Knowing how to react to child sexual abuse is just as important as understanding the signs. The graphic below helps give some guidance in three different situations when dealing with child sexual abuse: disclosure, discovery, and suspicion. DISCLOSURE occurs when a child tells you that they have experienced abuse. DISCOVERY…
The Delaware based Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children has joined forces with Darkness to Light to train 5% of Delaware’s adults to better prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse. The goal was one that Beau Biden established after convicting nearly 200 child sexual abusers and…
Originally published in The Vacaville Reporter on March 30, 2016 By Kimberly Fu. Kimberly K. Fu — The Reporter Vacaville Community Services Commissioner Christina Baird talks about the Darkness to Light training program, which helps to highlight the prevention of child sexual abuse. She’s a mom, an advocate, a businesswoman…
Would you know what to do if you witnessed an inappropriate comment or behavior from an adult or older youth toward a child? It’s important to know how to enforce boundaries and protect the children in your life. As a bystander who observes boundary violations, you should begin by describing…
