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PREVENTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
- Educate yourself about the prevention of child sexual abuse.
- Request materials from Prevent Child Abuse Georgia Stop it Now Georgia a Public Health campaign designed to prevent the perpetration of child sexual abuse:
- Let's Talk - booklet that provides information and tools to help adults to have difficult conversations that can prevent child sexual abuse.
- Child Sexual Abuse - booklet that includes checklists of what to watch out for when adults are with children and how to develop a family safety plan.
- Do Children Abuse Other Children - booklet that includes information on healthy sexual development as well as signs of what to watch out for when children are together.
These brochures are free to Georgians. Please e-mail "Stop It Now! Georgia" program at info@stopitnowga.org or call 1-800-CHILDREN.
Source: Prevent Child Abuse Georgia: Stop It Now! http://www.preventchildabusega.org/html/stopitnow.html
- Teach and supervise your children.
- Teach children to be wary of strangers and explain to them that adults ask other adults for help.
- Supervise children in public places such as parks, playgrounds and restrooms.
- Teach children about appropriate and inappropriate physical contact.
- Limit the amount of one-on-one time your child spends with adults.
- Ask adult care-givers about the activities they have planned and confirm with your child whether the plans were carried out.
- Drop in unexpectedly when your child is being cared for by friends or family.
- Talk to your child and listen attentively when they tell you about their day.
Source: Adapted from Georgia Center for Child Advocacy: Prevention http://www.georgiacenterforchildren.org/prevention.htm and Darkness to Light: Step 2, Minimize Opportunity http://www.darkness2light.org/7Steps/step2.asp