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Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs
Sexual abuse prevention programs for children and parents are designed to raise awareness about child sexual abuse. These programs have proven to be successful at imparting information and enhancing protective strategies (e.g., yelling, running, telling an authority).
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: A National Resource Directory and Handbook (PDF - 5786 KB)
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2006)
Directory of resources from more than 400 sexual abuse prevention programs about effective strategies for reducing child sexual abuse. Includes a review of organizations, program models, initiatives, and other resources that can be used to establish or improve child sexual abuse prevention efforts.
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-Serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures (PDF - 4560 KB)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2007)
Describes six key components of a child sexual abuse prevention strategy for organizations serving youth, including tools to help organizations implement different strategies and address challenges.
Behavioral Approaches to Educating Young Children and Their Parents About Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
Wurtele
Journal of Behavior Analysis of Offender and Victim - Treatment and Prevention, 1(1), 2008
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Reviews primary prevention efforts directed at children and parents, considers the challenges to using a behavioral approach to educating these groups, and presents suggestions for expansion of these interventions.
Child Safety: Curricula for Children (PDF - 92 KB)
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning (2004)
Discusses the need to ensure the safety of children who are in foster care and presents guidelines for providing instruction to children that will enable them to recognize abusive situations, resist abuse if possible, and report abuse if it occurs.
Creating Safe and Sacred Places for Young Adolescents
Delgatto (2007)
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Provides sexual abuse prevention training sessions for children in fifth through eighth grades. Designed for dioceses, schools, and parishes.
Good Touch/Bad Touch
Provides prevention and education activities aimed at eliminating child abuse, especially child sexual abuse, and the long-term effects related to abuse.
Kid and Teen Safe: An Abuse Prevention Program for Youth With Disabilities (PDF - 753 KB)
SafePlace: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survival Center (2002)
Project designed to help children with disabilities and their family members and teachers prevent, recognize, and report abuse.
Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: Facts About Sexual Abuse and How to Prevent It (PDF - 1321 KB)
Stop It Now! (2010)
Offers tips for talking with adults and children about preventing sexual abuse and includes guidance on what to do when abuse is suspected.
The Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Finkelhor
Future of Children, 19(2), 2009
Examines the effectiveness of sex offender management and school-based prevention programs in preventing child sexual abuse and highlights the evidence that supports counseling strategies for both offenders and for victims.
Prevention of Sexual Abuse Through Educational Programs Directed Toward Children (PDF - 487 KB)
Finkelhor
Pediatrics, 120(3), 2007
Discusses the effectiveness of sexual abuse prevention programs directed towards children.
Protecting Your Children: Advice From Child Molesters (PDF - 149 KB)
Center for Behavioral Intervention (2010)
Describes typical child molesters, explains how they gain access to children, lists indications that a child is being molested, and provides tips for prevention and where to get help.
Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention: Towards a Community Solution
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2006)
Provides details on effective primary prevention activities and highlights examples from throughout the country.
Step Up: Protect Children From Sexual Abuse (PDF - 551 KB)
Vermont Department for Children and Families (2010)
Helps parents prevent, identify, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
Stewards of Children
Darkness to Light
A child sexual abuse prevention program, offered in online and instructor-led formats, designed for child-serving organizations that teaches adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to suspected abuse. The website provides video clips from the training, program evaluation information, and more.
Transforming Communities to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: A Primary Prevention Approach (PDF - 210 KB)
Prevention Institute (2009)
Presents an approach to sexual abuse prevention that focuses on influencing policies and altering organizational practices in order to transform environments and keep children safe.
Vermont's Sexual Violence Prevention Technical Assistance Resource Guide for School Communities K-12 Incorporating Sexual Violence Prevention Into the Health Education Curriculum (PDF - 4383 KB)
Vermont Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force (2010)
Discusses best practices, a framework for sexual violence prevention education, community stakeholder engagement, and guidelines for evaluation.