Overcoming Abuse Child Sexual Abuse Prevention And Protection

Overcoming Abuse: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Protection is an encyclopedic manual for parents, caregivers or helpers to educate their self and train children on body safety. This is an indispensable resource for anyone who is interested in becoming aware and informed about child sexual abuse (CSA). It is an informative reservoir on the dynamics of child sexual abuse, the sex offender profile, and a guide on how to protect and prevent a child from being a target of CSA anywhere, including the internet. Instructs the adult: on initiating conversation to help the child gain an understanding about the precious gift of his body. Introduces and walks the adult through a healthy age-appropriate biblical perspective on human sexuality. The process of overcoming CSA for the parent/caregiver and child is spelled out (whether the parent/child have experienced CSA or not) healing and hope are offered. An example of a Body Safety Family Plan is provided to develop the skills of self-protection. The parent/caregiver are able to reassure the child that home is where love is—and CSA is not!

Published in 2000. Child abuse is endemic, it comes in many forms and its categories are not closed. This book looks at responses to aspects of child abuse in all five continents. The definitions are different, though not all that different, the legal emphases vary and so do management techniques. This book reveals the importance of culture and structure in the commitment to eradicate the problem.

A comprehensive overview of the causes, treatment and prevention of child sexual abuse which approaches the problem from the perspectives of the victims, their families and the offenders themselves.

This important volume explores children s needs in the context ofthe policy, practice, legal and organisational responses to childsexual abuse. The chapters, written by distinguished experts in thefield, provide a critical appraisal of recent developments and keydebates concerning how to respond to child sexual abuse. Theemphasis is on keeping the child central in responding to childsexual abuse, particularly in the context of refocusing children sservices . The book is organised around a series of themesidentified by survivors of sexual abuse from the NationalCommission into the Prevention of Child Abuse. These themes includejustice mediation advocacy confidentiality communication treatmenthealing & surviving family support community perpetratorsinstitutional abuse. All of these areas provide major challenges toprofessionals and health, welfare and legal agencies. The authorsprovide practitioners with suggestions on how to meet children sneeds whilst satisfying policy and procedures. This timelyvolume * provides a child-focused exploration of children s needs * tackles key sources of conflict in practice * makes recommendations to practitioners for practice and policydevelopment The book includes discussion on how far the legislative frameworkmeets the criteria for child victims/survivors of sexual abuse andsurvival and healing strategies from the survivor as expert pointof view. It also addresses issues concerned with interviewingchildren arising from the Memorandum of Good Practice. Child SexualAbuse: Responding to the Experiences of Children is an essentialresource for social work practitioners, managers and trainers,health visitors,solicitors and lawyers involved in legal work withchildren, police officers, teachers and all those on relatedcourses.

Teaches adults simple and specific ways to educate their children as early as possible to protect themselves from sexual abuse and includes a Facilitator's Guide and two Curricula designed to help educators incorporate the safety lessons into their classrooms.

Despite increased recognition of the high incidence of child sexual abuse, little attention has so far been paid to the women on whom children primarily depend for care adn protection - their mothers. Informed by theory and research on other situations involving loss, secrecy and moral dilemmas, as well as the rapidly accumulating knowledge of child sexual abuse, Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse offers a new analysis of mother's reactions and resposes, presenting a fresh perspective on a shocking porblem for practitioners and policy-makers involved in child protection, as well as students and lecturers of social work and social studies and women's studies.

Highlighting the importance of a 'safe place' as the foundation of the healing process for those affected by child sexual abuse, this practical book details the factors that contribute to a secure therapeutic climate where recovery can take place. The Children and Families Project draws on the perspectives of those who have been abused to show how a person-centred approach to establishing a sense of safety can enable children and their relatives to regain trust and self-esteem. The book demonstrates how therapeutic services can be improved through feedback from service users and how creative activities such as storytelling, painting and drama can encourage the expression of experiences. The need for preventative work is also addressed. Of particular relevance to professionals is the exploration of some of the difficulties that may be encountered in this field of work, such as the tension that can arise between therapeutic work and the child protection system. This is an invaluable resource for anyone working with abused children and adults.