12 federal agencies have been given the task of developing a joint federal youth policy. We would like to see them include a requirement that youth-serving organizations receiving federal funds have organizational policies and procedures and training in child sexual abuse. They have been collecting input from the public and professionals in a variety of …
Cheryl Burke, of Dancing with the Stars fame, comes forward this week with her personal experience of sexual abuse as a child. “If I can help just one person” she says, “for me that’s all that matters.” Cheryl’s story appears in this week’s issue of People Magazine. See the preview of the article at www.People.com …
You may have heard about a young man named Bill Zeller, a 5th year graduate student at Princeton University, who recently took his own life, leaving behind a heart wrenching suicide note describing how sexual abuse haunted him and kept him in endless darkness. Steve Collins, President of Adults Protecting Children, and a trained Darkness …
Several new reports* are showing a downward trend in the rates of child abuse and neglect. Many advocates and professionals in the area are trying to make sense of the data. But, the news is good. It means our collective efforts at improving response and services to abused children combined with significant prevention efforts aimed …
A new tool called The Body Safety Box is helping parents and educators teach children important information on the danger of sexual abuse. The program was developed by Dr. Missy Gryder, the President of H.E.L.P.S. project, an organization that teams up with elementary schools to bring sexual abuse prevention education to children in Kindergarten through …
