Resources


Child Sexual Behavior



Recommended Reading


For Parents or Caregivers:

Getting Together: Helping you to help yourself.
By Elizabeth D. Drake, M.Ed. and Anne E. Gilroy - Child Care Publications (1990).

Working Together: A Team Effort.
By Elizabeth D. Drake, M.Ed., Anne E. Gilroy, and Thomas H. Roane, M.A. - Child Care Publications (1990).

A Guide for Parents of Children Who Molest.
By Eliana Gil, Ph.D. - Launch Press (1995).

Helping Children With Sexual Behavior Problems: A Guidebook for Parents and Subsitute Caregivers
By Toni Cavanagh Johnson, Ph.D. (1998).

Understanding Children's Sexual Behaviors: What's Natural and Healthy
By Toni Cavanagh Johnson, Ph.D.

When Your Child Has Been Molested:  A Parent’s Guide to Healing and Recovery
By Kathryn Brohl and Joyce Case Potter (2004)

 

For Teenagers:

Getting Together: Helping you to help yourself. (For Teenage Females)
By Elizabeth D. Drake, M.Ed. and Anne E. Gilroy - Child Care Publications (1990).

Working Together: A Team Effort. (For Teenage Males)
By Elizabeth D. Drake, M.Ed., Anne E. Gilroy, and Thomas H. Roane, M.A. - Child Care Publications (1990).

Dear Elizabeth: A Diary
By Gene Mackey and Helen Swan - KIDSRIGHTS Publication (1993).

How Long Does It Hurt? A guide to recovering from incest and sexual abuse for teenagers, their friends, and their families
By Cynthia L. Mather, with Kristina E. Debye - Jossey-Bass Publishers (1994).

Shining Though A guide for girls 10 and Up
Mindy B. Loiselle and Leslie Bailey Wright (1992)

 

For Children:

Someone In My Family Has Molested Children: A book for kids whose dad, mom, or relative has molested children.
By Eliana Gil and Jeffrey Bodmer-Turner - Launch Press (1994).

A Touching Book...for little people and for big people...
By Jan Hindman - AlexAndria Associates (1992).

It Happens to BOYS too...
By Jane A.W. Satullo, M.A., Roberta Russell, Ph.D., and Pat A. Bradway - Rape Crisis Center of the Berkshires Press (1992).

A Terrible Thing Happened
By Margaret M. Holmes

 


 

On the World Wide Web

Look for your local Children’s Advocacy Center at:

National Children's Alliance  
1319 F Street NW Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20004-1106
(202) 639-0597 telephone
(202) 639-0511 facsimile
 

Childhelp USA
National Child Abuse Hotline
15757 N. 78th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(800) 4-A-CHILD
Operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Offers crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals.
 

National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC)
1825 Marion Street, Suite 340
Denver, CO 80218
(888) 828-NACC
Professional organization for lawyers and other practitioners who represent children in court.
 

American Academy of Pediatrics
141 NW Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
(847) 434-4000
Provides numerous materials for professionals working in the child abuse prevention field.
 

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
407 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 554-0166
A multidisciplinary membership society promoting support among professionals who work with victims of child abuse.
 

Michigan Children's Trust Fund

Michigan Department of Community Health

National Center for Victims of Crime

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

Prevent Child Abuse America