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Find a Facilitator Near You!

Darkness to Light’s Facilitators are key players in our efforts to END child sexual abuse. Facilitators are those great citizens around the globe who are authorized to teach our Stewards of Children Prevention Trainings. With over 2,500 facilitators in 47 states and 10 countries we’re making an impact on a local, community level. If you’re …

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Lost Sparrow: Innocence Stolen, Redemption Found

I met Dee Billing at a facilitator training in Charleston over a year ago now. Dee’s story is one of tragedy and rebirth, and has inspired me daily since our meeting. Dee was a wife and mother of ten children; four biological, six adopted Native American siblings. They lived in a mansion in the New …

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Child Sexual Abuse Victims At Higher Risk Of Fatal Self-Harm

Victims of child sexual abuse are at increased risk of suicide and accidental fatal drug overdose later in life, according to the authors of a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Margaret Cutajar, a psychologist from the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science at Monash University, Melbourne, and her co-authors, Professors James Ogloff …

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Reacting Responsibly

Did you know that almost 80% of children who were sexually abused initially deny abuse or are tentative in disclosing. Of those who do disclose, approximately 75% disclose accidentally. Additionally, of those who do disclose, more than 20% eventually recant even though the abuse actually occurred. One of the most important lessons you learn in …

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