Guide for parents with a learning disability

An easy to read guide to help keep children safe from abuse. Teach your child to remember the word PANTS.

2 MB 

Download

Guide for parents of children with autism

This guide is written for parents of children with autism. It teaches how to help keep children safe from abuse by using the initials PANTS.

5 MB

Download

Guides for children

Download our PANTS guides for children, including tailored guides for children with autism and SEND.

Guide for children

This simple guide helps children learn the PANTS rules with Pantosaurus helping lead them through some fun and interactive questions.

Download

Children with learning disabilities

This easy-to-read guide has been created for children with learning disabilities so they can understand the PANTS rules and how to stay safe from abuse.

Download

Children with autism

This guide has been specifically created to help children with autism learn the PANTS rules in an easy and simple way so they know how to stay safe.

Download

BSL video for keeping deaf children safe

Our video created in British Sign Language can help you teach deaf children important messages, like their body belongs to them and they should tell an adult if they're upset or worried.

To be able to see YouTube videos, we have to ask you to accept Targeting cookies within

Canllaw ar gyfer plant a rhieni (Welsh guides)

Download our PANTS guides in Welsh.

Cofia siarad PANTS!

Mae siarad PANTS yn dysgu plant negeseuon pwysig, fel bod eu cyrff yn perthyn iddyn nhw a dylent ddweud wrth oedolyn os ydynt yn ypset neu'n poeni.

Gwyliwch Pantosorws

Canllaw ar gyfer rhieni

Er mwyn helpu i gadw plant yn ddiogel rhag camdriniaeth, mae'r canllaw hwn yn defnyddio rheolau PANTS i ddysgu iddynt fod eu cyrff yn perthyn iddyn nhw.

3.1 MB

Dadlwythwch

Canllaw ar gyfer plant

Ffordd syml o helpu i gadw plant yn ddiogel rhag camdriniaeth drwy eu dysgu i gofio'r 5 rheolau sy'n sillafu PANTS.

1 MB

Dadlwythwch

Canllaw ar gyfer plant ag anableddau dysgu

Mae’r canllaw hawdd i ddarllen hwn yn defnyddio'r gair PANTS i helpu i gadw plant yn ddiogel rhag camdriniaeth, drwy eu dysgu bod eu corff yn perthyn iddyn nhw.

1 MB

Dadlwythwch

Canllaw ar gyfer rhieni ag anabeddau dysgu

Canllaw hawdd i ddarllen i helpu i gadw plant yn ddiogel rhag camdriniaeth. Dysgwch eich plentyn i gofio'r gair PANTS.

1 MB

Dadlwythwch

Cardiau sbarduno Makaton

Cardiau sbarduno y gellir eu hargraffu gan ddefnyddio symbolau ac arwyddion Makaton i helpu i gadw eich plentyn yn ddiogel rhag cael ei gam-drin.

1 MB

Dadlwythwch

Canllaw Makaton ar gyfer rhieni

Sgyrsiau syml gan ddefnyddio symbolau ac arwyddion Makaton i helpu i gadw eich plentyn yn ddiogel rhag cael ei gam-drin.

1 MB

Dadlwythwch

Canllaw Makaton ar gyfer plant

Ffordd syml o helpu i gadw plant yn ddiogel rhag camdriniaeth ddefnyddio symbolau ac arwyddion Makaton.

1 MB

Dadlwythwch

Guides for parents and carers in other languages

Download our PANTS guides for parents and carers in other languages, including Chinese, Gujarati, Portuguese and Urdu.

PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Arabic PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Bengali PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Chinese PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Gujarati PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Irish Gaelic PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Latvian PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Lithuanian PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Polish PDF
PDF / 5 MB PANTS parents' guide Portugese PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Punjabi PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Romanian PDF
PDF / 2 MB PANTS parents' guide Russian PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Scottish Gaelic PDF
PDF / 1 MB PANTS parents' guide Tetum PDF
PDF / 3 MB PANTS parents' guide Urdu PDF

Guides and resources for children in other languages

Download our PANTS guides and activity packs for children in other languages.

PDF / 3 MB PANTS children's guide Scottish Gaelic PDF
PDF / 10 MB PANTS children's activity pack Scottish Gaelic PDF

Further advice and support

Talk PANTS with Amazon Alexa

Our Amazon Alexa skill is a fun, new way to help you teach your child about PANTS. Just say “Alexa, open NSPCC” on your Alexa app or Echo device and start talking PANTS today.

Get the skill

PANTS resources for schools and teachers

These resources include a lesson plan, teaching guidance, class activities, early years guidance and a 'Talk PANTS' slide presentation. All are available on our NSPCC Learning website.

Get ready to talk PANTS

Support for parents

Support and advice for parents and carers when dealing with difficult situations.

Find out more