Child Sexual Behavior


Recommended Readings

See some examples

For Parents and Caregivers:

The Sex-Wise Parent: The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Child, Strengthening Your Family, and Talking to Kids about Sex, Abuse, and Bullying. By Janet Rosenzweig (2012).

Helping Your Child Recover from Sexual Abuse. By Caren Adams and Jennifer J. Fay (1992).

Helping Children With Sexual Behavior Problems: A Guidebook for Parents and Substitute 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 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., and Russell Bradway (1987).

A Terrible Thing Happened By Margaret M. Holmes (2000).


Other:

Parenting:

TLC’s Parent’s Page – http://www.starrtraining.org/ptsd-in-children
National Child Traumatic Stress Network – http://www.nctsn.org/resources/audiences/parents-caregivers
For Adoptive/Foster Parents – http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_abused/
For Moms – http://www.mosac.net/

Community Resources:
Community Resource Directory for Macomb County – http://misd.net/connection/
CARE – http://www.careofsem.com/index.html 
Department of Human Services Information/Application – http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/DHS_Information_Booklet_and_Assistance_Application_242170_7.pdf
Turning Point – http://www.turningpointmacomb.org/

Legal Resources:
Crime Victim Services – http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,4612,7-132-54783_54853---,00.html
V.I.N.E. (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) – http://www.vinelink.com/vinelink/initMap.do
Legal Aid – http://www.michiganlegalaid.org/Organizations/legal_aid__defender_association_inc.__macomb_county_office_/organization_view
Friend of the Court – http://www.macombgov.org/circuitcourt/friendofthecourt.htm
PPO information – http://www.macombcountymi.gov/CLERKSOFFICE/PPO/index.htm

Professionals:
Mandated Reporters Resource Guide – http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dhs/Pub-112_179456_7.pdf
Assessment-Based Treatment for Traumatized Children: A Trauma Assessment Pathway (TAP) – http://www.taptraining.net/
TLC – http://www.starrtraining.org/trauma-and-children
Play therapy

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 DiaryBy 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 familiesBy 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)

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

Michigan Department of Human Services

Parent Trauma Resource Center – National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children 

Care

Mothers of Sexually Abused Children