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You're Only As Sick As Your Secrets: Sexual Abuse Awareness, Prevention and Intervention
By: Donna Jacques TemmImprint: Balboa Press
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It is a caregiver's daunting task to balance a child's youthful innocence with their empowering awareness of sexual abuse. Presented in this memoir are experiences depicting the impact of such abuse on one child's journey into adulthood. Throughout the pages, the unfolding of real life incidents allows for not only the awareness crucial to prevention but also for guidance through examples of effectively employed intervention and remediation strategies.
This book's targeted audience includes but is not restricted to parents, guardians, professional advocates, therapists, teachers, childcare providers, medical professionals and survivors of sexual abuse.
Within this book is knowledge and knowledge has the potential to positively influence the welfare of all who have or may have to face this needless reality of our society.
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| Title of eBook: You're Only As Sick As Your Secrets: Sexual Abuse Awareness, Prevention and Intervention | |
| Release Date: 09-09-2011 | |
| Publisher: Balboa Press |
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| Parent title | You're Only As Sick As Your Secrets:... |
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| SKU | 9781452500300 |
| File size | 725 |
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You're Only As Sick As Your Secrets: Sexual Abuse Awareness, Prevention and Intervention
Chapter One
Illusions ~ The Ultimate Denial
"Oh my God! I'm so lucky! I can't even imagine!" This was the chatter running through my mind as I sat at the grouping of uneven desks. I looked at my colleagues dispersed around this same set of desks each sitting somewhat uncomfortably. I tried to decipher if the discomfort arose from the small chairs made to perfectly fit lower elementary students or if it was from the agenda of that morning's meeting.
In a week or so, our 1st through 3rd grade elementary school would be hosting a play about sexual abuse. The woman sitting with us was explaining this play's powerful message and informing us of the correct procedure should any of our students disclose information about such a situation. The school district had even gone as far as to provide an additional guidance counselor at the school that morning to ensure each child in crisis would receive immediate support.
Before ending the meeting, this same woman directed her attention to each and every one of the eight teachers in attendance. She went on to tell us the high percentage of adults who had been sexually abused as a child. She encouraged us to seek professional help if any memories were to surface for any one of us.
My mind immediately shot back to my carefree childhood days; a mom and dad not separated by divorce; family vacations with relatives (not really related but close enough to call "aunt" and "uncle"); summers spent at our beach house swimming by day and playing kick the can with siblings and neighborhood children by night; happy holidays wit
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