Sexual Abuse
30 Articles & Excerpts
Chapter 1
 The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma
by Annie G. Rogers, Ph.D.
In her twenty years as a clinical psychologist, Annie Rogers has learned to understand the silent language of girls who will not - who cannot - speak about devastating sexual trauma. Abuse too painful to put into words does have a language
Treatment Of Child Sexual Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Treatment of child sexual abuse is a complex process. Orchestration of treatment in the child's best interest is a genuine challenge. It is often difficult to know how to proceed because there are so few outcome studies of treatment effectiveness.
Techniques For The Child Interview And A Methodology For Substantiating Sexual Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Because of the central role played by the child interview in substantiating sexual abuse, it is addressed in greater depth than some of the other aspects of child sexual abuse practice.
Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
This article describes the role of Child Protective Services (CPS) in the investigation of cases of sexual abuse, the structure of the investigation, and risk assessment in child sexual abuse.
Indicators Of Child Sexual Abuse : Medical Indicators
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Sexual abuse may result in physical or behavioral manifestations. It is important that professionals and the public know what these are because they signal possible sexual abuse.
Definitions, Scope, and Effects of Child Sexual Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child sexual abuse can be defined from legal and clinical perspectives. Both are important for appropriate and effective intervention. There is considerable overlap between these two types of definitions.
Child Sexual Abuse : A Victim-Centered Approach
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Professionals often feel pulled in several directions in their work on child sexual abuse cases. Although most professionals want to help the victim, potentially competing concerns include the feeling that sex offenders should be punished
Child Sexual Abuse : Intervention and Treatment
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Emotional reactions to child sexual abuse are to be expected and are normal. However, it is important to recognize them and to prevent them from impairing our professional judgment or interfering with our role performance.
Adopting a Child Who Has Experienced Sexual Abuse
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Parents who adopt children who have experienced sexual abuse need the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules and the patience of Mother Theresa. If you fall short in any of these areas, do not despair. You are in good company.
Are All Children Affected Equally by Child Sexual Abuse?
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
There is a myth that all children who have been sexually abused are 'damaged goods' and that the damage is for life. In fact, with guidance and support a child who has experienced sexual abuse can certainly recover and go on to live a happy, successful
Parenting the Sexually Abused Child
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
Written for prospective and adoptive parents, this fact sheet describes the effects of sexual abuse and provides recommendations for caring for sexually abused children. Topics covered include the physical and behavioral signs of abuse, issues for boys
Sexual Harassment Laws
by Minnesota Department of Health
Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, sexually motivated physical contact, or other verbal or physical conduct or communication of a sexual nature when submission to the harassment is made a term
How Do the Laws Deal With Sexual Violence?
by Minnesota Department of Health
Sexual violence is dealt with in a number of ways by federal, state, and local laws and statutes. The information provided below is not intended to be a comprehensive interpretation of all the legal statutes addressing sexual violence.
How Do Sexual Abuse Survivors Recover?
 Ghosts in the Bedroom
by Ken Graber, M.A.
Recovery for survivors of sexual abuse is usually a process that takes from three to five years of therapy and participation in a support group for survivors. The period of time required for healing and recovery depends on how deeply damaging the sexual
What Is Sexual Abuse?
Ghosts in the Bedroom
by Ken Graber, M.A.
Sexual abuse is the term used to refer to any incident that causes an individual to feel sex related shame. It includes sexual molestation or abuse, incest and rape. These terms are used in an expansive sense that includes subtle and isolated incidents
Father Geoghan
 Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church
by The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe
This groundbreaking book provides a detailed, devastating account of the Catholic Church's decades-long cover-up that has left millions of American Catholics shocked, angry, and confused. Betrayal brings into sharp focus the scores of abusive priests
Before Orders
 Our Fathers: The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal
by David France
Based on hundreds of interviews, private correspondence, unpublished scientific probes and secret Vatican documents, and tens of thousands of pages of court records, David France shows how the church's institutional suspicion of human sexuality ironically
Was It Sexual Abuse?
 No Secrets No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse
by Robin D. Stone
If you are reading this book, you might have found at some point in your life that you were on your own, searching for the words to name what was happening to you. Or for the courage to get away, or the power to make it stop.
I Was A Child
 You Shall Not Be Ashamed: Personal Recovery
by Denise B. Fair
Life-Changing Question. That Is Exactly What Happened To Me. IT TOOK ME twenty-five years before I felt safe enough to utter one word to another living soul concerning the sexual abuse I experienced as a little girl. Denise, were you ever sexually abused?
How Long, O Lord?
 Fingernail Moon : The True Story of a Mother's Flight to Protect Her Daughter
by Janie Webster
Once in the truck, I tell my daughter, Ellen, that we are going for a ride. As a six-year-old, Ellen lives in the present and going for a truck ride is the only explanation she needs. She has no inkling that she is embarking on a long journey.
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